Amy
by Mary Hooper
After falling out with her friends, Amy is lonely and turns to the internet for consolation. The book is written as a transcript of Amy's recorded acount to the police of the events leading up to her date with a boy she has met through the internet, and includes their email conversations.
Although the denouement is not as serious as it could be, the book highlights the dangers of chatroom dating and contains some very sound advice about how to use the internet sensibly, and how to avoid getting into a situation like Amy's. An extremely topical story about the dangers of internet chatrooms and date-rape drugs.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books
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Mary Hooper
Mary Hooper has been writing professionally for over 20 years. She started by writing short stories and serials for teenage and women's magazines when her children were small. Having done a few hundred, and thinking it would be good to see something more permanent on the shelves, she wrote and had published 15 teenage novels. Following this, she wrote another 15 novels or so for younger readers, all humorous. She is perhaps best known for her historical fiction, which captures the atmosphere of the past perfectly and mixes it with romance and adventure. At The Sign of the Sugared Plum was her first historical novel for Bloomsbury. She has since written seven more including Fallen Grace. Mary left school at 15 with no qualifications. She worked as a secretary for some years, then got married and had two children. She took an English degree at Reading University as a mature student and graduated in 1990. She now divides her time between writing more serious books for teenagers and funny stuff for ages seven to twelve.
http://www.maryhooper.co.uk/
Mary Hooper Photo: Bloomsbury
Reading Age: 10+
Interest level: 10-14
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