10 must-read realistic fiction books like Scars by Cheryl Rainfield

Cover of Scars by Cheryl Rainfield

Scars

By: Cheryl Rainfield

4.16

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

Kendra, fifteen, hasn't felt safe since she began to recall devastating memories of childhood sexua…

"But of course it couldn't last. Nothing good ever does."

-Cheryl Rainfield, Scars

"But of course it couldn't last. Nothing good ever does."

-Cheryl Rainfield, Scars

"I know you're upset, I know you're scared, but don't walk away."

-Cheryl Rainfield, Scars

"I know you're upset, I know you're scared, but don't walk away."

-Cheryl Rainfield, Scars

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Scars by Cheryl Rainfield , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of Such a Pretty Girl by Laura Wiess

1. Such a Pretty Girl

By: Laura Wiess

3.87

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

They promised Meredith nine years of safety, but only gave her three. Her father was supposed to be… read more

Similar categories in Laura Wiess's Such a Pretty Girl book and Cheryl Rainfield's Scars

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • abuse
"knowing deep inside some ghosts are too cruel to question"

-Laura Wiess, Such a Pretty Girl

"I am shrunken and shriveled inside, a rotten chestnut hidden beneath a deceptively smooth shell"

-Laura Wiess, Such a Pretty Girl

"In my family, you can rot to hell on the inside as long as you’re flawless on the outside, which is really sick, but also hard to unlearn."

-Laura Wiess, Such a Pretty Girl

"So I leave proof of my existence behind me like a snail trail with the small hope that years of talking at me will someday soften her enough to talk with me, that she'll finally pull the knife from m…"

-Laura Wiess, Such a Pretty Girl

Cover of She Loves You, She Loves You Not... by Julie Anne Peters

2. She Loves You, She Loves You Not...

By: Julie Anne Peters

4.83

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Alyssa thought she knew who she was. She had her family and her best friends and… read more

Similar categories in Julie Anne Peters's She Loves You, She Loves You Not... book and Cheryl Rainfield's Scars

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
Cover of Clean by Amy Reed

3. Clean

By: Amy Reed

2.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

You're probably wondering how I ended up here. I'm still wondering the same thing. Olivia, Kelly, C… read more

Similar categories in Amy Reed's Clean book and Cheryl Rainfield's Scars

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Lucy in the Sky by Anonymous

4. Lucy in the Sky

By: Anonymous

4.04

Format: 202 pages,

A riveting first-person tale of addiction, in the tradition of Go Ask Alice and Jay's Journal.The a… read more

Similar categories in Anonymous's Lucy in the Sky book and Cheryl Rainfield's Scars

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Why Me? by Sarah Burleton

5. Why Me?

By: Sarah Burleton

3.90

Format: 49 pages,

read more

Similar categories in Sarah Burleton's Why Me? book and Cheryl Rainfield's Scars

  • psychology
  • abuse
Cover of Impulse (Impulse, #1) by Ellen Hopkins

6. Impulse (Impulse, #1)

By: Ellen Hopkins

3.92

Format: 98 pages,

Sometimes you don't wake up. But if you happen to, you know things will never be the same. Three li… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Hopkins's Impulse (Impulse, #1) book and Cheryl Rainfield's Scars

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Glass (Crank, #2) by Ellen Hopkins

7. Glass (Crank, #2)

By: Ellen Hopkins

3.92

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

Crank. Glass. Ice. Crystal. Whatever you call it, it's all the same: a monster. And once it's got h… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Hopkins's Glass (Crank, #2) book and Cheryl Rainfield's Scars

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary

8. Bang

By: Barry Lyga

3.40

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

One shot ruined his life. Another one could end it. Sebastian Cody did something horrible, somethin… read more

Similar categories in Barry Lyga's Bang book and Cheryl Rainfield's Scars

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary

9. By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead

By: Julie Anne Peters , None

4.13

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

Daelyn Rice is broken beyond repair, and after a string of botched suicide attempts, she's determin… read more

Similar categories in Julie Anne Peters's By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead book and Cheryl Rainfield's Scars

10. Cut

By: Patricia McCormick

3.68

Format: 420 pages, Paperback

Callie cuts herself. Never too deep, never enough to die. But enough to feel the pain. Enough to fe… read more

Similar categories in Patricia McCormick's Cut book and Cheryl Rainfield's Scars

11. Willow

By: Julia Hoban

3.50

Format: 24 pages,

Seven months ago on a rainy March night, Willow's parents drank too much wine at dinner and asked h… read more

Similar categories in Julia Hoban's Willow book and Cheryl Rainfield's Scars

12. Kiss of Broken Glass

By: Madeleine Kuderick

3.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In the next 72 hours, Kenna may lose everything--her friends, her freedom, and maybe even herself. … read more

Similar categories in Madeleine Kuderick's Kiss of Broken Glass book and Cheryl Rainfield's Scars

13. Identical

By: Ellen Hopkins

3.66

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Do twins begin in the womb? Or in a better place? Kaeleigh and Raeanne are identical down to the di… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Hopkins's Identical book and Cheryl Rainfield's Scars

Cover of Scars by Cheryl Rainfield

14. Scars

By: Cheryl Rainfield

4.16

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

Kendra, fifteen, hasn't felt safe since she began to recall devastating memories of childhood sexua… read more

Similar categories in Cheryl Rainfield's Scars book and Cheryl Rainfield's Scars

  • teen
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • abuse
"But of course it couldn't last. Nothing good ever does."

-Cheryl Rainfield, Scars

"I know you're upset, I know you're scared, but don't walk away."

-Cheryl Rainfield, Scars

"It was easier to ask for forgiveness than it was to get permission."

-Cheryl Rainfield, Scars

"You don't deserve the anger you're turning on yourself. Your abuser's the one who does."

-Cheryl Rainfield, Scars

15. Letting Ana Go

By: Anonymous

5.00

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Go Ask Alice and Lucy in the Sky, a harrowing account of anorexia and addiction… read more

Similar categories in Anonymous's Letting Ana Go book and Cheryl Rainfield's Scars

16. Wintergirls

By: Laurie Halse Anderson

3.55

Format: 320 pages,

In her most emotionally wrenching, lyrically written book since the multiple-award-winning Speak, L… read more

Similar categories in Laurie Halse Anderson's Wintergirls book and Cheryl Rainfield's Scars

17. Paperweight

By: Meg Haston

4.17

Format: 267 pages, Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Stevie is trapped. In her life. And now in an eating-disorder treatment center o… read more

Similar categories in Meg Haston's Paperweight book and Cheryl Rainfield's Scars

18. Believarexic

By: J.J. Johnson

3.26

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Fifteen-year-old Jennifer has to force her family to admit she needs help for her eating disorder. … read more

Similar categories in J.J. Johnson's Believarexic book and Cheryl Rainfield's Scars

Cover of Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

19. Speak

By: Laurie Halse Anderson

4.05

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The first ten lies they tell you in high school. "Speak up for yourself—we want to know what you… read more

Similar categories in Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak book and Cheryl Rainfield's Scars

  • teen
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Gym should be illegal. It's humiliating."

-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

"I have never heard a more eloquent silence."

-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

"To keep up appearances, I stomp my room and slam the door."

-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

"Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance."

-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

Cover of How It Feels to Float by Helena  Fox

20. How It Feels to Float

By: Helena Fox

3.83

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Biz knows how to float. She has her people, her posse, her mom and the twins. She has Grace. And sh… read more

Similar categories in Helena Fox's How It Feels to Float book and Cheryl Rainfield's Scars

  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Truth and truth split in two and walk side by side."

-Helena Fox, How It Feels to Float

"Here I am, in borrowed bones, in makeshift skin, looking out it eyes that are a construct, breathing with lungs that are only a step–a basic rearrangement–away from leaves. How funny, to have a body …"

-Helena Fox, How It Feels to Float

Cover of The Liar's Daughter by Megan Cooley Peterson

21. The Liar's Daughter

By: Megan Cooley Peterson

3.89

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

Piper was raised in a cult.She just doesn't know it. Seventeen-year-old Piper knows that Father… read more

Similar categories in Megan Cooley Peterson's The Liar's Daughter book and Cheryl Rainfield's Scars

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary

11 must-read fiction books like Scars by Cheryl Rainfield

Transform Your Habits

Such a Pretty Girl

Laura Wiess

3.87

Transform Your Habits

She Loves You, She Loves You Not...

Julie Anne Peters

4.83

Transform Your Habits

Clean

Amy Reed

2.89

Transform Your Habits

Lucy in the Sky

Anonymous

4.04

View all the books

9 Best fiction books like Impulse (Impulse, #1) by Ellen Hopkins

Transform Your Habits

Suicide Notes

Michael Thomas Ford

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Lucy in the Sky

Anonymous

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Impulse (Impulse, #1)

Ellen Hopkins

3.92

Transform Your Habits

Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

Sara Pascoe

4.30

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.