Review

Faceless is gorgeous and wrenching, full of gigantic questions and even more gigantic answers about love, identity and appearance. I'm sure I'll reread it many times, as I do with my favorites. It is a vivid, compelling, beautiful, immediate novel, and Alyssa Sheinmel's writing is so true, her characters so real, that they live on long after the last page is turned. -- New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice

[Sheinmel's] depiction of a disfigured adolescent girl,already searching for herself and now suddenly forced to accept this newenormity, is compelling...absorbing. -- Kirkus Reviews

Fascinating... Maisie's struggle is certainly one that not many teens will have to face, but teens will identify with her struggle to accept that her old life is gone forever. The anger and grief that she feels is palpable and vividly expressed. Fans of R. J.Palacio's Wonder will also enjoy thisbook and relate to its similar theme about how phpalpableysical appearance does notdefine who you really are. -- VOYA

A fascinating human portrait of a unique medical procedure,this work paints a complex picture of a young life impacted by a mammoth change. Maisie is a deeply sympathetic and human character despite the outrageous circumstances....Give this to fans of Trisha Leaver's The Secrets We Keep and other readersready for an all-too-gritty piece of realistic fiction. -- School Library Journal

Compelling...Maisie's emotional torment is authentically conveyed. -- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Sheinmel's prose is accessible to a wide range of readers who, for whatever reason, find themselves struggling with differences. A touching reminder that real change is rarely skin deep. -- Booklist Online

"Faceless is gorgeous and wrenching, full of gigantic questions and even more gigantic answers about love, identity and appearance. I'm sure I'll reread it many times, as I do with my favorites. It is a vivid, compelling, beautiful, immediate novel, and Alyssa Sheinmel's writing is so true, her characters so real, that they live on long after the last page is turned." -- New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice

About the Author

Alyssa Sheinmel is the bestselling author of several novels for young adults including A Danger to Herself and Others and R.I.P. Eliza Hart. She is the co-author of the New York Times bestselling novel The Haunting of Sunshine Girl. Follow Alyssa on Instagram @alyssasheinmel and Twitter @AlyssaSheinmel, or visit her online at alyssasheinmel.com.

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If Chirag were here, he'd probably make a meticulous list of pros and cons, as though there is a correct and incorrect answer, like this decision is as straightforward as a math problem.I bite my chapped lips and try to imagine the answer we'd find at the end of his list.Surely we'd conclude that spending the rest of my life with someone else's face is better than spending it with no face at all.So I tell them yes.