She swiftly receives a face transplant, which carries with it plenty of repercussions. You also know how to dive deep into your narrators mind, making maisie. September 29th is just around the corner and with it, the on sale date of my new novel, faceless. Each week, our editors select the one author and one book they believe to be most worthy of your attention and highlight them in our pro connect email alert. Sixteenyearold maisie loves to run track, and she secretly loves her boyfriend, chirag, although she hasnt yet t. Writers are often asked what writing advice they would give to aspiring authors, to younger versions of themselves, or to just about anyone who has a story. Mar 21, 2016 books were running a competition to win a copy of this book, so naturally i entered. Faceless showed that honesty really is the best policy, even if the truth hurts. Jan 18, 2016 alyssa sheinmel presents maisies recovery in what feels like a very truthful and sensitive way. Each discovery and progression is creeping and gentle, slowly catching up to maisie as she works through her new appearance as well as the emotional. The details and descriptions of the hospital were really awesome, and i felt like i was there at her hospital bed, seeing everything she did. Shes lucky enough to get a face transplant, but how do you live your life when you cant even recognize yourself anymore. I also learned that i may not feel that i am lucky sometimes, but i know there are people that have it worse than. Faceless is honest and heartbreaking, and theres not an ounce of sugarcoating to be found.
The cover of is slightly damaged for instance a torn or bent corner. Faceless is a wellcrafted and beautifully written story that i wasnt expecting to enjoy quite as much as i did. Jan 19, 2016 im so excited to host this guest blog from author alyssa sheinmel. A hotburning electrical fire consumes her, destroying her face. Apr, 2016 faceless is a wellcrafted and beautifully written story that i wasnt expecting to enjoy quite as much as i did. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. When maisie winters wakes up, shes in the hospital. Alyssa sheinmel is the new york times bestselling author of several novels for young adults including a danger to herself and others, faceless and second star. She is the coauthor of the new york times bestselling novel the haunting of sunshine girl and its sequel, the awakening of sunshine girl. Interview with alyssa sheinmel, author of faceless. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading faceless.
I didnt even bother reading the blurb until it arrived. It is a vivid, compelling, beautiful, immediate novel, and alyssa sheinmels writing is so true, her characters so real, that they live on long after the last page is turned. Maybe its the lack of her parents fighting, or the fact that she doesnt like the taste of anything she used to, the fact that she cant talk to her best friend or her boyfriend nearly as much as she used to or the fact that she feels she cant run away from everything hard. Acclaimed author alyssa sheinmel discusses faceless, her. Waterstones, amazon, the book depository goodreads blurb. In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read. While on a run one day, maise gets into a terrible accident. At times, that makes this a difficult book to read because there are moments that are so upsetting and tragic you just want to reach right in and give maisie and co. I didnt mean forget, like, i wouldnt actually remember what had happened.
It is a vivid, compelling, beautiful, immediate novel, and alyssa sheinmels writing is so true, her characters so real, that they live on long after. I was more than thrilled to find out that i had won, and the book duly arrived in the post a few days later thanks, maximum pop. Where her nose, cheeks, and chin used to be, now there is. Faceless is an emotionally gripping novel about a girl who gets a face transplant and has to rediscover her identity. There are no miraculous cures which take the pain away, no great moments of realisation. It is a vivid, compelling, beautiful, immediate novel, and alyssa sheinmels writing is so true, her characters. I really liked the start of this book, as i noticed that itr actually started before her accident, rather than later, as most sobstory books do. Alyssa grew up in northern california and new york and currently lives in new york. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages. Alyssa sheinmel is the bestselling author of several novels for young adults including r. Jan 07, 2016 the book faceless is about a young girl called maisie, whos face gets partially burnt off in an electrical fire. From alyssa sheinmel, the acclaimed author of second star, this is a lyrical and gripping novel that will challenge readers to think about how we.
Faceless by alyssa sheinmel has a particularly harrowing opening. Summary characters 55 plot 45 style 55 setting 45 overall 45 quote no one will know that i used to be an athlete, that there used to be freckles on my nose, that i used to have a dimple in my left cheek. When maisie is struck by lightning, her face is partially destroyed. Faceless is gorgeous and wrenching, full of gigantic questions and even more gigantic answers about love, identity and appearance. Alyssa grew up in northern california and new york and currently lives in new york city. She is the coauthor of the haunting of sunshine girl and its sequel, the awakening of sunshine girl. Fast forward a few months, and maisie is back at home, in her room, in her old life, but nothing feels the same. When maisie is burnt in s terrible accident, her face is partially destroyed. Shes lucky enough to get a face transplant, but how do you live your life when you cant even recognize yourself any more. The book faceless is about a young girl called maisie, whos face gets partially burnt off in an electrical fire. Yes i would recommend this book because i really like the lesson of this story and now i am trying to follow that lesson to help me. Also i found that it was less of a sobstory, oh look at me kind of book but was.
Im sure ill reread it many times, as i do with my favorites. Teenage offspring of the herondales, carstairs, fairchilds, and other angeldescended nephilim continue their families demonfighting ways amid a round of elegant london balls, soirees, salons, picnics, and romantic. You have a really lovely, thoughtful way with words. He drives maisie to group therapy, school, and home. Sep 29, 2015 when a pretty, athletic girl loses her face in a fire, she gets a face transplant and struggles with the permanent changes in her life. Alyssa sheinmel is the new york times bestselling author of several novels for young adults, including a danger to herself and others and faceless. Faceless by alyssa sheinmel a young adult book blog. New york times bestselling author luanne rice sheinmels depiction of a disfigured adolescent girl, already searching for herself and now suddenly forced to accept. Read faceless by alyssa sheinmel available from rakuten kobo.
Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. Acclaimed author alyssa sheinmel discusses faceless, her new ya novel brooke shearouse october 5th, 2015 today on our minds welcomes acclaimed author alyssa sheinmel, to discuss her new ya book faceless. Written by alyssa sheinmel, audiobook narrated by susankate heaney. Alyssa sheinmel is the author of second star, the beautiful between, the lucky kind, and the stone girl, as well as the forthcoming novel, faceless. Faceless showed that honesty really is the best policy.
Faceless by alyssa sheinmel by jessecah rustand on prezi. Alyssa sheinmel is the bestselling author of several novels for young adults including a danger to herself and others and faceless. Alyssa grew up in northern california and new york, and attended barnard college. Alyssa was born in stanford, california, and even though she moved across the country to new york when she was six years old, she still think of herself as a california girl. January 19, 2016 aimee alison goodman, alyssa sheinmel, black widow, black widow forever red, book, books, bookworm, charles dickens, faceless, great expectations, jrr tolkien, kiera cass, lady helen and the dark days club, margaret stohl, maria lewis, paper and fire, rachel caine, stephenie meyer, the crown, the fellowship of the ring, the. Faceless by alyssa sheinmel 9781910655191 booktopia. The last thing she remembers is running through the hills of her neighborhood one misty morning. Faceless has 3 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. At one point or another, weve probably heard about someone whos suffered second or even third degree burns.
Faceless ebook by alyssa sheinmel 9780545676021 rakuten kobo. Im so excited to host this guest blog from author alyssa sheinmel. Ive been on and off reading it for a long while now but im kind of sad that it has come to an end to be honest. When maisie went out in public or at school, people automatically treated her differently, and everyone stared and whispered.
Faceless by alyssa sheinmel is a book for young adults about grief and survival rayeedah ebrahim, 16, a pupil at horizon private school in abu dhabi, shares her thoughts about. Im not going to lie, i bought the book for the cover. A new york public library best books for teens 2015 faceless is gorgeous and wrenching, full of gigantic questions and even more gigantic answers about love, identity and appearance. An honest novel about identity and selfbelief that explores how teenagers deal with lifechanging injuries. Alyssa sheinmel presents maisies recovery in what feels like a very truthful and sensitive way. Was faceless based on a true story in a way, the idea for faceless popped into my head long before i started writing iteven before my first book, the beautiful between, was published, i began making notes for a book about a girl who got into an accident that changed her face forever, who would discover how much of who she was was tied to what she looked like. The spine or cover may be slightly worn but the book is otherwise in good condition and will provide thought provoking read. Shes lucky enough to be a candidate for a face transplant, and luckier still when a donor becomes available just a couple months after her accident. Shes lucky enough to get a face transplant, but how do you live your life when you cant even recognise yourself any more. Faceless by alyssa sheinmel overdrive rakuten overdrive. Books were running a competition to win a copy of this book, so naturally i entered. She is lucky enough to qualify for a face transplant.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. At times, that makes this a difficult book to read because there are moments that are so upsetting and tragic you just want to. The most recent book that i have just finished reading is faceless by alyssa sheinmel which a young adultteen fiction novel. Faceless book by alyssa sheinmel half price books marketplace. For those of you in the new york area, i wanted to share all the details for my upcoming events at bookcourt and mcnally jackson with my sister, courtney sheinmel, who will be talking about her new book, edgewater. Just send us an email and well put the best up on the site. Faceless book by alyssa sheinmel 3 available editions. Faceless was such a gripping and emotional read, for maisie to lose her whole identity in one single moment and having to rediscover her self and try to understand why people keep telling her shes lucky. Today on our minds welcomes acclaimed author alyssa sheinmel, to discuss her new ya book faceless. I just dont want to be constantly reminded of what i look like now. I thought it was pretty, the title interested me and its something i wanted to own just for the aesthetic. Faceless by alyssa sheinmel 9780545676014 booktopia.
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