Chloris and the Weirdos [Hardcover]

Kin Platt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1978

A 13-year-old chronicles life with a mixed-up sister, a twice-divorced mother, and a boyfriend who is an ace skateboarder.

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Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Juv) (December 1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0027744809
• ISBN-13: 978-0027744804
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,957,732 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing, August 3, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Chloris and the Weirdos (Hardcover)

Chloris has a mother nobody would want. That poor girl lost her father to suicide when she was eight and has a spoiled, goody-goody of a sister and a mother who treats her like dirt. I hate the way that stupid woman would slap Chloris and talk against her to Princess Jenny. I thought it was disgusting the way that foolish woman told Jenny that "Chloris was a mean, rotten child" when Chloris took off on a ski trip with some friends without permission. I didn't like Jenny from the get go, but my dislike for her increased when she attacked Chloris when Chloris returned from the trip. The stupid mother put everything and everyone before Chloris "her friends," "her house," and of course, stupid, spoiled Jenny. Poor Chloris had nothing to build esteem on. No inheritance, a father who committed suicide, a disgusting sister and mother -- even rats take better care of their own. This book is a real let down.

1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars THIS BOOK BELONGS IN THE WASTEBASKET!, September 23, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Chloris and the Weirdos (Hardcover)

Your heart goes out to Chloris, whose father committed suicide some eight years earlier when she was eight. He squandered her inheritance, so unfortunately her bratty younger sister gets the lion's share. Chloris has a mother who shouldn't happen to a buzzard and her life is miserable largely because of these two wretches.

Chloris could never accept her step father, Fidel Mancha. In this installment of the "Chloris" trilogy, her mother has divorced Fidel and she and her bratty sister Jenny are living with this shrew. I could not stand their mother. She would go on slapping sprees and hurt Chloris. I wish JENNY had been slapped! She is such a phony. To add insult to injury, that nasty woman would snidely refer to Chloris as "she" and "your sister" to Jenny. She was never nice to Chloris and in one memorable section of the book, she calls Chloris a "mean, rotten child" who does not deserve any tears or sympathy because she took off for a fun weekend with friends sans permission. I hated Jenny and the way she attacked Chloris and cut her lip upon the latter's return home. That stupid mother put everything before Chloris -- her love life, her friends, Jenny and even inanimate objects. I would never wish a mother like that or that disgusting sister Jenny on anyone. This book belongs in the wastebasket.