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Cuts Like a Knife
By RYAN, Darlene & TULLSON, Diane
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- 978-1-4598-0120-2 978-1-4598-0119-6 978-1-4598-0140-0 978-1-4598-0139-4
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2012 | Grades 5-up
Gr 8 Up—In Cuts, Daniel is infatuated with Mac, a beautiful but troubled musician with a reputation for running away from her problems. The recent death of her grandmother has her friends, including Daniel, on alert. On the eve of the destruction of her grandmother's house, she comes on to him. When he wakes, Mac has gone, leaving nothing but a trail of gifts to her friends and music teacher. While the book is certainly aimed at struggling readers, Ryan's foreshadowing of Mac's suicide attempt is subtle enough to satisfy sophisticated readers, and the references to music studies may make th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on July 1, 2012
Suspenseful and brisk, with strong writing and sophisticated characterization, Cuts Like a Knife will appeal to reluctant and dedicated readers. Daniel is endearingly smitten with Mac: “I can remember her walking into homeroom that first morning . . . there was just something about the way she stood there, like she didn’t care that we were all sneaking looks at her, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
