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Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy Book Summary and Study Guide

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This novel tells how a 14 year old girl feels through a series of poems as her older sister is diagnosed with bipolar disorder. It shows how she works through her fear, finds family love, and the love of a cute boy as well. Readers will cry and laugh as happy and terrifying things happen to the main character. Great book to help people understand what it is like to live with someone mentally ill.
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Plot & Themes

Family, ill    -   Yes Who?    -   Sister because he/she is    -   mentally ill Period of greatest activity?    -   1950+

Subject of Biography

Gender    -   Female Profession/status:    -   student Ethnicity    -   White Unusual characteristics:    -   Mentally Ill

Setting

How much descriptions of surroundings?    -   4 () Small town?    -   Yes Small town people:    -   dumb Rednecks, like Gomer Pyle Century:    -   1980's-Present

Writing Style

Book makes you feel?    -   thoughtful If this is a kid's book:    -   Age 16-Adult Pictures/Illustrations?    -   None How much dialogue in bio?    -   significantly more descript than dialog How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?    -   0-25% of book

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