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Summary Of Suicide Notes By Michael Thomas Ford

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Within the novel Suicide Notes, the author Michael Thomas Ford introduces the reader to Jeff, A 15 year old boy trapped within a psych ward. Why he's there is slowly revealed by him as he is introduced to multiple other kids with him. Throughout the beginning of the story he is confronted by his therapist Dr. Katzrupus, who attempts to get information out of him. Eventually, Jeff is finally confronted with the fact that he attempted suicide. While in the psych ward, Jeff insists he does not belong with the other people there after hearing their stories. He is introduced to Juliet, a girl who is crazy, Alice, a girl who tried to burn her molester, Bone, who never talks, and Sadie, a girl who was saved by a stranger when attempting suicide.

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