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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherScholastic, Incorporated
ISBN-100439324599
ISBN-139780439324595
eBay Product ID (ePID)2043579
Product Key Features
Book TitleCut
Number of Pages160 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicSocial Themes / Self-Mutilation, Social Themes / Adolescence, General, Family / General (See Also Headings under Social Themes)
Publication Year2002
IllustratorYes
GenreJuvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
AuthorPatricia Mccormick
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight4.2 Oz
Item Length7 in
Item Width5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
Dewey Edition21
ReviewsAn ALA Quick Pick for Young Adult ReadersA New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age"Riveting and hopeful, sweet, heartbreaking." - The Boston Globe"A thoughtful look at teenage mental illness and recovery." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review"Like E. L. Konigsburg's Silent to the Bone and Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak, Cut is another authentic sounding novel in which elective mutism plays a part, this time with humor making the pain of adolescence gone awry more bearable." - Booklist
Grade FromSeventh Grade
Dewey DecimalFic
Grade ToUP
SynopsisFifteen-year-old Callie isn't speaking to anybody, not even to her therapist at Sea Pines, the "residential treatment facility" where her parents and doctor sent her after discovering that she cuts herself. As her story unfolds, Callie reluctantly become involved with the other "guests" at Sea Pines -- finding her voice and confronting the trauma that triggered her behavior., "A tingle arced across my scalp. The floor tipped up at me and my body spiraled away. Then I was on the ceiling looking down, waiting to see what would happen next."Callie cuts herself. Never too deep, never enough to die. But enough to feel the pain. Enough to feel the scream inside.Now she's at Sea Pines, a "residential treatment facility" filled with girls struggling with problems of their own. Callie doesn't want to have anything to do with them. She doesn't want to have anything to do with anyone. She won't even speak.But Callie can only stay silent for so long...
This book is an inspiration to me. I struggle with similar issues and when i read this my worries went away. This book is about girl who is in a hospital getting treatment for mental health and follows her journey there as she recovers. Keeps you engaged. Easy read. Definitely would recommend reading this book.