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Scars Like Wings by Erin StewartISBN: 1984848836
Published by Delacorte Press on October 1, 2019
Genres: Contemporary, Emotions & Feelings, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Source: Publisher
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SCARS LIKE WINGS Tour
About the Book
Title: SCARS LIKE WINGS
Author: Erin Stewart
Pub. Date: October 1, 2019
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook
Pages: 352
Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, Audible, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD
Relatable, heartbreaking, and real, this is a story of resilience–the perfect novel for readers of powerful contemporary fiction like Girl in Pieces and Every Last Word.
Before, I was a million things. Now I’m only one. The Burned Girl.
Ava Lee has lost everything there is to lose: Her parents. Her best friend. Her home. Even her face. She doesn’t need a mirror to know what she looks like–she can see her reflection in the eyes of everyone around her.
A year after the fire that destroyed her world, her aunt and uncle have decided she should go back to high school. Be “normal” again. Whatever that is. Ava knows better. There is no normal for someone like her. And forget making friends–no one wants to be seen with the Burned Girl, now or ever.
But when Ava meets a fellow survivor named Piper, she begins to feel like maybe she doesn’t have to face the nightmare alone. Sarcastic and blunt, Piper isn’t afraid to push Ava out of her comfort zone. Piper introduces Ava to Asad, a boy who loves theater just as much as she does, and slowly, Ava tries to create a life again. Yet Piper is fighting her own battle, and soon Ava must decide if she’s going to fade back into her scars . . . or let the people by her side help her fly.
“A heartfelt and unflinching look at the reality of being a burn survivor and at the scars we all carry. This book is for everyone, burned or not, who has ever searched for a light in the darkness.” –Stephanie Nielson, New York Times bestselling author of Heaven Is Here and a burn survivor
REVIEW
Erin Stewart nails this story in both truth, beauty and the struggle to survive a grueling recovery. Ava’s parents and her cousin, Sara all die in a fire that she escapes, barely. She is now covered with burn scars and has been through nineteen surgeries. This story gets everything right, the emotional scars that Ava incurs are deeper than the external ones. Her aunt Cora is Sara’s mother and also a doctor, so when Cora tells Ava it is time to rejoin the world, Ava is hesitant and doesn’t want to be known as just what is on the outside. So she enrolls in a new school and is prepared to be the “burned girl. When she meets Piper and Asad, who both have survived burns, her outlook gets better. What really helps move this plot forward is the inclusion of Ava’s journals and poetry which even make it more relatable.
I can’t even begin to tell you how realistic all of this story is since my cousin was burned by reaching across a stove and her robe caught on fire. There were years of surgeries and a horrible recovery. I am so glad that Ava found people that had a similar experience and could help Ava face the rest of the school and build her confidence enough to even chance to share her dreams of being in the theater and not just behind the scenes. Beware this book is very realistic right down to the aftercare and treatments. Everything is handled with dignity and honesty.
About Erin:
Erin Stewart is the author of SCARS LIKE WINGS, her debut novel. Erin is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern and a BYU undergraduate who works as a freelance writer and editor, as well as a weekly columnist in Salt Lake City.
Erin lives in Utah with her husband and three children. She is represented by the amazing Brianne Johnson of Writers House.
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Giveaway Details:
3 winners will receive a finished copy of SCARS LIKE WINGS, US Only.
Tour Schedule:
Week One:
10/1/2019- Feed Your Fiction Addiction– Review
10/2/2019- BookHounds YA– Review
10/3/2019- Lifestyle of Me– Review
10/4/2019- Fictitious Fox– Review
Week Two:
10/7/2019- Fire and Ice – Review
10/8/2019- Moonlight Rendezvous– Review
10/9/2019- Fictitiouswonderland– Review
10/10/2019- Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers– Review
10/11/2019- Here’s to Happy Endings– Review
Week Three:
10/14/2019- Treestand Book Reviews– Review
10/15/2019- Smada’s Book Smack– Review
10/16/2019- Riddle’s Reviews– Review
10/17/2019- Jena Brown Writes– Review
10/18/2019- Book-Keeping– Review
Week Four:
10/21/2019- A Bookish Dream– Review
10/22/2019- Life Within The Pages– Review
10/23/2019- Portrait of a Book- Review
10/24/2019- The Pages In-Between– Review
10/25/2019- Paper Reader– Review
Week Five:
10/28/2019- Southern Girl Bookaholic– Review
10/29/2019- Do You Dog-ear?– Review
10/30/2019- Novel Novice– Excerpt
10/31/2019- Two points of interest– Review
Fabulous review! Can’t wait to read this!
This one sounds really emotional. I have read about this topic before and it’s really difficult. Thanks for sharing.
Congrats on the new release! It sounds like a very emotion read.
Cant wait to read
This sounds like a really thought-provoking story. I would love to read it.
Best of luck with the book and book tour! I saw this post in the Wednesday, Oct. 02, 2019 edition of The BookTube Your Shelf Daily Reader.
I am so excited to read this and I just adore the cover! =)
the book sounds great-thanks for the giveaway
Thank you so much for this opportunity:) 🙂 I’ve been wanting to read this book 🙂
Sounds like a very good book.
Congrats on the book. It looks like an interesting read.
I have been wishing for this one!!
sounds like a fun one