Cut

Patricia McCormick's book Cut is an engaging and powerful read. It is in the same vein as Speak, Twisted, or So Much To Tell You.

Callie isn't speaking to anyone. She is fifteen and she has been admitted to Sea Pines, a residential treatment facility. Residents call it Sick Minds.

Group therapy happens twice per day and Callie also sees a therapist daily. And after a while she wants to be able to speak again. Partly because someone else who cuts herself has been admitted. This new resident helps trigger thoughts that lead Callie to understand why she cuts.

McCormick, Patricia. (2000). Cut. Asheville, NC: Front Street.