“Stop Pretending is a tour de force debut. It celebrates truth-telling, and has a purity and passion that speaks to the heart.” - Boston Globe
“The poems have a cumulative emotional power.” - ALA Booklist (starred review)
“The poems take on life and movement, the individual frames of a movie that in the unspooling become animated, telling a compelling tale.” - Kirkus Reviews
“Unpretentious. Accessible. Deeply felt.” - School Library Journal
“Sensitively written.” - The Horn Book
“Heartfelt.” - KLIATT (starred review)