Authors: Lauren Myracle
PRAISE & ACCOLADES FOR THE
INTERNET GIRLS SERIES
New York Times
bestselling series
San Francisco Chronicle
bestselling series
Publishers Weekly
bestselling series
School Library Journal:
Both revealing and innovative, this novel will inspire teens to pass it to their friends ⦠nonnarrative communication can be a great way to tell a story.
Publishers Weekly:
Myracle's approach is creative ⦠an engaging quick read ⦠readers will cheer.
Booklist:
Myracle cleverly manages to build rich characters and narrative tension without ever taking the story outside of an IM box.
Kirkus Reviews:
A surprisingly poignant tale of friendship, change, and growth. Perfectly contemporary. ROTFL.
Teen
magazine:
Changing the way you read.
OTHER BOOKS BY
LAUREN MYRACLE
ttyl
l8r, g8r
bff
The Infinite Moment of Us
Shine
Bliss
Rhymes with Witches
Luv Ya Bunches
Violet in Bloom
Oopsy Daisy
Awesome Blossom
Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
Thirteen Plus One
Peace, Love, and Baby Ducks
Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances
(with John Green and Maureen Johnson)
How to Be Bad
(with E. Lockhart and Sarah Mylnowski)
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Cataloging-in-Publication Data has been applied for and may be obtained from the Library of Congress.
ISBN: 978-1-4197-1141-1
Text copyright © 2006, 2014 Lauren Myracle
Book design by Maria T. Middleton
“Chet Baker's Unsung Swan Song” by David Patrick Wilcox. Copyright © 1991 by Irving Music, Midnight Ocean Bonfire Music. All rights administered by Irving Music, Inc. / BMI.
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“Sunrise, Sunset” words by Sheldon Harnick, music by Jerry Bock. Copyright © 1964 (renewed) Mayerling Productions Ltd. (administered by R&H music) and Jerry Bock Enterprises for the United States and Alley Music Corporation, Trio Music Company, and Jerry Bock Enterprises for the world outside of the United States. Used by permission.
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To all the girliesâand yes! even a few guys!âwho shared their IMs with me or emailed me about life in general. Yahootie!!!
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