LOUDER THAN WORDS Book Tour Giveaway and Review Featuring RAE by Chelsea Rae Swiggett

3 NEW TITLES IN A BREAKTHROUGH TEEN-AUTHORED MEMOIR SERIES! LOUDER THAN WORDS !!!!!

Rae is a story of a young girl plagued with immense anxieties and phobias. Not unlike many young girls this day in age who deal with such pressure and anxiety from out society. This was a haunting read for me, disturbing, raw, all to real and beautiful at the same time. Raw and disturbing because it reminded me of myself and no one likes looking in the mirror, especially me.

Beautiful because I wish I had this book when I was a young girl. Like me Rae grows up feeling anxious going to school, in class, making friends. Are other people talking about her, her weight, her clothes, is she so different and weird, a freak. That is a familiar feeling, one I hid well for a long time. The distress of school alone could be paralyzing with it's fear. Like Rae so many young girls feel the pressure to wear the right clothes and talk about all the right things it is simply overwhelming.

It is a long road to get past there things, especially for Rae who's past living with her mother's drinking has taken a tremendous toll on her as well.

A wonderfully raw and honest look at social anxieties in girls that will tear at your heart and open your eyes to their struggles, they are very real, they are happening more than you realize and they are all around you.

Rae is beyond socially awkward. Since she was a little girl, Rae Swiggett knew something was different about her. The sound of planes flying overhead could spark a panic attack. Being called on in class was enough to push her over the edge. She feared the unknown, life, death, people . . . even fear itself. By the time she reached ninth grade, Rae was muddling through life in relative silence, convinced everyone was mocking her, judging her, picking her apart, bit by little bit. Rae knew she couldn't keep going on this way. She knew something had to give. 'It's a game of catch-22 I constantly play with myself. If I keep acting normal, I hope one day I will be, but every time I try, I just let myself down. I'm so entirely sick of this game.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Chelsea Rae Swiggett is 18 years old and lives in Ohio. She will soon be heading to college to major in English and immerse herself even further into the world of books and writing. She currently serves on the Ypulse Youth Advisory Board and plans on traveling the world—or at least the US—by the time 2012 hits. Just in case. Visit her on her YA book review blog, The Page Flipper

***GIVEAWAY***

With Thanks to Lisa @ TLC Booktours I have great prize pack and some individual books to giveaway.

One winner can have the whole set. 3 different winners can win a copy of an individual book (one for Hannah, one for Chelsea, one for Alexis).

The giveaway is limited to US/Canada only (no P.O. Boxes)

Winner Chosen 08/19

Set of 3- Winner #1

Hannah- Winner #2

Chelsea- Winner #3

Alexis- Winner #4