Amy

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Summary: A modern girl's encounter with Internet romance and ideals
Review: Amy's best friends have alienated her, the only school chum she has now is an odd girl who is also not part of the mainstream, and Amy finds herself increasingly drawn to Zed, whom she meets in an online chat room. When she decides to take the next step and meet him in person, conflict begins in this realistic story of a modern girl's encounter with Internet romance and ideals.

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Summary: Young Adult Romance With a Technology Twist
Review: The main character Amy is a typical English teenager concerned with clothes, friends, and her parents. Amy's two girlfriends drop her because "three's a crowd." Amy then excapes to her computer and a chat room where she meets Zed. Amy and Zed take the next step to meet and that's where the conflict begins.

AMY is an excellent young adult novel. It is interesting, moves quickly, and keeps the reader guessing in a mystery. I teach young adults and will recommend this novel in my own classroom. The author, Mary Hooper, does create a typical young adult novel. Teenage girl having boy issues and issues at home searches for an escape; this book has been written many times before with different characters. The new and inventive piece in this novel is the fact that Amy and Zed meet in a chat room. 10 years ago this novel would not have existed in that venue.