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ISBN13: 9780439324595 |
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When she arrives at Sea Pines, Callie is self-destructive, unresponsive, and withdrawn. Her parents and doctor have placed her in the "residential treatment facility" after discovering that she cuts herself. Callie refuses to talk to anyone, including her psychiatrist. But slowly, through compelling first-person narrative, the event that traumatized her comes to light. Callie reveals that her brother Ben nearly died from liver failure while in her care. Her mother was unavailable and her father was at a bar. Although their absence is evidence of a deep family dysfunction, Callie blames herself for the crisis. When the threat of expulsion from Sea Pines precipitates a cutting incident that frightens her, Callie finally begins her healing process. She opens up to the girls around her and surrenders to her therapist the compass she's been using to cut herself. Through Callie's frank and realistic voice, first-time novelist Patty McCormick illuminates a subject that is rarely discussed. Her story of Callie's recovery will speak to the more than 1 million people — mainly girls and young women — who engage in acts of self-inflicted violence every year.
Review:
"McCormick steers past the confines of the problem-novel genre with her persuasive view of the teenage experience." Publishers Weekly
Review:
"This honest portrayal of all perspectives, coupled with a gripping story, makes this a valuable book for both teens and parents." Children's Literature
About the Author
McCormick has worked as a free-lance magazine and newspaper writer, contributing regularly to The New York Times and Parents magazine, where she reviwed children's books and family movies. Since completing a master's degree in creative writing at the New School two years ago, she has concentrated almost exclusively on writing fiction and teaching creative writing to third-graders in Queens.
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bestbball13, June 27, 2008 (view all comments by bestbball13)
This book was so fantastic!! It can relate to soooooooooooooo many peoples lives!! My friend told me that this would be a great book to read so I read it and SHE WAS TOTALLY RIGHT!! This book goes so much deeper into treatment facilities and tells us what really goes on in thier from a a point of veiw of a patient. IT was AMAZING!!
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B00KKRYZE, October 20, 2007 (view all comments by B00KKRYZE)
i L0VED THis B00K iTS REALLY THRiLLiNG HAS ALOT OF SUSPENSE iN iT!i RELATE T0 iT AL0T. THE BOOK CUT HAS SO MUCH TO SAY AND iT WAS SO AMAZING I NEVER COULD GET TiRED OF READiNG iT! i CAN SAY THiS B00K HAS BEEN THE BEST B00K iVE READ THE iN MY WHOLE LiFE iTS BEEN MY 5TH TiME READiNG iT. THE PART i LOVED THE MOST WAS THE END. iT WAS S0 THRiLLiNG! i CAN SAY iT WAS S0 AMAZiNG. i RECOMMEND THiS BOOK ALOT! iT WONT LET U REGRET READiNG iT!
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crazy, March 2, 2007 (view all comments by crazy)
this book was amazing, it actually gave me a sort of gateway when i needed it. i actually went through my own phase of self-mutilation and this book helped me realize so many things about my disorder. It helped me to open my eyes to see how what i was doing was not only effecting me, but the people around me as well. thank you so much for this book. i loved it and i now i want to tell my story.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780439324595
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Push
- Author:
- Location:
- New York
- Subject:
- Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General
- Subject:
- Social Situations - General
- Subject:
- Self-mutilation
- Subject:
- Family problems
- Subject:
- Emotional problems
- Subject:
- Psychiatric hospitals
- Subject:
- General Juvenile Fiction
- Subject:
- Social Issues - General
- Edition Description:
- Push advance reader's edition.
- Series Volume:
- 097-01
- Publication Date:
- January 2002
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Grade Level:
- Secondary (senior high)
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 160
- Dimensions:
- 726x504x39 28
- Age Level:
- 12-17
