TTFN (Ta-Ta for Now) (Internet Girls)
by Lauren Myracle
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Author: Lauren MyracleEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-02-01
ISBN: 0810992795
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
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- ISBN13: 9780810992795
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Book Reviews of TTFN (Ta-Ta for Now) (Internet Girls)
Book Review: TTFN (Internet Girls, #2
Summary: 2 Stars
On the top ten list of most frequently challenged books (2009) from ALA: nudity, sexually explicit, offensive language, unsuited to age group, drugs
TTFN by Lauren Myracle is the second in the Internet Girls trilogy. This volume follows Zoe, Angela and Maddie through their junior year of high school (having skipped right over the spring of their sophomore year and the summer prior to their junior year). I remember those being pretty big months for me, so it seems odd that the author chose to leave them out entirely. Sticking with the same instant message format as the previous book, we find the girls in a much more mellow state of mind; it seems the drama of the previous year is behind them and they have matured.
As with TTYL I can see why this book is challenged. Within the first 25 pages, there are mentions of underage drinking, a mother calling her daughter a slut and the possibility of an affair; the least harmful of those things being the affair, although those are not reasons to ban books. For me, this series has been fluffy reading, something I am not typically a fan of. But I chose to remain open-minded and will see the series through to the end.
As I get deeper into the series, a couple of things are happening: 1. I am getting very attached to the characters and am anxious to find out what is going to happen to them and 2. It is starting to make sense as to why the series is challenged: Zoe gets caught almost having sex with her boyfriend; Angela runs away from her home in California to her aunt's house in Atlanta (where the story takes place); and Maddie gets arrested for buying pot. Those are some pretty heavy duty things for teenagers to deal with.
There is also typical teenage drama moments peppered throughout the book, including boy drama when Zoe begins dating Doug (who had a crush on Angela in TTFN). Zoe is afraid to tell Angela what's going because she doesn't want her to be mad, but it ends up backfiring and she's more upset. But, inevitably, they work it out and Zoe finds Angela to be open to hearing about her and Doug's relationship.
As for Maddie, her pot smoking days are over. Getting arrested and finding out the object of her affection doesn't return the feelings was enough to make her stay out of trouble for a long time to come (although being grounded indefinitely will certainly help with that). Angela ends up at her aunt's house and somehow convinces her parents to let her stay and finish out the school year in Atlanta. I was glad when she found out she'd be able to stay, but I also wish she'd talked to her parents about it instead of running away.
My other issue with these books is the instant message format. Although it makes for a quick read, I think a lot gets left out of the story line. I sometimes wish there were interludes with the conversations they have with their parents - it would have been interesting to hear their reactions to the things their daughters did; instead we read it secondhand through the girls' conversations.
Overall, it's not a terrible series of books. I am looking forward to reading the third book, but have a few other things on deck first.
Summary of TTFN (Ta-Ta for Now) (Internet Girls)
The bestselling sequel to ttylTold entirely in instant messages, this sequel to the hugely popular ttyl follows Maddie, Zoe, and Angela through the new flirtations, fixations, and frustrations of eleventh grade.
Angela has just found out that her family is moving to El Cerrito, California, and she seriously doesn?t know how she?ll survive without her best friends. Maddie makes some really bad moves with Clive, a pot-smoking hipster who wants to be ?friends with benefits.? And Zoe finds herself falling for Doug, the sweet poet who has had a crush on Angela forever?a crush that Angela has come to count on.
The paperback is timed to release a month before the latest installment in the series, l8r, g8r. Together, the three books about the winsome threesome are a funny, touching chronicle of the rocky road of real friendship?bumpy, nutty, and marshmallow-sweet.
?Just as satisfying as the first book.? ?Booklist
?Totally amazing.? ?Girlslife.com
?Will ensure reader investment and generate discussion, both online and off.? ?The Bulletin of the Center for Children?s Books
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