Leap of Faith by Jamie Blair
Published by: Simon & Schuster BfYR
Publication date: September 3rd 2013
Genres: Contemporary, Young Adult
Event Organized by: Xpresso Book Tours
Synopsis:
Can true love be built on lies? A teen on the run seeks relief and redemption in this gripping, romantic read.
Leah Kurtz has finally found a place to call home, a town where she and baby Addy can live in peace, far from the drug-infested place she grew up. Chris is one of the best parts of her new life, the only person who’s ever made her feel safe. And now that she’s found him, there’s no way she can tell the truth:
Her real name is Faith, not Leah. She’s seventeen, not nineteen. And the baby isn’t hers—Faith kidnapped her.
Faith’s history catches up with her when a cop starts asking questions and Chris’s aunt spots her picture in the newspaper. She knows it’s time to run again, but if Faith leaves, she’ll lose Chris. If Chris is in love with a lie, though, did Faith ever really have him in the first place?
Leah Kurtz has finally found a place to call home, a town where she and baby Addy can live in peace, far from the drug-infested place she grew up. Chris is one of the best parts of her new life, the only person who’s ever made her feel safe. And now that she’s found him, there’s no way she can tell the truth:
Her real name is Faith, not Leah. She’s seventeen, not nineteen. And the baby isn’t hers—Faith kidnapped her.
Faith’s history catches up with her when a cop starts asking questions and Chris’s aunt spots her picture in the newspaper. She knows it’s time to run again, but if Faith leaves, she’ll lose Chris. If Chris is in love with a lie, though, did Faith ever really have him in the first place?
Leap Of Faith Dream
Cast
Chris: Michael Pitt
Faith/Leah: Ellen Page
Playlist
Guest Post: Jamie Blair
The Teen Pregnancy Book That’s Not
A handful of times over the past
couple weeks, I’ve spotted Leap Of Faith being called a teen pregnancy book.
The funny part of this to me is that the teen, Faith, in my book is never
really pregnant. But, she does pretend that the baby, who is actually her
newborn sister, is her own baby and the situation she gets herself into does
make her a teen mom.
Faith, having grown up with an addict
for a mom, more often than not with no food in the house, knows that her baby
sister is in for an even worst childhood than she had. What starts in Faith’s
mind as getting back at her mom turns into an enormous sacrifice as she takes
the baby and goes on the run.
Taking care of a newborn isn’t
glorified in Leap of Faith and that’s not because as the author I wanted to
make the book a preachy, issue book. I wrote it for entertainment, not as a
warning to readers. Having a newborn is portrayed as touch because it really
is. Having a newborn is insanely hard. Anyone taking on the task of raising a
baby needs a support system, and this is where Leap Of Faith gets tricky.
Faith not only finds her support
system, but she finds the family she’s never had and always wanted. But, in the
back of her mind, she knows her time there is limited. She’s told so many lies,
it has to come to an end somehow.
When it all does come crashing down,
Faith has a second sacrifice to make. She’s grown to love the family—and the
boy—who have taken her and her baby in. But, in order to keep them from being
implemented in any legal action Faith might face for kidnapping the baby, she
knows she has to leave the perfect life she’s found behind.
Justified Kidnapping?
Is kidnapping ever justified?
In Leap Of Faith, the main character,
Faith, kidnaps her newborn sister, Addy, in order to give her a better life.
Faith’s mother is a drug addict. Faith has grown up in a neglectful and
mentally abusive home, often with no food to eat. In her mind, there is no way
she can let this baby grow up the same way she has.
I was approached by a woman who had a
very similar situation in her family, so the question I never expected to be
asked and never even considered when writing Leap Of Faith was asked: Is it ever
okay to kidnap a child from an abusive or neglectful parent?
Approaching the topic from a
fictional standpoint as I had, I felt that Faith was justified in her actions,
but it was illegal, so I can’t in good conscious say it’s a measure that should
be taken in a real-life situation. On the other hand, a child should never be
left with an abusive or neglectful caregiver. There are steps to take,
authorities to involve—it might take a while and be frustrating to wait for a
resolution, but kidnapping can’t actually be an option, can it?
Is there ever a time when it’s
justified? When a child you love is in danger? What are your thoughts?
AUTHOR BIO:
Jamie Blair spent most of her teen years choreographing moves for her dance team routines, kissing boys on the couch after her mom went to bed, and pondering the mood enhancement qualities of Lemon Heads when consumed with Diet Coke. Writing under Kelli Maine, she’s the USA Today bestselling author of Taken. Leap of Faith is her debut New Adult novel.
*Giveaways*
(open US only):
10 winners:
--5 prize packages of a signed hardback, a t-shirt and a guitar pick,
--5 e-books with an autographed Leap of Faith notecard, a guitar pick and stickers
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