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Reviewed by Author Anna del C. Dye. for Readers' Favorite
In Chop, Chop by L. N. Cronk, David is ready for his first day of junior high when he meets the new boy in the city. Greg is a great talker and has a wonderful family that includes his younger sister, Charlotte. Greg’s father, a teacher in high school, decides to form a youth group including David, his best friend Lacy, and two other friends. Life goes well for them until Greg and Lacy become close, and David finally takes notice. They square things out, and life continues for all of them.
Later, as seniors in high school, the students have a scare as shots are heard in a classroom, and their lives change forever. After the episode is over, the police arrest a young man, and David is never the same again. His parents and friends don’t know how to help him, especially after he leaves them all behind to start college.
This is a great book for teens and young adults, alike, about the coming of age of young men. Girls will also enjoy getting into the minds of the opposite gender.
It's cover, however, portrays a young woman, which could be misleading since the protagonist is a young man. It is a well-written book with not only insights to what motivates a boy, but also the pain of great loss and how our human mind works in tragedies.
It is clean, lively, and full of characters that the young people will connect to. It teaches compassion, forgiveness, and new-found love through its pages. You feel good after you finish this book. Over all, it's a great book.
