Becoming Chloe

Meet Jordy. He's on his own in New York City. Nobody to depend on; nobody depending on him. And it's been working fine. Until this girl comes along. She's 18 and blond and prettyher world should be perfect. But she's seen things no one should ever see in their whole lifethe kind of things that break a person. She doesn't seem broken, though. She seems . . . innocent. Like she doesn't know a whole lot. Only sometimes she does. The one thing she knows for sure is that the world is an ugly place. Now her life may depend on Jordy proving her wrong. So they hit the road to discover the truthand there's no going back from what they find out. This deeply felt, redemptive novel reveals both the dark corners and hidden joys of life's journeyand the remarkable resilience of the human soul.

Catherine Ryan Hyde is the author of two other young adult novels, The Day I Killed James and The Year of My Miraculous Reappearance, as well as several adult novels. She lives in California.