Cut
By Patricia McCormick
1. The novel I chose is written by Patricia McCormick. Patricia is an author that writes novels for young adults. She has written 3 novels. Cut, My Brothers Keeper and Sold. Patricia's novels have won many awards such as Book list 2006 Editor's Choice Award and she was a National Book Award finalist.
2. The novel Cut is about a young girl who cuts her wrists. She has so much emotional pain that the only way she knows how to make it better is to cut herself. The girls name is Callie and she is only merely a teen and she is already at a treatment facility for her problem. She was sent to Sea Pines (the treatment facility) after her parents and Doctor found out she cuts herself. Through most of the book Callie refuses to speak a word. As the story unfolds you learn why Callie is in such emotional pain and why she cuts herself. One of the main reasons is because of her younger brother being very ill and she felt like it was her fault. Callie ends up running away from the treatment centre but soon realizes that she wants to get better so she returns.
3. The setting of this novel is mostly in the treatment facility (Sea Pines)also another large part of the novel is her having flashbacks. The atmosphere is the book is mostly dark. Just because of her being in a treatment centre makes me think of mental institutes, which i find very creepy. The story is also depressing and sad in some parts because as the story unfolds you learn how much pain Callie went through. The time period is in the 21st century and it goes through a whole year so all seasons.
4. Callie is a 15 year old girl that is a patient at Sea Pines treatment facility. Callie is at the treatments facility because she cuts her self. Hence the name of the novel, Cut. Callie is a very quiet shy girl that tends to be more of an antisocial. Through most of the book she never said one word until she gets used to the facility. Callie would stay in her room a lot in the book and when she cut herself it would be like an out of body experience for her.
5. I read this novel last year and i have to say i enjoyed it. It was interesting to me because of the way it told the story of whats in the mind of this girl. Ialso liked the way it described the out of body experiences she had. On the negative,Ifelt like the story really didn't have a climax. Its almost like you knew what was going to happen next. And the book also wasn't very suspenseful. The novel is a quick read and i would recommend it to anyone that likes these kinda books, but its probably not for someone that would be into the more science fiction type books.
Kaitlyn,
By Patricia McCormick
1. The novel I chose is written by Patricia McCormick. Patricia is an author that writes novels for young adults. She has written 3 novels. Cut, My Brothers Keeper and Sold. Patricia's novels have won many awards such as Book list 2006 Editor's Choice Award and she was a National Book Award finalist.
2. The novel Cut is about a young girl who cuts her wrists. She has so much emotional pain that the only way she knows how to make it better is to cut herself. The girls name is Callie and she is only merely a teen and she is already at a treatment facility for her problem. She was sent to Sea Pines (the treatment facility) after her parents and Doctor found out she cuts herself. Through most of the book Callie refuses to speak a word. As the story unfolds you learn why Callie is in such emotional pain and why she cuts herself. One of the main reasons is because of her younger brother being very ill and she felt like it was her fault. Callie ends up running away from the treatment centre but soon realizes that she wants to get better so she returns.
3. The setting of this novel is mostly in the treatment facility (Sea Pines)also another large part of the novel is her having flashbacks. The atmosphere is the book is mostly dark. Just because of her being in a treatment centre makes me think of mental institutes, which i find very creepy. The story is also depressing and sad in some parts because as the story unfolds you learn how much pain Callie went through. The time period is in the 21st century and it goes through a whole year so all seasons.
4. Callie is a 15 year old girl that is a patient at Sea Pines treatment facility. Callie is at the treatments facility because she cuts her self. Hence the name of the novel, Cut. Callie is a very quiet shy girl that tends to be more of an antisocial. Through most of the book she never said one word until she gets used to the facility. Callie would stay in her room a lot in the book and when she cut herself it would be like an out of body experience for her.
5. I read this novel last year and i have to say i enjoyed it. It was interesting to me because of the way it told the story of whats in the mind of this girl. Ialso liked the way it described the out of body experiences she had. On the negative,Ifelt like the story really didn't have a climax. Its almost like you knew what was going to happen next. And the book also wasn't very suspenseful. The novel is a quick read and i would recommend it to anyone that likes these kinda books, but its probably not for someone that would be into the more science fiction type books.
Kaitlyn,
