“In honor of National Anti-Bullying Awareness month, we’re talking about SPEECHLESS by Hannah Harrington, a young adult novel about bulling."
About Love Is Louder
The Love is Louder movement was started when the Jed Foundation, MTV and actress Brittany Snow decided to do something to help those feeling mistreated, misunderstood or alone. Now hundreds of thousands of people around the world have joined the Love is Louder movement and are using their actions to make their communities and schools better places for everyone. Come join the Love is Louder movement with us. Get started now atLoveisLouder.com/SPEECHLESS
About Love Is Louder
The Love is Louder movement was started when the Jed Foundation, MTV and actress Brittany Snow decided to do something to help those feeling mistreated, misunderstood or alone. Now hundreds of thousands of people around the world have joined the Love is Louder movement and are using their actions to make their communities and schools better places for everyone. Come join the Love is Louder movement with us. Get started now atLoveisLouder.com/SPEECHLESS
About Speechless
Everyone knows that Chelsea Knot can't keep a secret
Until now. Because the last secret she shared turned her into a social outcast—and nearly got someone killed.
Now Chelsea has taken a vow of silence—to learn to keep her mouth shut, and to stop hurting anyone else. And if she thinks keeping secrets is hard, not speaking up when she's ignored, ridiculed and even attacked is worse.
But there's strength in silence, and in the new friends who are, shockingly, coming her way—people she never noticed before; a boy she might even fall for. If only her new friends can forgive what she's done. If only she can forgive herself.
About The Author
Hannah Harrington resides in Michigan with one dog and too many cats. When she isn’t busy writing like a crazy person, she enjoys arguing about politics, watching documentaries, playing guitar (very badly) and speaking about herself in the third person. She released her debut novel Saving June in December 2011 and wowed readers with its intense subject of teen suicide. Her latest novel, Speechless (September 2012), explores the topic of bullying. You can find her online at www.hannahharrington.com
My Speechless Moment.
I went to the bathroom one day between classes, it was empty except for her, she was crying on the floor. I had heard earlier that day that some guys were bothering her and they threw her lunch to the floor. I had been in that same bathroom floor doing the exact same thing, crying because of frustration and hurt. I thought about just turning and leave. She briefly looked at me and then went back to her crying, not caring at all if I saw her or not, not caring if I stayed or leaved. I decided to stay. I just walked next to her, and sat beside her. She kept crying for a while, a few girls came inside the bathroom and I just shook my head at them and they all left. Once she had stopped I gave her some paper so she could clean up and let her borrow my makeup. No words were exchanged, not an uncomfortable silence either, there was just no need to talk, and I was completely and utterly Speechless.
Speechless to know that a girl that had broken me many times could also be just as broken and just as hurt. It did not justify why she did what she did, but it did help me understand better. We're all hurting a little bit, the thing is, What do you with it? Do you make people just as hurt as you or do you help them? As for that girl, she only offered me a smile, and I didn't need any more than that. After that she didn't bother me anymore, we did not became friends, not at all; but we did have a quiet understatement, a sense of respect for each other.
You have to be careful with what you say, but also with what you don't say. Words can hurt, but you can also speak up for someone and help them. Bullying is a really big issue, it can make school really difficult and really damage you; but it's like Hank Green says "Your job is not to deal with it, your job is to survive it, which you can do, because it will end. And then yes, it will get better." I am only halfway through Speechless, but I can already tell it's a must read.
You have to be careful with what you say, but also with what you don't say. Words can hurt, but you can also speak up for someone and help them. Bullying is a really big issue, it can make school really difficult and really damage you; but it's like Hank Green says "Your job is not to deal with it, your job is to survive it, which you can do, because it will end. And then yes, it will get better." I am only halfway through Speechless, but I can already tell it's a must read.
GIVEAWAY.
Thanks to Kismet Book Tours we have One Copy of Speechless and “Read for the Fun Mood” pens to support the Teen Reading Week. One winner from all entries during the tour gets an Epic Prize Pack: KindlePaperwhite with Speechless Skin, 1 iPhone Skin, 5 Copies of Speechless to share with friends & family and 1 copy of Saving June!
Tour Schedule
Monday, October 15th - Page Turners
Tuesday, October 16th - Love Is Louder
Wednesday, October 17th - Harlequin Blog
Thursday, October 18th - My 5 Monkeys
Friday, October 19th - The Daily Bookmark
Monday, October 22nd - Wastepaper Prose
Tuesday, October, 23rd - YA Bibliophile
Wednesday, October 24th - The O.W.L.
Thursday, October 25th - In Between
Friday, October 26th - I'm a Book Shark
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