Patricia McCormick, a 2006 finalist for the National Book Award, is the author of three critically acclaimed novels for young adults: Sold, My Brother’s Keeper, and Cut.
Sold was named by Publishers Weekly as one of the Best 100 Books of the Year and selected by the American Library Association as one of the Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults in 2006. It also earned the Quill Award for Young Adult/Teen literature in 2007.