Katie.com: My Story

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Summary: Boycott this book (and the publisher!)
Review: Anyone who pays for their own internet domain should boycott this book. Neither Katherine Tarbox nor her publishers, own the right to the katie.com domain. Katie Jones, the owner of katie.com, has essentially had her website destroyed by the release of this book with it's chosen title. The proof lies in the abusive and misguided entries on katie.com's guestbook. Katherine Tarbox owns and operates her own domain, katieT.com, so there was no reason at all for her to steal someone else's for the title of her book. I refuse to support this internet piracy by buying this book.

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Summary: Good lesson
Review: Katie is on the swim team and lives in a town that has high expectations. She doesn't have a whole lot of friends because swimming takes up so much time. Her sister visits from college and introduces her to instant messaging online. She meets a guy who seems perfect for her but he is older. She starts to talk to him all the time and eventually she doesn't care he is older and he starts pressuring her to meet with him. She finally gives in and gets into trouble!!! I think this was a really good book! It's a good one to read if you or your kid use instant messaging and chat online to realize that the person your talking to could be someone totally different.

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Summary: If you ever need a reminder....
Review: If you ever need a reminder on why teenagers should not meet people on the internet, this book is for you. A very frank account of a young girl and her first experience alone on the internet. She meets a man in a chatroom who, of course, falsifies his identify, his age, etc. They arrange to meet and the meeting become scary and extremely too close for comfort. I enjoyed this book and will have my daughter read it when she is a little older. Just so that she knows what can happen.

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Summary: stunning book
Review: After reading Katie.com by Katherine Tarbox, I thought it as so good I had no other choice but to give it five stars. I enjoyed this story because it makes you think about what could hapen online and what the consequences are if you decide to meet new people. In the story Katie gets raped by a guy she doesn't even know because she plans to meet him, after talking for six months. Another reason I liked the story was because I can relate to the relationship between Katie and her mom in many ways. One way, because her mom disagrees with a lot of the things Katie does. I would recommend this book to teenagers who like to chat online and meet new people. You never know what's going to happen!

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Summary: knowledge is power
Review: A quick read I couldn't put it down. Nor, could I wait to pass it along to my teenage niece.

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Summary: Excellent show of reality in a teenagers life today
Review: This book is about a teenager named Katie, who doesn't quite fit in. Katie, a swimmer, finds someone on the internet who understands her. Or so she thinks. The relationship between her and "Mark" grows into one big road of lies. Katie learns a lesson in life: not everyone is who they seem.
I gave this book 4 stars because I think it really showed how hard it is to be a teenager. Dealing with boys, homework, and hobbies, can make someone really open to anyone who wants to hear about it. I thank Katherine Tarbox for writing this book to warn and help girls.

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Summary: Poor Katie
Review: Katie.Com is a good book to read for all ages. I think Katie should have made a better decision about using the Internet. She should not have giving out that much info about her self. I also think her mom should have been checking on whom she talks to. Katie.Com shows us how easy it is for an adult to find young people online. This is just what I think you need to read it for yourself and make your own decisions. Thanks 4 reading this good-bye.

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Summary: Katie.com
Review: Katie.Com is a good book to read for all ages. I think Katie should have made a better decision about using the enternet. She should not have giving out that much info about her self. I also think her mom should have been checking on who she talks to. Katie.Com shows us how easy it is for an adult to find young people online. This is just what I think you need to read it for yourselfand make your own decisions. Thanx 4 reading this good-bye.

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Summary: Katie.com
Review: I really enojoyed this book. It showed me how I need to be carefull when I chat. My mom had already told me not to give out any personal features about my idenity or any information. After i read this book it encouraged me to do other useful things like goin to freinds house or walken the dog just different things to keep me off the internet. When i get on the intetnet im not on for longer then an hour.

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Summary: Blaaa
Review: I'm a 17 year old female and I've been meeting people off the internet since I was about 15, I do have more commen sense then Katie did though, You always make sure the person has lots of pictures, and find out things more believable about them. Also any girl should know that you always meet them in a public place first, with lots of people around. This book just really aggervated me more than it excited me or made me feel for her. It made me want to jump through the book and slap her, and tell her, you know your 14 what are you gonna do with a 31 year old man. No matter how much someone makes you feel special that big of an age difference anyone should know, that its WRONG!