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Children's Fiction Friendship

Chat Room

by (author) Kristin Butcher

Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Initial publish date
Mar 2006
Category
Friendship
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781551435299
    Publish Date
    Mar 2006
    List Price
    $16.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781551434858
    Publish Date
    Mar 2006
    List Price
    $9.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781554695904
    Publish Date
    Mar 2006
    List Price
    $7.99
  • Downloadable audio file

    ISBN
    9781459819801
    Publish Date
    Mar 2006
    List Price
    $18.99

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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels

  • Age: 9 to 12
  • Grade: 4 to 7
  • Reading age: 9 to 12

Description

I don’t know what I expected—maybe sirens and a flashing screen notifying the world that I was on the page—but of course that didn’t happen. No one knew I was there. How could they know? I hadn’t registered. And as long as I didn’t, I was anonymous. I started to breathe again.
Linda is shy and avoids getting involved at school. But when her high school sets up online chat rooms she can’t resist the urge to visit them. Fuelled by interest in a student with the nickname Cyrano, Linda participates in online conversations using the nickname Roxane and gains a reputation as the queen of one-liners. Soon Linda starts receiving gifts from a secret admirer who signs his gifts, “C.” She is certain that her life has taken a turn for the better until “C” reveals his true identity.

About the author

After nearly 30 years as a published author, Kristin has written more biographies of herself than she cares to remember. And she has run out of new ways to describe the same old life. Besides, she doesn't think of herself in terms of her birthplace, education, and work history. What she'd really like people to know about her is that she loves to dance. She loves to laugh. She loves to learn. Crossword puzzles relax her. Waiting frustrates her. She likes spending time by herself. And, like the heroine in her new book Closer to Far Away, she has a family that gives her strength. Her books include Cheat, Girls Like Me, The Druid and the Dragon, and Alibi. Kristin lives in Campbell River, British Columbia.

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Awards

  • Commended, CCBC Our Choice

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