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Patricia McCormick

Born

in Washington D.C., The United States

May 23, 1956

Website

http://www.pattymccormick.com/

Genre

Young Adult, Fiction

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Patricia McCormick is a journalist and writer. She graduated from Rosemont College in 1978, followed by an M.S. from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1986 and an M.F.A. from New School University in 1999. Her first novel for teens was Cut, about a young woman who self-injures herself. This was followed by My Brother's Keeper in 2005, about a boy struggling with his brother's addiction and Sold in 2006. Her awards include the American Library Association Best Book of the Year, New York Public Library Best Book for the Teenage, and the Children's Literature Council's Choice.

She has written for The New York Times, Parents magazine, The New York Times Book Review, Ladies Home Journal, Town & Country, More, Reader's Digest, ...more

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Average rating: 4.07 · 178,117 ratings · 18,118 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sold 4.24 avg rating — 63,587 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cut 3.76 avg rating — 60,006 ratings — published 2000 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Never Fall Down 4.17 avg rating — 12,259 ratings — published 2012 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Purple Heart 3.78 avg rating — 3,060 ratings — published 2009 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Plot to Kill Hitler: Dietrich Bonhoeffer—Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero 4.04 avg rating — 2,746 ratings — published 2016 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sergeant Reckless: The True Story of the Little Horse Who Became a Hero by Patricia McCormick, Iacopo Bruno (Illustrator) 4.45 avg rating — 997 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Brother's Keeper 3.49 avg rating — 843 ratings — published 2005 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bicycle: How an Act of Kindness Changed a Young Refugee's Life by Patricia McCormick, Yas Imamura (Illustrator), Mevan Babakar 4.42 avg rating — 67 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mythology for Teens Classic Myths in Today's World 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lady Bullfighter 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Look. I have a strategy. Why expect anything? If you don’t expect anything, you don’t get disappointed.”
― Patricia McCormick, Cut

tags: cutting, disappointment, expectations, hope, life, strategy

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“I imagine you working on me as an algebra problem, reducing me to fractions, crossing out common denominators, until there's nothing left on the page but a line that says x = whatever it is that is wrong with me.”
― Patricia McCormick, Cut

117 likes

“Simply to endure is to triumph.”
― Patricia McCormick, Sold

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Polls

What book would you like to read for April's group read? The theme is poetry.

Matchedby Ally Condie

21 votes 22.8%

The Standby Stephen King

20 votes 21.7%

Soldby Patricia McCormick

14 votes 15.2%

Crush by Richard Siken

8 votes 8.7%

Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson

6 votes 6.5%

Slammed by Colleen Hoover

6 votes 6.5%

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino

5 votes 5.4%

Risking Everything: 110 Poems of Love and Revelation by Roger Housden

5 votes 5.4%

Stoner by John Edward Williams

5 votes 5.4%

My American Kundiman by Patrick Rosal

2 votes 2.2%

92 total votes

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