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Scars

  • 2010 first published
  • 248 pages
  • ★ 4.7 (3 ratings)
  • 6 editions

Scars is a 2010 sapphic fiction and LGBTQ+ young adult fiction novel by C. A. Rainfield and Cheryl Rainfield. Key subjects include emotional problems, artists, Self-mutilation and Memory.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, and 75 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 6 editions.

It runs to roughly 248 pages — 4–5 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Scars

Fifteen-year-old Kendra, a budding artist who has not felt safe since she began to remember devastating memories of childhood sexual abuse, cannot seem to recall her abuser's identity and copes with the stress by cutting herself. Kendra, a fifteen-year-old budding artist who has not felt safe since she began to remember devastating memories of childhood sexual abuse, copes with the stress by cutting herself. The plot contains explicit language.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Emotional problems
  • Artists
  • Self-mutilation
  • Cutting, Self-mutilation
  • Memory
  • Sexual abuse
  • Lesbians
  • Child sexual abuse
  • Emotional problems of teenagers
  • Sex crimes
  • Canadian Young adult fiction
  • Young adult fiction
  • Crimes sexuels
  • Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
  • Troubles affectifs chez l'adolescent
  • Coupures cutanées, Automutilation

Quick answers

Who wrote Scars?

Scars was written by C. A. Rainfield and Cheryl Rainfield and first published in 2010.

What genre is Scars?

It is usually shelved as Lesbian & Sapphic Fiction and LGBTQ+ Young Adult.

How long is Scars?

The median edition has 248 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Scars?

Readers who like it often enjoy Last Night at the Telegraph Club, Of Fire and Stars and Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel.

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