The Pain Eater
Beth Goobie
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
3.92
· 12 ratings · 256 pages · Published: 13 Sep 2016
Now it’s the beginning of a new school year and Maddy is hoping that she can continue to hide, making herself as quiet and small as possible. She is consumed with keeping the memories at bay, forcing them down through small cuts and the burn from the end of a cigarette. But when her English class is given the assignment of writing a collaborative novel about a fifteen-year-old girl, The Pain Eater, fact and fiction begin to meet up. When the boys spread rumors about Maddy, she realizes that continuing to hide the truth will only give them more control, and she slowly gains the courage to confront them.
Tagged as:
- contemporary 3
- realistic 3
- high-school 3
- bullying 2
- crime 2
- friendship 2
- sad 2
- female mc 1
- family 1
- dark 1
- coming of age 1
- Add topics
- format - reader age
- young adult 3
- book 1
- content warnings
- mental illness 3
- abuse 3
- sexual assault 2
- self harm 2