Themes: self injury, eating disorders, substance abuse, inpatient treatment, family CUT is an appropriate book for advanced readers as young as grade school to early high school students.
While this short novel is somewhat dated in terms of technology and length on inpatient treatment, young readers may be able to recognize themselves in the characters and seek appropriate help from parents or other adults. The girls on Callie's ward deal with substance abuse, eating disorders and self injury, engage in therapy to various degrees. Written for tweens and young teens, CUT is a good introduction to the problems and treatment for the mental health issues many teen girls face. But if she's going to start feeling better, she'll have to start trusting those who can help her figure out how. She doesn't know why she can't talk any more and she doesn't know why she cuts herself. Not to the other girls in the treatment center. That Jeff's recovery depends on realizing and accepting that he's gay isn't explicit until the novel is almost over, that this novel goes beyond gay issues to address broader questions of identity is clear all along. ) own strengths emerge: his characterizations run deep, and without too much contrivance the teens' interactions slowly dislodge clues about what triggered Jeff's suicide attempt. Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford 1,163 Paperback 97911.99 Get it as soon as Tue, Sep 28 FREE Shipping on orders over 25 shipped by Amazon More Buying Choices 1.91 (58 used & new offers) Teachers' pick The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. But as Jeff begins to form relationships with these teens, Ford's ( Alec Baldwin Doesn't Love Me Michael Thomas Ford is the author of the teen novel Suicide Notes as well as several essay collections and adult novels, including Jane Bites Back.
Katzrupus (Jeff refers to him as “Cat Poop”) and holding himself aloof from the four other patients. Readers might need patience as Jeff, the protagonist, goes through a period of denial, delivering sarcastic answers to his shrink, Dr. Regaining consciousness after an aborted suicide attempt, the 15-year-old narrator thinks his parents have “overreacted” by placing him in a 45-day program in the “nuthouse” (“you know, where they keep the people who have sixteen imaginary friends living in their heads”). Teens in a psych ward populate a novel that overcomes a predictable beginning to make a powerful emotional impact.
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