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Sequel to the "New York Times" best-seller "ttyl" This sequel to the breakout bestseller, "ttyl" (a novel told entirely in instant messages), follows Maddie, Zoe, and Angela through their next year in high school, 11th grade. There's trouble and lots of IMs ahead for the Winsome Threesome. 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. Lauren Myracle has concocted another funny, touching look at the rocky road of real friendship--bumpy, nutty, and marshmallow-sweet. Praise for "ttyl" "Perfectly contemporary" -"Kirkus" *"Revealing and innovative, this novel will inspire teens to pass it on to their friends." --"School Library Journal" (starred review)
Author Notes
Lauren Myracle is an American author of YA fiction. She was born on May 15, 1969, in Brevard, North Carolina and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. She attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she received her BA in English and Psychology. After graduation, she taught middle-school in Georgia and participated in an exchange and teaching program (JET) in Japan. She would go on to earn an MA in English from Colorado State University and an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College.
Since her first novel, Kissing Kate, was published in 2003, Myracle has written numerous books and series including: the Internet Girls series, The Winnie Years, Flower Power, the Life of Ty and the Wishing Series.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (5)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 9-11-Best friends Angela, Maddie, and Zoe are back for their junior year in this sequel to ttyl (Abrams, 2004), also written entirely in text-message format. Zoe has recently started working with Angela's former crush, Doug, at Kidding Around, a daycare. Zoe is not sure how to tell her that she likes Doug, and just when she gets up the courage, Angela drops the bomb that her family is moving to California. Maddie is in love with Clive, who doesn't mind spending time with her and even occasionally making out, but he's in love with someone else. He is witty and charming and DEEP. He is also a pothead. In her efforts to keep him interested, Maddie begins smoking pot. As her friends put up protests, she gets defensive and tension ensues. Angela attempts to make new friends, but misses her old ones fiercely. She also misses having a romantic interest. As a result, on New Year's Eve, she drunk dials Doug. He breaks the news that he is now with Zoe, which exacerbates her loneliness and feelings of isolation. Confrontations result but the three friends resolve their differences. This is definitive chick-lit, a comfortable read that explores sexuality, drugs, depression, and learning about oneself. Myracle does an excellent job of developing the characters and a plot that is easy to get into and fun to follow.-Emily Garrett, Naaman Forest High School, Garland, TX (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Favorite characters and series come to the fore this spring. The third in the bestselling series that began with ttyl and ttfn continues the adventures of Angela, Zoe and Maddie in their senior year, in l8r, g8r by Lauren Myracle. Jana, whom devotees may remember as the nightmare-maker from ttyl, has it out for Zoe, and the trio launches a counterattack that culminates at the prom. Ttfn (about which PW wrote, "Readers will enjoy having an opportunity to KITAkeep in touchAwith these caring friends") is now in paperback. (Abrams/ Amulet, $15.95 288p ages 14-up ISBN 978-0-8109-7200-1; Mar.; ttfn $6.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8109-9279-5; Feb.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Horn Book Review
Zoe, Maddie, and Angela (ttyl) are in eleventh grade and facing such issues as sex, drugs, and moving across the country. The superficial content is expressed via emoticons, capital letters, and stage directions (""*bores eyes into friend in extreme concern*""). While the text-message format is tiresome, teens who feel most at home IMing may like the gimmick. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
Angela, Maddy and Zoe are totally BFF--best friends forever--and tell each other everything in their constant instant-message conversations. Well, maybe not everything. Zoe doesn't tell Angela that she's hooked up with Doug, who's had a crush on Angela for ages. Zoe and Angela won't tell Maddy how worried they are that she's smoking pot to impress a boy. When Angela's family moves to California, she's heartbroken at being taken from everyone she knows. The friends try to stay in touch using IM, but Maddy's obsessed with her new stoner friends and Angela and Zoe are fighting over Doug. As the three resolve their differences, they confront sex, drugs and the miserable difficulties of social life at 16. The well-crafted IM-lingo of the prose is richly saturated with contemporary references (googlewhacking, The OC, the Taliban) which, while they might prevent the novel from aging well, keep it perfectly placed in the moment. A funny and moving take on friendship and adolescence. (Fiction. 12-15) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
Gr. 10-12. This sequel to the popular ttyl (2004) is just as satisfying as the first book. Now 16, Atlanta teens Angela, Zoe, and Madigan continue to cope with the issues related to romance, family problems, and their own friendship. Once again the story is written mostly in instant messages, with the narrative unfolding in three distinct voices and in the girls' interactions on the screen. This time, Madigan becomes involved with booze, pot, and another girl's boyfriend; Zoe worries that she's frigid; and Angela must move to northern California. The friends commiserate, support, and counsel one other--not always wisely but certainly credibly. There's some crude language as readers are drawn into the girls' intimate conversations, but the dialogue always rings true. Myracle's only misstep is homesick Angela's decision to run away and return to Atlanta. Fans of ttyl will want this second helping, but readers need not have read the first book to enjoy it. --Francisca Goldsmith Copyright 2006 Booklist
