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Cut

Patricia McCormick

Start date: March 25, 2015

Finish date: March 26, 2015

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Aug 22, 2017 Krissy rated it did not like it

Shelves: audiobook, pgs-100-199, cover-color-black, cover-text-only

I waited the entire book for some big twist. Callie is in a treatment facility because she is lost in her own depression and anxiety to the point that she's completely mute and self harms. The whole time I'm waiting to hear the details of why and how she's fallen into this pit of despair. What horrible traumatic event did she go through? Was she attacked? Abused? Had some horrible accident? Survivors guilt? What? Then you find out that it's because... (view spoiler) ...more

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Jan 26, 2008 stephanie rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, 2008, self-injury

i'm a sucker for the second person, so i think that i enjoyed the book more than i would have otherwise. i'm especially a sucker for second person when relating to a therapist, so this was kind of tailored for me.

that said, i think it could have been more. also, it didn't make a ton of sense - most people don't get shipped to resident facilities the first time they are really caught cutting. the reasoning behind her cutting was vague and, i thought, a little trite when she was so clearly capabl ...more

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Nov 19, 2008 Debbie rated it really liked it

I found this book in my classroom this morning, left over from one of the two students (both boys) who are reading for independent reading. I started it this morning, finished it this evening. It was touching, interesting, emotional, fairly believable, and gripping. I understand why my students like it.

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