The “Internet Girls”, also refered to as the “IM” series, is a trilogy by American author Lauren Myracle written between 2005 and 2008. The Young Adult series consisting of TTYL (2005), TTFN (2007), and L8R, G8R (2008) follows the lives of three friends- Zoe, Maddie, and Angela- as they deal with such topics of high school social drama as boys, drugs, alcohol, parties, driving, emotional rampages, and college prep. The series begins when the girls are in middle school and ends in their senior year. TTYL and TTFN were both New York Times Best Sellers, and TTYL made history as the first novel to be written entirely in instant messages; the dialogue is presented in color-coded Instant Message bubbles to distinguish the senders.
Preoccupied with talk of sex and college, the girls run into realistic situations that involve foul language, drugs, and alcohol in a less than casual way.
Thus, the book series became very popular with teenage girls; as its popularity grew so did controversy over the storylines and content. By 2009 it was the number one title banned by schools and libraries across the nation; and has remained in the top ten for the last two years. The books have been challenged mostly because of the use of curse words, graphic descriptions of sex, alcohol use, student-teacher relationships, and “too much partying.”
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