Chronicles, in "instant message" format, the day-to-day experiences, feelings, and plans of three friends, Zoe, Maddie, and Angela, as they begin tenth grade.

209 pages

English language

Published Sept. 10, 2004 by Amulet Books.

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ISBN:
978-0-8109-4821-1
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Subjects
  • Instant messaging -- Fiction.
  • Friendship -- Fiction.
  • Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
  • High schools -- Fiction.
  • Schools -- Fiction.

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Review of 'Ttyl' on 'Goodreads'

I read this because I'm interested in the intersection between computing (as a human activity) and literature.

The stuff I liked:

- that each character had a personal color/font choice for her AIM messages
- that IMing is portrayed as a healthy social outlet

The stuff I didn't like:

most other stuff. Without details like what the characters are doing on their computers it becomes a book of all dialogue which ended up being less compelling than I expected. The plot situations were pretty contrived/PSA but I guess that's just part of the YA genre?