Entrapment: A High School Comedy in Chat

by Michael Spooner

Overview

Bliss Taylor and Tamra Gray are absolutely convinced that their boyfriends’ hearts lie in the palms of their hands. But when the girls’ two cynical and mischievous friends beg to differ, a wager is born. An online deception ensues where girl must tempt best friend’s boy, resulting in a comedy of love, hate, flirtation, and revelation. Will the boyfriends remain true to their girlfriends’ hearts? Or is the real question vice versa? Told entirely in chat, IM, text, and blog format, this glimpse into games of the heart is as clever as it is surprising.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781416958895
Publisher:	Margaret K. McElderry Books
Publication date:	06/02/2009
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.76(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.15(d)
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

Michael Spooner is the author of several books for teens, including Entr@pment, Daniel's Walk, and Last Child. He lives in Logan, Utah, and you can visit him online at www.mspooner.net.

Editorial Reviews

Mozart in cyberspace. Spooner's adaptation of Cos" fan tutte puts the action online and transposes the genders of the main characters. Bliss and Tamra have loving if not perfect boyfriends; their frenemy Annie contrives to prove to them that all boys are fickle. With the help of fellow misanthrope Johnson, she invents a manipulative plot in which the girls must pretend to be out of town while simultaneously posing as new exchange students online to lead the boys into temptation. The girls acquiesce to Annie's puppet-master antics and are horrified to see how quickly their boyfriends' fidelity erodes. The high drama of the opera translates well to YA fiction, even if the implausibility of the original plot is exaggerated by the modern setting. Sophisticated teens will not relate to the one-dimensional characters and their improbable friendship triads (the brain/Goth/cheerleader and the jock/nerd/dawg). But the format-like Lauren Myracle's Internet Girls trilogy, the story is told entirely via instant messages, chat-room conversations and blog entries-might entice reluctant readers. (Fiction. 12 & up)

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