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Binding: PaperbackEAN: 9780810987883 ISBN: 0810987880 Label: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 234 Publication Date: April 01, 2005 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Reading Level: Young Adult Studio: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: Audacious author Lauren Myracle accomplishes something of a literary miracle in her second young-adult novel, ttyl (Internet instant messaging shorthand for "talk to you later"), as she crafts an epistolary novel entirely out of IM transcripts between three high-school girls. Far from being precious, the format proves perfect for accurately capturing the sweet histrionics and intimate intricacies of teenage girls. Grownups (and even teenage boys) might feel as if they've intercepted a raw feed from Girl Secret Headquarters, as the book's three protagonists--identified by their screen names "SnowAngel," "zoegirl," and "mad maddie"--tough their way through a rough-and-tumble time in high school. Conversations range from the predictable (clothes, the delicate high-school popularity ecosystem, boys, boys in French class, boys in Old Navy commercials, etc.) to the the jarringly explicit (the girls discuss female ejaculation: "some girls really do, tho. i read it in our bodies, ourselves") and the unintentionally hilarious (Maddie's IM reduction of the Christian poem "Footprints"--"oh, no, my son. no, no, no. i was carrying u, don't u c?"). But Myracle's triumph in ttyl comes in leveraging the language-stretching idiom of e-mail, text messaging, and IM. Reaching to express themselves, the girls communicate almost as much through punctuation and syntactical quirks as with words: "SnowAngel: 'cuz--drumroll, please--ROB TYLER is in my french class!!! *breathes deeply, with hand to throbbing bosom* on friday we have to do "une dialogue" together. i get to ask for a bite of his hot dog.'" Myracle already proved her command of teenage girl-ness with Kissing Kate, but the self-imposed convention of ttyl allows a subtlety that is even more brilliant. Parents might like reading the book just to quantify how out of touch they are, but teens will love the winning, satisfyingly dramatic tale of this tumultuous trio. (Ages 13 to 17) --Paul Hughes Product Description: The runaway bestseller now in paperback! An epistolary novel for the 21st century, this sharp, funny, and true-to-life breakout hit about friendship is told entirely in instant messages. And Internet-savvy teens have fallen in love with flirty Angela (SnowAngel), moody Maddie (mad maddie), and good girl Zoe (zoegirl) and their frank perceptions about a tumultuous tenth-grade semester. Now perfectly priced for its audience, the paperback is being released alongside Myracle's brand-new hardcover novel, Rhymes with Witches. AUTHOR BIO: In addition to ttyl, Lauren Myracle is the author of three other novels, including her latest, Rhymes with Witches. She holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College and lives in Colorado. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Cute on the outsideParents should be strongly cautioned about allowing young girls to read this book. The characters are great at supporting each other as friends, but the author turns normal teen life into an X-rated and vulgar expose. I can't recommend this book for any girl or woman. What appears to be cute on the outside is very ugly on the inside. Rating:  - just got pulled from an Austin middle school librarythey were concerned it wasn't "age appropriate." jeez. Guess it's the modern-day "Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret." Rating: - Don't waste your money!!!!!I bought this from walmart and couldn't even believe the first 3 pages of the book! I have decided it is NOT appropriate for my teen and plan to return it to WM and recommend that they remove it from their shelves!! Rating: - So SADI cannot believe this book is written for children. This author is sick. And it saddens me to think that girls will read this and think that that is okay behavior, talk about not respecting themselves. Sad, the only word I can use to define the book. I hope girls will read the reviews and see that this may be happening in some schools but it is not the majority of what happens in high school, let alone middle school. Rating:  - What a great book!TTYL is an awesome book! Great job by Lauryn Myracle. I just couldn't put this book down, every page seemed to add a new twist. I would definitely recomend this book to anyone. I'm very excited to read the other books in this series. -Amy Jagareski 
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