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Chloe uses her experiences and interactions to show and explain important life lessons in her writing. Chloe was greatly impacted by the time she spent in India and amazed by the love and culture in the run-down hospitals. Chloe asked what keeps the doctors going on busy days and one responded, "'I love these kids. I do it for them. And when you love what you do and who you do it for, it's not work'" (Howard 166).

It is very easy for me to concentrate on this book because of the author's writtig style and perspective. Chloe Howard emotional reactions are extremely relatable and her story about overcoming her assult is inspireing.

Letting her emotions free Chloe and her mom "were jumping and waving [their} arms and screaming with that mid-afternoon sun coming through the dusty blinds " (Howard 75). This is a good use of specific and sensory detail to show what the girls looked like in the room and to understand how they felt.