Amy

by Mary Hooper

Book Overview

It's a difficult time for Amy--her two best friends have abandoned her and she's feeling lonely and vulnerable. Then, she meets Zed in an internet chat room and their online relationship quickly... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 158234793X
• ISBN13: 9781582347936
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 10 to 16 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 11

Customer Reviews

AMY

I found AMY a very good book. The begining was a little slow, but once Amy actually met Zed in person, it speeded up. The character Beaky i thought was kind of undevoloped. I also thought the ending was kind of sudden. I never got to see what happened with Bethany and Amy and i never got to see what happened to Zed. This is a great book for teens who want a good suspenceful story.

Couldn't Put It Down!

An excellent book, I am not normally a big reader unless I find a book that really interests me. I caught the common cold, didn't want to do homework, and sat down reading the book in one sitting; about 3 hours worth of reading! The book was that good! A quick, and easy read, I would recommend it to all young adults and teenagers. After friends ditch her, Amy becomes a loner and tries looking to online help for company. She goes into hundreds of chatrooms, looking for that special someone of a friend. She meets the "perfect" Zed.

loved it

My daugher (13 years old) typically hates to read voluntarily and she could not put this book down. She rarely reads a book from cover to cover yet she devoured this book. We are hoping to discover whether some of Mary Hooper's other books are equally as appealing.

Young Adult Romance With a Technology Twist

The main character Amy is a typical English teenager concerned with clothes, friends, and her parents. Amy's two girlfriends drop her because "three's a crowd." Amy then excapes to her computer and a chat room where she meets Zed. Amy and Zed take the next step to meet and that's where the conflict begins. AMY is an excellent young adult novel. It is interesting, moves quickly, and keeps the reader guessing in a mystery. I teach young adults and will recommend this novel in my own classroom. The author, Mary Hooper, does create a typical young adult novel. Teenage girl having boy issues and issues at home searches for an escape; this book has been written many times before with different characters. The new and inventive piece in this novel is the fact that Amy and Zed meet in a chat room. 10 years ago this novel would not have existed in that venue.

A modern girl's encounter with Internet romance and ideals

Amy's best friends have alienated her, the only school chum she has now is an odd girl who is also not part of the mainstream, and Amy finds herself increasingly drawn to Zed, whom she meets in an online chat room. When she decides to take the next step and meet him in person, conflict begins in this realistic story of a modern girl's encounter with Internet romance and ideals.