What's Buzzin'_@yourLibrary: Email and Instant Messaging in Teen Fiction @the Springfield City Library

ChaseR: a Novel in E-Mails by Michael J. Rosen; YAFICT Rosen Michael ChaseR

When his parents decide to move to an old house in the country, Chase's humorous e-mails to his friends back home help him to deal with cicadas, deer hunters, and other changes in his life.

Donorboy by Brendan Halpin; YPBK H

Rosalind suddenly finds herself in the custody of her biological father after the death of her parents. Told as a series of e-mail and text messages, as well as diary entries, Donorboy is a funny, poignant tale of a bereaved teen and a novice father coming to terms with one another.

Heart on My Sleeve by Ellen Wittlinger; YAFICT WITTLING ELLEN Heart on ; and YPBK W

From the end of high school to the beginning of college, Chloe and Julian deal with major changes in their families and friendships and explore their feelings for each other through emails, letters, and a visit.

Love, Sara by Mary Beth Lundgren; YAFICT LUNDGREN MARY Love (branches only)

In a series of emails and journal entries Sara, a high school junior with a history of sexual abuse and foster home care, reveals her feelings about herself and two friends who are headed for destruction.

Rob&Sara.com by P.J. Petersen and Ivy Ruckman; YAFICT PETERSEN P J Rob&sara (branches only)

Rob, who lives at a school for troubled teenagers, and Sara, the sixteen-year-old daughter of an army colonel, meet in a poetry chat-room and develop a close relationship via email.

Romiette and Julio by Sharon M. Draper; YPBK D

Romiette, an African-American girl, and Julio, a Hispanic boy, discover that they attend the same high school after falling in love on the Internet, but are harrassed by a gang whose members object to their interracial dating.

To JayKae : Life Stinx by Jean Davies Okimoto; YA FICT OKIMOTO, JEAN DAVIES To JayKa ; and YPBK O

Jason feels alone and misunderstood until he starts an online relationship with a girl from Hawaii.

Ttyl and Ttfn by Lauren Myracle; YAFICT MYRACLE LAUREN ; and YPBK M

Ttyl and its sequel Ttfn chronicle, in "instant message" format, the day-to-day experiences, feelings, and plans of three friends, Zoe, Maddie, and Angela.

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