Reviews
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, An ALA Quick Pick for YA ReadersA 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, An ALA Quick Pick for Young Adult ReadersA New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age"Riveting and hopeful, sweet, heartbreaking." - The Boston Globe"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." - Booklist