How to Get to Rio

Choose Your Own Ever After #1

by Julie Fison

A pick-a-path series giving the reader the chance to make the decisions, and choose how the story goes!
For months Kitty MacLean has been crushing on Rio Sanchez – who is probably the cutest boy in the world. But it looks like she might never get a chance to hang out with him until… 1. Kitty goes camping with her best friends like she promised them, and finds out Rio just happens to be staying not too far away. But should she meet up with him? Or is a grubby camping holiday not the best time to meet up with your mega crush?
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2. Kitty breaks her promise to go camping with her besties and goes to Paradise Point with popular-girl Persephone instead. The offer is sweetened with a promise they’ll definitely get to hang out with Rio. But would Kitty really ditch her friends to hang out with a cool girl? And will Rio even like Kitty?

Genres: Young Adult, Romance, Choose Your Own Adventure, Realistic Fiction, Fiction

202 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 1, 2014

About the author

Julie Fison is an Australian author. Her first novel for adults - One Punch - is a contemporary family drama that follows two mothers facing impossible decisions after one life-changing night. Julie has also written eleven books for children and young adults, a play for high school students - As the Crow Flies - short stories and travel features. Her work includes the Hazard River adventure series for young readers (as J.E. Fison) and books in the Choose Your Own Ever After series - How to Get to Rio and Call of the Wild. She lives in Brisbane, and when not at her desk, likes to travel and share tips for midlife adventure.

Reviews

[Charlie · Rating 2 out of 5]

The concept behind this book is really cool! I love the idea of being able to pick your own storyline, which essentially ends with many different endings!

However, this particular book didn't do it for me. The storyline was poorly written, rushed and quite boring.
I do believe however that a younger age group would really love this story, and the concept of choosing your own path - I think I'm just a little old for this particular book.

I would definitely recommend it to anyone between the age of 10 - 13, it's a really quick read that can be made fun by choosing different decisions each time.

[Aliya · Rating 5 out of 5]

i could literally not put this book down!!!!!
'how to get to Rio' when i first got this book, the title was obvious, but don't judge a book by its cover, as this book takes a magical leap, that was totally unexpected! Kitty Macleacn has had a huge crush on a boy in her class, who is probably the cutest guy in the world. But it looks like she might never get a chance to be with him. until YOU have to make your own choice, would you ditch your best friends to hang out with your crush? or would you stay with your friends and break the chance of ever getting to know him? with one would you choose? because now the entire book is in your hands.
in this jaw-dropping book YOU will make Kitty's decisions for her, and choose how the story goes. Follow your heart right to the end or go back and choose all over again!
i promise you will not be Disserpointed!

[Get Ahead Kids · Rating 5 out of 5]

A pick-a-path series giving the reader the chance to make the decisions, and choose how the story goes! For months Kitty MacLean has been crushing on Rio Sanchez - who is probably the cutest boy in the world. But it looks like she might never get a chance to hang out with him until...1. Kitty goes camping with her best friends like she promised them, and finds out Rio just happens to be staying not too far away. But should she meet up with him? Or is a grubby camping holiday not the best time to meet up with your mega crush? 2. Kitty breaks her promise to go camping with her besties and goes to Paradise Point with popular-girl Persephone instead. The offer is sweetened with a promise they'll definitely get to hang out with Rio. But would Kitty really ditch her friends to hang out with a cool girl? And will Rio even like Kitty? Follow your heart right to the end, or go back and choose all over again.

[Gracia Sharon · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a really great book and i love choosing my own pattern for the story

[Martina Kovac · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow! I absolutely love the fact that you can choose your own ending to the story, and that you can go back and choose another path. I’ve read all the ‘choose you own ever after’ and this is the one that I really enjoyed. I hope Julie Fison gets the idea to write a new book!!!

[Sami Passlow · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very cute. I think it’s a stupid idea to say all those bad things about camping - it would make most people not want to go. The friends acted to childish about the tiniest of things. I liked that it was more of a story than having choices every other page.

[Dekotah Thompson · Rating 3 out of 5]

if these books had been out when I was in seventh grade I would have adored them

[Janelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute, fun, innocent, and entertaining.

[Nicole · Rating 5 out of 5]

it is a really good book i give it a 5/5 it was rally easy to follow along with and it kept my attention throughout the book

[Stella Hang · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked reading this because I liked making the decisions for the character. Also when you're done you can go back and try a new path I have some of the series and they are great.

[Heidi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fun throw back type book. It was pretty well written and fun to follow the different paths like the old days. Silly, fun

[Kieran Hodges · Rating 5 out of 5]

AMAZING! HEART MELTING! SOOOO CUTE!

[Kendra · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cute choose your own adventure for middle grade readers.

[Peyton Horn]

great book, loved it to pieces and would definately read it again

[fanastasia_reader · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ive owned this for a while. And by a while I mean literal years. It peaked my interest at one point but something stopped from going all the way through. But i finally have.

Ok so this was wonderful and i had trouble putting it down. I love everything about it including the writing ,characters, plot, and even the system where i get to make the choices myself.

It is written in a way that really makes yu think about the choices you make. I wanted Kitty to go to PP but I actually felt a twinge of guilt and when to the campgrounds instead.

One of my favorite things about the choice system is that the story is written so that yu dont regret your choice. You get good and bad no matter what you choose.

Another thing is that no matter the choice yu make (skip this paragraph to skip SPOILERS) Paradise Point and The Lost World aka campgrounds are connected.

When yu make a choice the author doesnt completely take away what yu might have missed out on. Things are just presented to the reader in a different way depending on the choices yu make.

It is reccomended that the reader try reading in multiple ways and im doing that. If yu want to reread as well to make different choices I reccomend skipping to the page where yu make the first choice and make a different one.

Overall this is one of my first experiences with this type of book and I was not let down. The only downfall is that the read might be kind of short and the ending isn't as dramatic or final as a normal ending in a book.

The experience is similar to reading a short stoy from a book filled with short stories.

[Linda Inês · Rating 3 out of 5]

Adorei o conceito do livro. É bastante divertido poder escolher o que vai acontecer e isso faz com que a releitura seja diferente a cada vez que é lido. No entanto, quando acabei a primeira leitura fiquei com a sensação de ter lido mais uma short story do que realmente um livro completo.
A história não me chamou muito a atenção e não me identifiquei com as personagens porque me parece que este livro está escrito para uma audiência mais jovem, aí entre os 10 e ao 13 anos. Não é mau, simplesmente não é para mim. Mesmo assim recomendo para as idades que mencionei anteriormente e para que tenha curiosidade por este género de "escolhe o teu caminho".

[Merrilyn Tucker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Every school library needs this book to please its 4th grade and up crowd (probably girls). This is a Pick Your Own Path story in which Kitty, a middle school student who is crushing on a boy, Rio, has to choose between going camping with her friends and going to a holiday resort with a popular, wealthy girl from school. The story splits at Kitty's decision point and both scenarios lead to realistic and good conclusions. This is a lighthearted and positive book that soon-to-be middle schoolers will eat up. First published in Australia.

[Lily K · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was a fantastic read... AT THE START!!!!!i found it really exciting to pick my own path in the story although my path made me finish halfway through the book, it ended poorly and the outcome was expected. But i did feel connected whilst reading, almost that I was one of the characters. I think if i was to go back and chose a different path i would of enjoyed the book much better. But to those who want to read a romantic book about young 'love' this book is perfect for you. Perfect read for young adults aged around 11-14.

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was good for the audience it was written for, teen girls. I'm sure I would have enjoyed it much more had I been in that demographic. As it was, it was still a decent read. I liked being able to choose the story line and read through it a couple times making different choices as I went. That being said, the characters were a little flat and slightly unbelievable. I would recommend it for a pre-teen or teen girl for a nice, light read.

[Holly May · Rating 2 out of 5]

Another "Choose Your Own Ever After"! This again was a book I read when I was 11 or 12 and thought the world of it. Now it isn't a book I would read but would recommend to anyone interested in the basic girl likes boy story - a middle school romance really.

If that tickles your fancy than this book is definitely for you!

Happy reading

[Soph · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cool book, I love pick a path books and need to go through every path so this book took a while. If you have never done a pick a path book then I recommend this!! Or any others. I would say ages 9 to 13.

[Ellen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun, light and easy to read. This book is perfect for 10 to 14 year olds, who like to call the shots.

[360 degrees · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cool story with lots of choices and plenty of laughs.

[EmCee · Rating 5 out of 5]

The perfect beach read for teens. I really liked having lots of choices to make in the book. The characters reminded me of girls I know! I'd recommend it to girls who like fun, short stories.

[Australian_book_worm · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this book

[Jennifer Mclaughlin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this one better than Hot Cold Summer :) I don't think there was any kissing, and I liked the endings better.

[Sharyn O'Neill · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good fun read suited to a young teen audience. The choose your own adventure style brought me back to my childhood.

[Samantha✨ · Rating 4 out of 5]

pretty good. n

[kat · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a really cute book! I probably wouldn't re-read it unless I want to figure out the different ending, but I still enjoyed it.

[Michaela · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 out of 5! :)