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|title=Welcome, Caller, This Is Chloe
|author=Shelley Coriell
|reviewer=Robert James
|genre=Teens
|rating=5
|buy=Yes
|borrow=Yes
|isbn=9781419701917
|paperback=
|hardback=1419701916
|audiobook=
|ebook=
|pages=320
|publisher=Amulet
|date=May 2012
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1419701916</amazonuk>
|amazonus=<amazonus>1419701916</amazonus>
|website=http://www.shelleycoriell.com
|video=
|summary=Despite being just as much fun as the cover promises, with a bright and breezy writing style, this also looks at some serious issues with great sensitivity. Massive recommendation.
}}
After being crowned Mistletoe Queen, Chloe Camden should be on top of the world, and more popular than ever. A jealous friend can't cope with her success, though, and trashes her reputation, leaving her a sudden social outcast. When her new guidance counselor tells her she needs to change her junior independent social project, Chloe is forced into a school radio station which is on its last legs, run by a bunch of losers who she'd never even have spoken to before. Taking a risk which could either kill or save the station, Chloe is thrust into a position as host of a new chat show. Will the risk pay off? Will Chloe find a new circle of friends?
From reading about this one, I was expecting it to be a light and breezy story, but was pleasantly surprised to find it was so much more than that. As well as the radio station drama going on, there's a sub-plot where Chloe's ageing grandmother, who suffers from Parkinson's - a brilliant character - is trying to assert her independence against Chloe's mother, who doesn't think she's fit to live alone anymore, and another with Chloe's new co-worker Duncan dealing with his own mother's serious issues. This made it much more memorable and impactful than I was expecting it to be, and it ended up being one of my favourites of the past 12 months.
I loved Shelly Coriell's writing style, which was bright and breezy - just like Chloe's personality - even when dealing with some of the tough issues in the book. It made this a seriously easy read and I absolutely loved narrator Chloe. I also thought the ending was perfectly handled, with each character's behaviour really ringing true to their portrayal to give a satisfying conclusion without everything being wrapped up too neatly.
Massive recommendation as an absolutely wonderful contemporary novel, I can't wait to read more by Shelley Coriell.
For another wonderful contemporary teen novel looking at a difficult issue, [[Lottie Biggs is (Not) Mad by Hayley Long]] was one I described as ''brilliantly, staggeringly, life-affirmingly superb'' - I think you might like it!
{{amazontext|amazon=1419701916}} {{waterstonestext|waterstones=8822842}}
{{commenthead}}
|title=Welcome, Caller, This Is Chloe
|author=Shelley Coriell
|reviewer=Robert James
|genre=Teens
|rating=5
|buy=Yes
|borrow=Yes
|isbn=9781419701917
|paperback=
|hardback=1419701916
|audiobook=
|ebook=
|pages=320
|publisher=Amulet
|date=May 2012
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1419701916</amazonuk>
|amazonus=<amazonus>1419701916</amazonus>
|website=http://www.shelleycoriell.com
|video=
|summary=Despite being just as much fun as the cover promises, with a bright and breezy writing style, this also looks at some serious issues with great sensitivity. Massive recommendation.
}}
After being crowned Mistletoe Queen, Chloe Camden should be on top of the world, and more popular than ever. A jealous friend can't cope with her success, though, and trashes her reputation, leaving her a sudden social outcast. When her new guidance counselor tells her she needs to change her junior independent social project, Chloe is forced into a school radio station which is on its last legs, run by a bunch of losers who she'd never even have spoken to before. Taking a risk which could either kill or save the station, Chloe is thrust into a position as host of a new chat show. Will the risk pay off? Will Chloe find a new circle of friends?
From reading about this one, I was expecting it to be a light and breezy story, but was pleasantly surprised to find it was so much more than that. As well as the radio station drama going on, there's a sub-plot where Chloe's ageing grandmother, who suffers from Parkinson's - a brilliant character - is trying to assert her independence against Chloe's mother, who doesn't think she's fit to live alone anymore, and another with Chloe's new co-worker Duncan dealing with his own mother's serious issues. This made it much more memorable and impactful than I was expecting it to be, and it ended up being one of my favourites of the past 12 months.
I loved Shelly Coriell's writing style, which was bright and breezy - just like Chloe's personality - even when dealing with some of the tough issues in the book. It made this a seriously easy read and I absolutely loved narrator Chloe. I also thought the ending was perfectly handled, with each character's behaviour really ringing true to their portrayal to give a satisfying conclusion without everything being wrapped up too neatly.
Massive recommendation as an absolutely wonderful contemporary novel, I can't wait to read more by Shelley Coriell.
For another wonderful contemporary teen novel looking at a difficult issue, [[Lottie Biggs is (Not) Mad by Hayley Long]] was one I described as ''brilliantly, staggeringly, life-affirmingly superb'' - I think you might like it!
{{amazontext|amazon=1419701916}} {{waterstonestext|waterstones=8822842}}
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