![]() The residents of Sea Pines would often call the facility Sick Minds. Lewis never sounds phony, though, and conveys the hope in McCormick's ending, which suggests Callie's eventual recovery. Cut By Patricia Mccormick: Chapter Summary Cut by Patricia McCormick talked of a mentally unstable 15 years old girl that has been admitted into a mental health facility called Sea Pines. As Callie makes breakthroughs with her therapists and comes to better understand her behavior and its causes, Lewis meets the challenge of tearful scenes. Details of her stressful, dysfunctional home life trickle out along the way it's at these points that Lewis's vulnerable voice invites listeners to feel compassion for Callie. Her debut novel, CUT, was an ALA Quick Pick for YA Readers, an ALA Best Book for Teenagers, and a NYPL Book for the Teen Age. Though she doesn't speak to her fellow guests, or even her doctors at first, listeners are always privy to Callie's feelings and her impressions of her surroundings, be it what the anorexic guests don't eat or how the substance abuse guests cope. Patricia McCormick, a finalist for the National Book Award, is the acclaimed author of CUT, MY BROTHERS KEEPER, SOLD, and PURPLE HEART. In a flat, unaffected tone, befitting someone unhappy with her situation, Lewis's Callie explains the daily routines and schedules at Sea Pines, the facility dubbed "Sick Minds" by Callie's roommate. ![]() Callie faces some difficult emotional hurdles as a "guest" at the residential treatment center where she has been sent because she cuts herself with sharp objects. ![]() In this adaptation of McCormick's debut novel, Lewis (TV's Ellen) imbues her reading with the cynicism and pain of the book's troubled 15-year-old protagonist, Callie. ![]()
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