I have to admit that so far this day totally sucks. I'm locked out of school, freezing my tush off. The first bell just rang. And I'm pretty sure I just killed my boyfriend. Crap. A raw, brilliant, and often funny story about anxiety, emotions, and learning to love yourself. Fifteen-year-old Lottie HATES her anxiety. She HATES her strong feelings. She HATES who she is. So, she changes. She buries her true self, and for the first time in her life, she's the normal girl. Until she catches her boyfriend playing tongue ...
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I have to admit that so far this day totally sucks. I'm locked out of school, freezing my tush off. The first bell just rang. And I'm pretty sure I just killed my boyfriend. Crap. A raw, brilliant, and often funny story about anxiety, emotions, and learning to love yourself. Fifteen-year-old Lottie HATES her anxiety. She HATES her strong feelings. She HATES who she is. So, she changes. She buries her true self, and for the first time in her life, she's the normal girl. Until she catches her boyfriend playing tongue hockey with another boy, TOTALLY FREAKS OUT... and almost kills him. Disgusted with what she's done, Lottie drifts off to sleep vowing to never feel again. But something beyond her control isn't going to let that happen. When Lottie awakens in someone else's body half-way across the world, she starts questioning what is real in her life, and what is not. Including herself. Before her sixteenth-birthday, Lottie will awaken as seven different people around the world. At a wedding in MOROCCO. A bombing in AFGHANISTAN. With elephants in THAILAND. Savoring croissants in PARIS. Glacier trekking in ICELAND. And at her birthday party in SINGAPORE. Will these experiences help Lottie learn to LOVE HERSELF and all her wild feelings? Or will she be forever trapped in someone else's life and never return to her real family again? Find out NOW in this fascinating, funny, and sometimes gut-wrenching journey middle-school and high-school COUNSELORS say is... "... a vivid, gripping picture of how a teenager feels with anxiety disorder." "... a book about learning to love yourself , even if you don't like who you are." "... a captivating and moving story about self-doubt and self-confidence , and how they can co-exist." "... a powerful, necessary read for anyone living with anxiety ."
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