katie

__Katie.com__, by Katherine Tarbox ISBN: 0-452-28253-5 c2000 189 pages R.L. 6.1

-page 29 where the e-mail coorespondence starts through the end of it on page 30
 * Good sections to read aloud:**

Katie.com is a true story about a 13 year old girl who became obsessed with internet chat rooms back in 1995 when they were fairly new....and a “boy” who she thought the world of, even though she had never met him in person.
 * Summary:**

When Katie first “met” Mark, he told her he was 23 (a lie)....a little bit later, he told her that he was really 31 (another lie), and when he finally convinced her to meet him, she found out that he was really 41!

This book is a MUST read for any young teenagers (boys or girls) who think that people in chat rooms tell the truth about who they REALLY are.

Katie was a lucky one....before Mark had a chance to physically hurt her, someone came to her rescue, but afterwards, she had to live with the shame of what she had done...or what she didn’t do.

YA Fiction--biography; teen issues; chat rooms/internet; teenage girls; sexually abused teenagers

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