A Girl's Life Online
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Katherine Tarbox
Katherine Tarbox was thirteen when she met twenty-three-year-old "Mark" in an online chat room. A top student and nationally ranked swimmer attending an elite school in an affluent Connecticut town, Katie was also a lonely and self-conscious eighth-grader who craved the attention her workaholic parents couldn't give her. "Mark" seemed to understand her; he told her she was smart and wonderful. When they set a date to finally meet while Katie was in Texas for a swim competition, she walked into a hotel room and discovered who-and what-her cyber soul mate really was.In A Girl's Life Online, Tarbox, now eighteen, tells her story-an eye-opening tale of one teenager's descent into the seductive world of the Internet. Tarbox's harrowing experience with her online boyfriend would affect her life for years to come and result in her becoming the first "unnamed minor" to test a federal law enacted to protect kids from online sexual predators.In an age when a new generation is growing up online, Tarbox's memoir is a cautionary tale for the Internet Age.
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Author
Katherine Tarbox
Pages
192
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2004-09-03
ISBN
110111911X 9781101119112
Ratings
Google: 4
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"This book was very interesting as it discusses child-grooming at the very early stages of the internet. I was shocked all the way through by the situation and how the adults handled it. I will say, you can definitely tell this was written by a high schooler, but it’s almost endearing because of that. Makes you feel like you’re a teen again. Would recommend, though do check the trigger warnings online before you read it because the subject matter is not light. "
Marfa Glazyrina