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theawkwardbookw's review
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16 year old Chan Shealy has a lot going for her. Straight A's, an amazing best friend and a shot at regionals for twirling. Unfortunately, she is feeling lonely in the boy department after a bad break up with her high school's quarter back has left her with a nasty case of herpes. Feeling as though no one at her school will ever want to date her, Chan decides to find an internet boyfriend. She creates a "Blahfest" profile for herself, this is where she meets Paul, "NightHawk859". He instantly becomes EVERYTHING to her, causing her relationship with her best friend to falter and her grades to slip. One night, her mother walks in on her video chatting with Paul, she immediately becomes angry and takes her computer away. In order to finish a school project, her mother allows Chan to use her 8 year old sister's computer. What Chan discovers is devastating, Lauren has a screen concealer from the same website Paul showed her. Chan now must decide what to do as the truth comes crashing down on her.
I found this book to be slow until about the last 60 or so pages when all the action started. Chan bothered me quite a bit and I found her extremely bland and whiny. It bothered me how embarrassed she was over her father being overweight, in my head you should love your parents no matter what they look like!
This book is a valuable read because it teaches you that not everyone on the internet is what they seem to be and you need to be extremely careful about talking to strangers online. The message portrayed in this book is a message that all young children and teenagers need to learn as soon as possible.
16 year old Chan Shealy has a lot going for her. Straight A's, an amazing best friend and a shot at regionals for twirling. Unfortunately, she is feeling lonely in the boy department after a bad break up with her high school's quarter back has left her with a nasty case of herpes. Feeling as though no one at her school will ever want to date her, Chan decides to find an internet boyfriend. She creates a "Blahfest" profile for herself, this is where she meets Paul, "NightHawk859". He instantly becomes EVERYTHING to her, causing her relationship with her best friend to falter and her grades to slip. One night, her mother walks in on her video chatting with Paul, she immediately becomes angry and takes her computer away. In order to finish a school project, her mother allows Chan to use her 8 year old sister's computer. What Chan discovers is devastating, Lauren has a screen concealer from the same website Paul showed her. Chan now must decide what to do as the truth comes crashing down on her.
I found this book to be slow until about the last 60 or so pages when all the action started. Chan bothered me quite a bit and I found her extremely bland and whiny. It bothered me how embarrassed she was over her father being overweight, in my head you should love your parents no matter what they look like!
This book is a valuable read because it teaches you that not everyone on the internet is what they seem to be and you need to be extremely careful about talking to strangers online. The message portrayed in this book is a message that all young children and teenagers need to learn as soon as possible.
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