Patricia McCormick is a two-time National Book Award finalist and former journalist who has won much acclaim for her compassionate approach to hard-hitting subjects. Her book Purple Heart was a Publishers Weekly Best Book, and her book Sold, also a National Book Award Finalist, is soon to be a feature film. Other seminal books she has written are Cut and My Brother's Keeper. Patty lives in New York with her family.
Fifteen-year-old Callie is so withdrawn that she's not speaking to anyone, including her therapist at the residential treatment facility where her parents and doctor send her after discovering that she cuts herself. Her story unfolds primarily through dra...[SEE MORE]