Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1973851 in Books
• Published on: 2004-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

Customer Reviews

It's Brilliant!
I love this book! Mary Hooper has really captured teenage emotions with this book. It's also written well to raise awareness of internet dangers and manipulation with an ending scenario I would never dream of. Like all her other books she has tackled difficult subjects in a sensitive and effective way. It can be a litle scary at times as some events are disturbing. Amy also explains how important friendships are and prejudice against victims of bullying. It's not too lengthy and is fast paced so there's no temptation to go off and forget about it and it stays in your mind for a while. Read it - you won't regret it!

A fantastic book
When I read this book I was shocked because I didn't realise exactly how dangerous the internet chatrooms could be. This book shows how Amy falls for someone after seeing his picture over the internet. She soon goes to meet him, lying to her parents to do so. When she meets him she thinks that he doesn't look quite as good as he did in the picture but sh thinks he is nice and she trusts him. When she finds out exactly what's going on with the help of her friend Serena she is shocked and is embarrassed about it and tells her mum and the police about it. This book makes people aware of exactly how dangerous and risky internet chatrooms can be. It also shows how hard it is for Amy to deal with what has happened to her.

A worrying book
I like the fact that this book deals well with the dangers of internet chatrooms, and I like the way in which it explores Amy's feelings about what has happened to her. The snatches of chatroom talk are particularly effective. What worries me, though, is the way in which she and her friend decide to set the guy up, before going to the police and without any adult help. The book doesn't acknowledge at any point that this is almost as stupid and dangerous as agreeing to meet up with someone in the first place. I would hate anyone to read this and get the impression that it's OK to deal with this sort of thing in this way.