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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 Teenaged 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: 4.06 · 161,799 ratings · 16,515 reviews · 33 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sold 4.23 avg rating — 56,413 ratings — published 2006 — 63 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 — 57,315 ratings — published 2000 — 28 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 4.16 avg rating — 11,386 ratings — published 2012 — 36 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 3.76 avg rating — 2,895 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 4.02 avg rating — 2,225 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) 4.44 avg rating — 906 ratings — published 2017 — 2 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 3.50 avg rating — 816 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	Mythology for Teens Classic Myths in Today s World 4.22 avg rating — 9 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
	It's Your Movie! - Tune Into Your Channel and Create the Life of Your Dreams by Patricia McCormick, Patricia McHugh it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 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
	Malala - L'histoire de mon engagement pour le droit des filles by Patricia McCormick, Malala Yousafzai, Patricia McCormick 4.33 avg rating — 3 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

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Quotes by Patricia McCormick (?)

“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

119 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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