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Here's a sneak peek at Cheryl Rainfield's new YA suspense thriller, due for release later this year.
"Sometimes you have to be your own hero."
Here's a sneak peek at Cheryl Rainfield's new YA suspense thriller, due for release later this year.
"Sometimes you have to be your own hero."
Release Date: Nov 19, 2013
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
SYNOPSIS
In this heart-wrenching and suspenseful teen thriller, sixteen-year-old Sarah Meadows 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. But when she’s abducted on the way home from school, Sarah is forced to uncover the courage she never knew she had, become a hero rather than a victim, and learn to look beyond her face to find the beauty and strength she has inside. It’s that—or succumb to a killer.
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From the author:
Like
I did with SCARS and HUNTED, I drew on some of my own experiences
of bullying, abuse, and trauma to write STAINED and to give it
greater emotional depth. Like Sarah in STAINED, I experienced
abduction, imprisonment, periods of forced starvation, mind control, and
having my life threatened. And like Sarah, I tried hard to fight against
my abuser, keep my own sense of self, and escape. I hope readers will see
Sarah's strength and courage, and appreciate her emotional growth as she
reclaims herself.
About the
Author
I love to
read. Books nurture me, helped me survive the abuse I endured as a child and
teen. I also love to write. I write fantasy books and edgy, realistic fiction
for teens.
My fantasy books often hold hope that I need, and
feel others might need, too, while my realistic fiction is gritty, intense, and
emotional. All of my books have fragments of the abuse I experienced. I write
about some of the harsh things teens go through...things that I think shouldn't
be hidden. But I also write about healing, hope, and love, and finding courage
and strength.
In SCARS (WestSide, 2010), Kendra must face her
past and stop hurting herself before it's too late. It's my arm on the cover.
There's a lot of me in SCARS; like my main character, Kendra, I am an incest
survivor, I used self-harm to cope, and I'm queer. In my teen paranormal
fantasy/dystopian, HUNTED (WestSide, Oct 2011), Caitlyn is a telepath in a world
where that is illegal, and she must choose between saving herself or saving the
world. Like Caitlyn, I know what it's like to have my life threatened, to face
oppression, to experience torture, and to break free from cult or from a group
of oppressors. And I know what it's like to have to decide between hiding my
true self or being who I am, even if that means danger to myself. I drew on my
experience with cults and ritual abuse in creating the world that Caitlyn lives
in.
In STAINED, my upcoming YA novel from Harcourt (2013), Sarah, who has a port
wine stain and some body image issues, is abducted and must find a way to
rescue herself. Like Sarah, I was often imprisoned for long periods of time as
a child, had my life threatened, and had to rely on my own strength to survive.
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Thanks so very much for sharing the STAINED cover and book trailer, and all the information; I really appreciate it! I love that you started with the tagline about being your own hero. (smiling) Strong girl stories are important to me.
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