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Katie.Com: My Story
Plume Books (
01 June, 2001 )
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The frightening true story of a teenagers search for love o  |
This is a true first-hand account of a sad and lonely teenager living in New Canaan, Connecticut, who went through a traumatic experience when she was thirteen: she. made contact with a man in an on-line chat-room, and thought she was falling in love. Katie believed she was in touch with Mark, a 23-year college student. She admits he seduced her by making her laugh and making her feel loved.Unknown to her family she arranged a meeting with him.. To her horror Mark turned out to be Frank a 41-year-old paedophile. Katie soon found she was out of her depth, but fortunately she had confided in a friend at the last moment, who told Katies mother, and the police came banging on the hotel-room door. As bad as that experience was, things were to get worse, and the way her family and school-friends reacted brought Katie to the edge of a breakdown. She was told she had let everybody down, disgraced herself and behaved badly. Even when told of Franks involvement with other children, she still blamed herself for what had happened and suffered overwhelming feelings of guilt. The FBI became involved and Katie had a hard time distinguishing between Mark, whom she still felt she loved, and Frank, who was to be prosecuted. For eventually he was the first person to be prosecuted in the US for sexual harassment of a minor arising from a web contact. Katie.com is a warning to the dangers on the Internet, and includes suggestions for parents on how to protect their children while they are on-line. The book also includes a list of beneficial Internet sites for helping to make the Internet a safe place
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Katie Tarbox so vividly portrays the lifestyle of a teenager growing up in our society. As a young adult myself I found that I could relate to many of Katies feelings - we all have a little bit of Katie in us. Her ordeal is unbelievable and at the same time painfully real in our society. She is an incredible young writer and is extremely admirable for confronting her situation with such dignity and humility. Katie displays extraordinary talent and I hope that she will write more books in the near future.
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