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.
BLURBS for STAINED:
Excerpt
from p. 3
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.
“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
STAINED BOOK TRAILER with NEW COVER:
PREVIOUS MATERIAL that you can feel free to post
again if you'd like:
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.
Tagline for STAINED:
Sometimes you have to be your own hero.
You can buy STAINED on: (just link to the ones
you want to):
Amazon (hardcover): http://www.amazon.com/Stained-Cheryl-Rainfield/dp/0547942087
(well, it says you can get an email when avail)
Amazon (kindle): http://www.amazon.com/Stained-ebook/dp/B00AUZS5VG/
Amazon.ca (hardcover): http://www.amazon.ca/Stained-Cheryl-Rainfield/dp/0547942087
Amazon.ca (ebook): http://www.amazon.ca/Stained-ebook/dp/B00AUZS5VG/
The Book Depository: http://www.bookdepository.com/book/9780547942087/?a_aid=allbookstorescom&selectCurrency=USD
