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STAINED book cover

STAINED is from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (Nov 19, 2013).

HUNTED book cover

HUNTED is a teen novel from WestSide Books (December 15, 2011).
Caitlyn, a telepath on the run from government troopers, must choose between saving herself or saving the world.

SCARS book cover

SCARS is an edgy realistic teen novel from WestSide Books (March 24, 2010).
Kendra must face her past and stop hurting herself--before it's too late.

SkinWalkers: Walking Both Sides book cover

SkinWalkers: Walking Both Sides is a hi-lo (high interest, low vocabulary) fantasy for teens and fantasy lovers from HIP Books (May 2011).
When angry villagers attack the Skinwalker camp, Claire has to make a difficult choice. Whose side is she really on?

The Last Dragon (Dragon Speaker, 1) book cover

The Last Dragon (Dragon Speaker, 1) is a hi-lo (high interest, low vocabulary) fantasy for teens and fantasy lovers from HIP Books (Sept. 2009).
A boy who speaks with birds is the only one who can save the last dragon....

Dear Teen Me: Authors Write Letters to Their Teen Selves book cover

My Dear Teen Me is published in an anthology by Zest Books (Dear Teen Me: Authors Write Letters to Their Teen Selves).

 Fried! Fast Food, Slow Deaths book cover

My edgy realistic short story Comfort Food is published in an anthology by Graveside Tales ( Fried! Fast Food, Slow Deaths).

The Horrors Terrifying Tales: Book Two book cover

My paranormal-suspense story The Healer is published in an anthology by Red Deer Press (The Horrors Terrifying Tales: Book Two).

STAINED book cover

STAINED is from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (Nov 19, 2013).

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Cheryl Rainfield has been said to write with “great empathy and compassion” (VOYA) and to write stories that “can, perhaps, save a life.” (CM Magazine) SLJ said of her work: “[Readers] will be on the edge of their seats.”


I'm excited and honored to announce that HUNTED has been shortlisted for the 2013 Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Award!


STAINED releases this November! In STAINED, Sarah is abducted and must find a way to rescue herself.

Like I did with all my books, I drew on some of my own trauma experience to write it, and I wrote a strong-girl character.









In Parallel Visions, Kate can see visions of the future--but only when she has an asthma attack. To save her sister from being beaten and a schoolmate from committing suicide, Kate must trigger more visions--but that could kill her!



Available in print and ebook. Amazon, B&N, and other ebook outlets. There's a short signed message from me inside every copy.







SCARS is now available as an ebook on Amazon and B&N.

There is also a free SCARS Teaching Guide (that can also be used as a Reading Guide). Download your free copy here. (Starts the download immediately.) It's in Word doc format.


Want free goodies that tie into my books? Go to the Books link and you'll find goodies for each book.

And, in case you're wondering-yes, it's my own arm on the cover of SCARS.




Want to know when I have a new book out, new book goodies you can download for free, or other book news? Email Me.




My response to the WSJ article that slams Scars. YA saves!





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