Today I want to feature Cheryl Rainfield, a talented young adult author who impressed me with her first novel SCARS. If you haven't read the book, it's one of the best contemporary YA books out there that deals with issues that teens face in the real world. STAINED is a new novel by Cheryl that comes out in October. Here's the cover, an excerpt, a book trailer, and more information about Cheryl's awesome new novel!
RELEASE DATE: OCT 1, 2013
ABOUT STAINED:
Seventeen-year-old Sarah Meadows covers the walls of her bedroom with images of beautiful faces she clips from magazines—and longs for “normal.” Born with a port-wine stain covering half her face, all her life she’s been plagued by stares, giggles, bullying, and disgust. Why can’t she be like Diamond, the comic-book hero she created? Diamond would never let the insults in. That’s harder for Sarah.
But when she’s abducted on the way home from school, Sarah is forced to uncover the courage she never knew she had. Can she look beyond her face to find the beauty and strength she has inside, somehow becoming a hero rather than a victim? It’s the only way Sarah will have any chance of escaping the prison—both seen and unseen—that this deranged killer has placed around her.
EXCERPT from STAINED:
I
touch my fingers against the smooth skin of my cheek. I can’t feel
where the purple begins and ends, aside from it being slightly
warmer, but I know exactly where it is—it spreads out from the
right side of my nose, almost to my ear, and comes down to my bottom
lip in a lopsided triangle.
I
know I’m lucky; it could be worse. The port-wine stain just misses
my forehead and eye, which means I don’t have glaucoma, seizures,
and brain abnormalities. But I still feel like I’m from another
planet. Maybe that’s why I love comics so much. Superheroes are
always outsiders, and most had difficult childhoods. They feel like
my
people. I finger comb my hair over the right side of my face. I know
from long practice by the weight of my hair and the angle it falls,
that it’s covering my cheek enough to help me pass. I don’t need
a mirror to know. Not that I own one.
PRAISE for STAINED:
“Powerful. I raced through it, wanting to know if Sarah would find a way to escape both her captor and her self-doubts. A real nail-biter! “
- April Henry, New York Times-bestselling author of The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die
“A compelling, gutting, and ultimately triumphant read. You won't want to stop turning pages -- Or blink. Or breathe. -- until you reach the very last one.”
-Jennifer Brown, award-winning author of Hate List
“STAINED is dark, tense and gripping; a triumph of one girl's heart, soul and will to survive. Sarah's strength during her descent into terror kept me reading way past bedtime! “
-Laura Wiess, critically acclaimed author of Such a Pretty Girl
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