Cut

Cut is by Patricia McCormick and is 168 pages. This book is about a 15 year old girl named Callie and her 'disorder'. Callie cuts herself. She is sent to a place called Sea Pines, which Callies roommate Sydney nicknames 'Sick Minds'. That's not the only thing that Sydney gives nicknames to- she nicknamed Callie S.T. for Silent Treatment, because that's exactly what Callie does. Callie doesn't talk. In Sea Pines there are many different kinds of girls with many different kinds of problems. In Sea Pines you have a group that you eat with, do your T.V. time with, EVERYTHING except your personal therapy time. In Callies group is Debbie an overweight girl obsessed with food, Becca and Tara anorexic girls, Sydney and Tiffany Druggies and then there's Callie, the cutter. Through her therapy sessions you learn about Callies life- how she gets along with her mom who is too busy with her brother Sam. During her therapy sessions you learn about the traumatic event that changed Callies life. Through the book you get to see the highs and lows of the group and how their relationships change through the book.

Ok, your probably thinking, why on earth would you read about a girl with a Cutting problem, let alone a book that takes place in a treatment center. But its so much more than that. Its the story of Callie that draws you to want to read and wanting more. The way she communicates through the other girls, in her own way trying to control what little she has left at Sea Pines. Its an awesome book, but I would recommend it to 12 and up on this one. This book is a must read! It lets you into a world not like your own, you get to see what many people go through. But the ending of the book cannot be beat. It makes the book all worth reading, the icing on the cake.