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ttyl (Talk to You Later-Internet Girls) by Lauren Myracle
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ttyl (Talk to You Later-Internet Girls)

by Lauren Myracle

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Myracle's ttyl captures the reality of the digital teen's world. Written in IM conversation, three best friends share thoughts about parents, school, boys, and sex with all of the high school drama that captivates modern teenagers. The plot could be more interesting and sometimes the dialogue is a little forced, but this book deserves recognition for connecting to teen readers in a their language. Myracle's IM format raises some interesting questions about modern fiction: is this just a gimmick or is this the future of young adult lit? I view it like a modern version of a diary. ( )
readasaurus | May 1, 2009 |  
Twitter review @book_kungfu (http://twitter.com/book_kungfu):
Three girls, one chat, a lot of school year going on. As compelling as reading someone else's emails. -- Kung Fu moment: girl rescue ( )
kikilon | Apr 29, 2009 |  
A hilarios drama full of boy troubles, creepy teachers, crazy mistakes and much more. ( )
dead_memories | Mar 24, 2009 |  
This book is about 3 girls: Maddie (madmaddie), Angela (SnowAngel), and Zoe (zoegirl). They IM over the internet, and there starts a lot of drama in this book. This book is not recommended for kids that are under 13 years old. ( )
LilPuddyTat | Mar 21, 2009 |  
Really disgusting, I don't thing i can read it any longer!! ( )
bookfreak123 | Mar 21, 2009 |  
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Amazon.com Daphne Durham (ISBN 0810987880, Paperback)

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

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