Helpful Score: 2
17-year-old Jordy--a runaway after coming out to his homophobic parents--didn't know it was going to change his life when he saves a beautiful blond girl from rape. Suddenly he's stuck taking care of Chloe--which is not her real name but is preferred over her real one--who is strangely childlike although incredibly smart and determined at times. Jordy's got problems of his own, too, but he can't help feeling that he must protect Chloe, that something terrible has happened to her and that she is using her childlike disposition to mask her past.
An unfortunate string of events leads to Jordy and Chloe heading on a road trip across America, so that Chloe can hopefully learn that it's a beautiful world out there, not just full of abuse and neglect. They see beauty, but they also encounter some terrible things as well...but in the end, isn't that what it's all about? The world is both good and bad, and it's only by becoming part of it that you can truly live life.
Catherine Ryan Hyde is an amazingly talented writer. From the start, I was pulled into Jordy and Chloe's predicament, and despite the perpetual air of mystery that hung around the duo, I was able to get to know them very well. Chloe reminds me a lot of Stargirl, only with a dark past that we never get to know. Leaving Chloe's past a mystery may be frustrating, but it strengthens the message of this here-and-now book, which is to live life in the moment and not allow your past to dictate your future. For anyone looking for an uplifting road-trip story that will linger with you for a while, BECOMING CHLOE is THE number one choice.
An unfortunate string of events leads to Jordy and Chloe heading on a road trip across America, so that Chloe can hopefully learn that it's a beautiful world out there, not just full of abuse and neglect. They see beauty, but they also encounter some terrible things as well...but in the end, isn't that what it's all about? The world is both good and bad, and it's only by becoming part of it that you can truly live life.
Catherine Ryan Hyde is an amazingly talented writer. From the start, I was pulled into Jordy and Chloe's predicament, and despite the perpetual air of mystery that hung around the duo, I was able to get to know them very well. Chloe reminds me a lot of Stargirl, only with a dark past that we never get to know. Leaving Chloe's past a mystery may be frustrating, but it strengthens the message of this here-and-now book, which is to live life in the moment and not allow your past to dictate your future. For anyone looking for an uplifting road-trip story that will linger with you for a while, BECOMING CHLOE is THE number one choice.
Helpful Score: 1
i can honestly sayy this is one of my newest favorites. and thats saying alot considering this wouldnt be a book i would normally reaadd.
its about a guy,,jordy,, who meets a girl,,chloe,,who is childish, smart in hher own way,and a little strange. jordy feels veryy protective of chloe and its like they need each other. they have both hadd like horrid lives before they mett each other. so jordyy wants to show chloe that the world hass suchh beautiful places. and chloe wants to seethings and doo thinggs shes never done before. they go to places like the mississippi river, the grand canyon, the painted desert, andd niagara falls.
the people they meet, the places they go, and the situations they get into just makes for a super interestingg storyline. i abosolutely loooooovvvveeedd it.=]]
its about a guy,,jordy,, who meets a girl,,chloe,,who is childish, smart in hher own way,and a little strange. jordy feels veryy protective of chloe and its like they need each other. they have both hadd like horrid lives before they mett each other. so jordyy wants to show chloe that the world hass suchh beautiful places. and chloe wants to seethings and doo thinggs shes never done before. they go to places like the mississippi river, the grand canyon, the painted desert, andd niagara falls.
the people they meet, the places they go, and the situations they get into just makes for a super interestingg storyline. i abosolutely loooooovvvveeedd it.=]]
AWESOME received and read in three hours
Quick read, interesting story. I'm having trouble believing the main character is gay.
This was interesting enough to keep me reading. We never really find out the back-story to the two young people who become companions on a cross-country trip to find the beautiful things in life. It was refreshing in an odd way.
