Patricia McCormick, a finalist for the National Book Award, is the acclaimed author of CUT, MY BROTHER'S KEEPER, SOLD, and PURPLE HEART. Her debut novel, CUT, was an ALA Quick Pick for YA Readers, an ALA Best Book for Teenagers, and a NYPL Book for the Teen Age. McCormick was named a New York Foundation on the Arts fellow in 2004. She is also the winner of the 2009 German Peace Prize for Youth Literature. She is a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and lives Manhattan.

Praise for Cut:

An ALA Quick Pick for YA Readers

A NYPL Book for the Teen Age

* "First-timer McCormick tackles a side of mental illness that is rarely seen in young-adult literature in a believable and sensitive manner... 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...an exceptional character study of a young woman and her hospital mates who struggle with demons so severe that only their bodies can confess." --Booklist

Publisher: Push

Pub date: 2024-05-21

Length: 176 pages