Secret Meeting

Diary #8

by Jean Ure

Megan and Annie are bright 12-year-old girls, who are desperate to meet their favorite author, Harriet Chance. When Annie makes contact with Harriet's daughter via an Internet chat room, the girls are ecstatic. Lori helps them to arrange a secret meeting with Harriet, and the girls congratulate themselves on being so clever. But when they meet the author she's a bit strange. Why does Megan seem to know more about the author than she does herself? Why does Harriet seem so edgy? Is this really their favorite author, or are the girls in real trouble?

Genres: Childrens, Young Adult, Fiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Prolific English children and young adult author.

Had her first book published while still in high school, then studied theater at Webber-Douglas in London. Her most well-known work is the Point Crime novel Dance with Death. Others include Plague 99, After the Plague (previously "Come Lucky April"), Big Tom, Family Fan Club and Shrinking Violet, as well as the fantasy The Wizard In the Woods.

Today, Ure is very popular with British female teenage readers with novels such as Shrinking Violet, Family Fan Club and Passion Flower.

Ure has also translated Danish writer Sven Hassel's WWII novels to English.

Reviews

[kell_xavi]

I read this book as a child and it taught me more than any cyber-awareness lecture. I’ve been trying to find it again for years! Was a bit overwhelming at the time, but I liked it.

[Skyler Pritchard · Rating 4 out of 5]

So, at the beginning, I thought I might not like it but read on, and really, I loved it 😍.
This is like a life lesson, NEVER TALK TO STRANGERS ON THE INTERNET!

[Tunku Jewa · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's awesome!

[DeVi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Internet ma dobre jak i złe strony. To od rodzica zależy, którą ze stron wybierze jego dziecko. A Ty, pomożesz dziecku zadecydować mądrze?

Świetna przestroga i przygoda w jednym. Dla dziecka i rodzica :)

[Hannah]

this book made me terrified to chat online, will definitely be making my future child read this

[Sumayyah · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was very funny. i rate it 2 because it wasn't really my type except for the comedy. Megan and Annie are two best friends who are dying to meet the favorite author. Harriet chance. but they are not allowed to go on chat rooms. one day they break their promise and go on the chat room to talk to their author.but as they decide to meet each other they realize something odd about her. she looks so different. is this her? or is it not? (they realize that this is not her it is another person acting like Harriet chance)

it was funny when they realized they got tricked by the fake Harriet chance.

[Lucy Dawson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Never read this one before. Quite enjoyed it. All about the dangers of chatrooms (very early 00s!) and how people you meet online might not be who they say they are. Refreshingly, the 2 girls in this aren't going to meet up with a boy who turns out to be a 40 year old creep, but one of the characters favourite authors who turns out to be a bit of a nutty woman instead...

[xX♥..annakinz..♥Xx · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really understood the book at the end, and i feel happy i piked it up

[Jess · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another quickie childhood reread because I remember this one being chilling. And it still was, if a bit heavyhanded. Really creepy! And lots of fun.

[Emily;') · Rating 4 out of 5]

i really liked this book... i thought it was quite mysterious!

[Ristel Joy · Rating 4 out of 5]

It spelled out the word F-U-N-N-Y! :D

[Jollyjellies · Rating 2 out of 5]

Boring! Boring name, boring plot, boring characters. BORING!!!!!!! Just a regular, do-what-your-parents-tell-you-and-under-no-normal-circumstances-do-you-stray story. B-O-R-I-N-G!!!

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Book I read when I was a preteen

[Black Flower · Rating 4 out of 5]

dla młodszych jak i starszych czytelników, rozkochała mnie w czytaniu i oficjalnie wciskam każdemu <33