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Chan Shealy's got most things going right in her life―straight A's, a shot at the regional majorette championships in baton twirling, and the best best friend a girl could wish for. But after the football quarterback spreads a vicious lie about her, and the whole school decides she's too trashy for words, Chan begins to wonder if the only place she'll find love is online.
She's careful. She follows all her parents' rules, mostly anyway. A girl's got to trust her self at a certain point, right? But what if your gut is telling you something that you're just not hearing… until it's too late?
From the moment Chan logs on and meets Paul, until the truth begins to show through, Susan Vaught sends readers on a fast-paced and gripping ride. Even when you know something bad will happen, you still might not see it coming…
She's careful. She follows all her parents' rules, mostly anyway. A girl's got to trust her self at a certain point, right? But what if your gut is telling you something that you're just not hearing… until it's too late?
From the moment Chan logs on and meets Paul, until the truth begins to show through, Susan Vaught sends readers on a fast-paced and gripping ride. Even when you know something bad will happen, you still might not see it coming…
336 pages, Hardcover
First published November 25, 2008
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Susan Vaught
30 books204 followersWebsite: http://susanvaught.com
astrology sign: Libra
favorite book: Harry Potter (all of them) and His Dark Materials
(all of those, too)
favorite song:I Will Follow You Into The Dark by Death Cab for Cutie
current pet total:12 if you don't count the chickens, peafowl,
turkeys, ducks, geese, pigeons, or guineas.
names of my schools:
Vanderbilt University (MS, Ph.D.)
University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) (BA)
Germantown High School (Germantown, TN 9th-12th)
Germantown Middle School (Germantown, TN 8th)
Can't Remember, but the mascot was a purple dragon (Sandy Springs/Atlanta Georgia, 7th)
Green Street Elementary (Tupelo, MS 6th) Frances Patterson was a very cool teacher there. I write because of her.
Pierce Street Elementary (Tupelo, MS 3rd-5th)
Can't Remember, but it was big (Corinth, MS, 2nd)
Oxford Elementary (Oxford, MS, K-1st)
University of Mississippi (Day Care, Playschool)
astrology sign: Libra
favorite book: Harry Potter (all of them) and His Dark Materials
(all of those, too)
favorite song:I Will Follow You Into The Dark by Death Cab for Cutie
current pet total:12 if you don't count the chickens, peafowl,
turkeys, ducks, geese, pigeons, or guineas.
names of my schools:
Vanderbilt University (MS, Ph.D.)
University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) (BA)
Germantown High School (Germantown, TN 9th-12th)
Germantown Middle School (Germantown, TN 8th)
Can't Remember, but the mascot was a purple dragon (Sandy Springs/Atlanta Georgia, 7th)
Green Street Elementary (Tupelo, MS 6th) Frances Patterson was a very cool teacher there. I write because of her.
Pierce Street Elementary (Tupelo, MS 3rd-5th)
Can't Remember, but it was big (Corinth, MS, 2nd)
Oxford Elementary (Oxford, MS, K-1st)
University of Mississippi (Day Care, Playschool)
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March 24, 2009
Reviewed by Jaglvr for TeensReadToo.com
Chan has PIRs (parental Internet rules) when it comes to being on the computer and the Internet at home. The key rules are:
1. Never put any identifying information on the Internet without parental approval.
2. No public profiles.
3. Everything that is done on the computer gets supervised or reviewed.
Chan is about to break every one of these rules in the next few weeks.
After a horrible breakup at school the previous spring with the school quarterback, Chan avoids dating and boys. But she wants to find the perfect companion somehow. And the best and safest way, Chan decides, is to find one on the Internet. But this goes against all three of the cardinal rules.
So with begrudging help from her best friend, Devin, the two girls set up a secret Blahfest profile. The two also add streaming video of the two twirling batons in Chan's room. Before they know it, Chan has a message on her profile. It's from Knighthawk859. The two start secret harmless chat sessions that go long into the night. Knighthawk (aka Paul) tells Chan how to download a screen saver that will also help purge and hide any talks and keystrokes. Paul seems perfect and can even recite Emily Dickinson back to Chan. (Chan adores Emily's poetry.)
Chan's schoolwork starts to suffer, and she's getting less and less sleep. It doesn't help that her 8-year-old sister, Lauren, wakes up with nightmares each night and comes into Chan's room for comfort. With lack of sleep, and bruises from Lauren's restless sleeping, all Chan can concentrate on is her next chat session with Paul. The only bright spot outside of the chatting is her twirling. With Paul's assistance (financial and educational), Chan has gotten onto a training routine and her twirling has never been better.
But soon, the chatting turns darker. And when Chan encounters a similar screen saver on the family's computer downstairs, she starts to panic that her younger sister has gotten in above her head as well. Can Chan come clean with her secret boyfriend to save her sister, or will everything come crashing down because of her?
EXPOSED is one of those books that are ideal to be shared between parents and their teenagers. It explores the hazards of seemingly harmless chatting on the Internet. It shares how anyone determined enough can piece the puzzle pieces together with relatively limited information. Chan's PIRs may seem silly to the average teenager, but in reality, and in light of today's identity thefts and predators, they may even be too simple.
Chan has PIRs (parental Internet rules) when it comes to being on the computer and the Internet at home. The key rules are:
1. Never put any identifying information on the Internet without parental approval.
2. No public profiles.
3. Everything that is done on the computer gets supervised or reviewed.
Chan is about to break every one of these rules in the next few weeks.
After a horrible breakup at school the previous spring with the school quarterback, Chan avoids dating and boys. But she wants to find the perfect companion somehow. And the best and safest way, Chan decides, is to find one on the Internet. But this goes against all three of the cardinal rules.
So with begrudging help from her best friend, Devin, the two girls set up a secret Blahfest profile. The two also add streaming video of the two twirling batons in Chan's room. Before they know it, Chan has a message on her profile. It's from Knighthawk859. The two start secret harmless chat sessions that go long into the night. Knighthawk (aka Paul) tells Chan how to download a screen saver that will also help purge and hide any talks and keystrokes. Paul seems perfect and can even recite Emily Dickinson back to Chan. (Chan adores Emily's poetry.)
Chan's schoolwork starts to suffer, and she's getting less and less sleep. It doesn't help that her 8-year-old sister, Lauren, wakes up with nightmares each night and comes into Chan's room for comfort. With lack of sleep, and bruises from Lauren's restless sleeping, all Chan can concentrate on is her next chat session with Paul. The only bright spot outside of the chatting is her twirling. With Paul's assistance (financial and educational), Chan has gotten onto a training routine and her twirling has never been better.
But soon, the chatting turns darker. And when Chan encounters a similar screen saver on the family's computer downstairs, she starts to panic that her younger sister has gotten in above her head as well. Can Chan come clean with her secret boyfriend to save her sister, or will everything come crashing down because of her?
EXPOSED is one of those books that are ideal to be shared between parents and their teenagers. It explores the hazards of seemingly harmless chatting on the Internet. It shares how anyone determined enough can piece the puzzle pieces together with relatively limited information. Chan's PIRs may seem silly to the average teenager, but in reality, and in light of today's identity thefts and predators, they may even be too simple.
September 19, 2013
I was shocked at how caught up in the book I got. It's about a girl who's life just started to get back to normal (or as normal as it could get) after being bullied in school for over a year. Because it didn't stop, she started to feel lonely and, thinking that no one would like to go out with her from her school, decides to look for a boyfriend online. On the first day on a dating site, she meets a guy that One mistake leads to another and, before she knows it, she can's stop lying and tricking everyone around her, just to be able to talk to "Paul".
Since I usually read fiction/fantasy books, this was a nice change. This realistic fiction novel really caught my attention, and I would really recommend this to other people of my age. It really shows that anyone can be attacked online, even people who know and follow the rules.
Lesson Learned: never let your guard down on the internet.
Since I usually read fiction/fantasy books, this was a nice change. This realistic fiction novel really caught my attention, and I would really recommend this to other people of my age. It really shows that anyone can be attacked online, even people who know and follow the rules.
Lesson Learned: never let your guard down on the internet.
August 18, 2011
This was a dramatic book about the dangers of meeting strangers online. Every teen should read it. It may seem pointless since I know where I live many teens are meeting people off the internet and don't really care about who they give their phone numbers and addresses to, but still.
I've read a few books from Vaught and find her to be a very good writer of YA dramas. They often show teens in difficult situations and she portrays them realistically without heavy cliches.
I've read a few books from Vaught and find her to be a very good writer of YA dramas. They often show teens in difficult situations and she portrays them realistically without heavy cliches.
January 30, 2022
Chan is a pariah at her school after her public break-up with her jock boyfriend who gave her an STD. All she has left is her twirling. She decides to find the perfect boyfriend on-line. Of course, he is a predator whom she leads to her 8 year old sister. I was really concerned about the naïveté of Chan in being duped by "Paul". Then I looked at the copyright date of 2008. Maybe we were all a little more naive in those days. This was a cautionary tale for sure.
August 11, 2011
This book sounded so good but was sadly a dissapointment. The main charachter Chan is weak and complains and acts embaressed about her herpies and fathers weight problem throughout the book . Its like we get it you have herpies and an obease father . The way she was embaressed by her fathers weight problem also bothered me. Its her FATHER for christs sake how can she be so ashamed of him !? And although i know that this story was suposed to revolve around a girl that meets someone off the internet i kept asking myself throughout the book if someone would actualy be stupid enough to share and volenter so much information to someone they dont even know in true life . This book was written in a new and interesting style of writing that was fun to read and probly the only reason i bothered to finish reading this book . Although some parts of this book mad me angry it was a somewhat easy book to read that i read in one day . I would recomend this book to anyone that likes to read about teen issues and problems .
October 11, 2016
This was my entertainment during the hurricane. Even read it by candlelight. It was an okay read. But I go back and think was I that naive when I was that young? Why in the world would this girl think someone cared for her while making her do the things she was doing? I'm glad she finally figured things out in time to save her sister.
May 10, 2011
I choose to read this book because I thought the cover looked interesting and I read a little bit about it in the back. I think the genre of this book was like teen issues. The setting of this book takes place at school and in Chan’s room. Chan doesn’t really have faith in herself when it comes to relationships, since her last relationship turned out bad with a boy name Adam P. that gave her herpes and most of the school makes fun of her for that. She decides that online dating would be a better way for her not to get hurt since she isn’t really going to meet the guy in person. Her best friend is named Devin she is always there for Chan when she needs her, she is the only one that didn’t judge her for getting herpes from Adam P. But Devin isn’t really happy about Chan getting an online boyfriend. Oh and Chan is really into twirling it’s her favorite sport.
Chan has been working her butt of to go to regionals and compete against this girl named Ellis who is now dating her ex-boyfriend Adam P. She is trying to get over Adam and she ends up telling her best friend Devin about her trying to get an online boyfriend, Devin tells her that it’s a bad idea to get a boyfriend that way but she doesn’t really listen to her. She meets this guy online named “Paul” and starts talking to him every night. Lauren is Chan’s sister she loves to sing and is a major drama queen she is only eight years old. Chan has to lose some pounds off her so she can be ready for regionals she tells Paul about this and he helps her come up with a schedule that will keep her in shape unlike her dad that is super big. She starts to fall in love with him and decides to keep things only between her and Paul. She never tells Devin about her conversations with Paul. Lauren tells Chan about her having a boyfriend named David, and Chan decides not to tell her mom about it so she doesn’t ruin her relationship like she did with her and Paul. Her mom caught her video chatting with Paul witch is a 23 year old guy not 18 like he makes others believe. She sells videos of her breasts witch he emails to Paul for him to sell so she can afford to buy herself a new cellphone to keep in touch with this guy. A day before the competition and Laurens singing show thing Chan finds out that Paul might be the one who has been making Lauren have bad dream. She finds proof of this because she finds a brand new laptop in the garage that is where Lauren is most of her day and she went through her emails and stuff and it sounded so much like him and also because she found out that Lauren had a screen concealer were Paul had gotten her one too incase parents were in sight. On her way to regionals she feels really guilty for not telling her parents about this and making Lauren in danger.
She breaks down crying on the bus and the Bear a.k.a her twirling instructor drives her to the studio were Lauren was supposed to perform. They call the police on the way there and Chan calls her parents to advise them of what has been going on with Lauren and tells them to not leave her alone because she might be in danger. When they finally get there, their is a bunch of cops and their escorting a guy out of the building. It was Paul he had came to take Lauren, his face was bleeding because her dad punched him in the face. Chan takes the stuff that she got with the money she had made from selling videos and is willing to testify against Paul to save her sister from him. When she finally talks to her parents they tell her this guy is a pedophile and his real name is Jim. Lauren, Chan, and her dad have to be going to therapy to get over the whole Jim situation. Adam P. calls Chan to tell ask her if she’s ok and it seems that he changed and he’s like ok with him now. Chan is trying to win Lauren back since she got very affected by the whole Jim situation. I didn’t like the beginning of the book so much but as I kept reading the book got better and better though I think that the author could have had a better ending to the book. I liked this book because it teaches young teens not to be crazy enough to give out real information to people you don’t know in person like about 80% of the time it might me a pedophile in my opinion.
Chan has been working her butt of to go to regionals and compete against this girl named Ellis who is now dating her ex-boyfriend Adam P. She is trying to get over Adam and she ends up telling her best friend Devin about her trying to get an online boyfriend, Devin tells her that it’s a bad idea to get a boyfriend that way but she doesn’t really listen to her. She meets this guy online named “Paul” and starts talking to him every night. Lauren is Chan’s sister she loves to sing and is a major drama queen she is only eight years old. Chan has to lose some pounds off her so she can be ready for regionals she tells Paul about this and he helps her come up with a schedule that will keep her in shape unlike her dad that is super big. She starts to fall in love with him and decides to keep things only between her and Paul. She never tells Devin about her conversations with Paul. Lauren tells Chan about her having a boyfriend named David, and Chan decides not to tell her mom about it so she doesn’t ruin her relationship like she did with her and Paul. Her mom caught her video chatting with Paul witch is a 23 year old guy not 18 like he makes others believe. She sells videos of her breasts witch he emails to Paul for him to sell so she can afford to buy herself a new cellphone to keep in touch with this guy. A day before the competition and Laurens singing show thing Chan finds out that Paul might be the one who has been making Lauren have bad dream. She finds proof of this because she finds a brand new laptop in the garage that is where Lauren is most of her day and she went through her emails and stuff and it sounded so much like him and also because she found out that Lauren had a screen concealer were Paul had gotten her one too incase parents were in sight. On her way to regionals she feels really guilty for not telling her parents about this and making Lauren in danger.
She breaks down crying on the bus and the Bear a.k.a her twirling instructor drives her to the studio were Lauren was supposed to perform. They call the police on the way there and Chan calls her parents to advise them of what has been going on with Lauren and tells them to not leave her alone because she might be in danger. When they finally get there, their is a bunch of cops and their escorting a guy out of the building. It was Paul he had came to take Lauren, his face was bleeding because her dad punched him in the face. Chan takes the stuff that she got with the money she had made from selling videos and is willing to testify against Paul to save her sister from him. When she finally talks to her parents they tell her this guy is a pedophile and his real name is Jim. Lauren, Chan, and her dad have to be going to therapy to get over the whole Jim situation. Adam P. calls Chan to tell ask her if she’s ok and it seems that he changed and he’s like ok with him now. Chan is trying to win Lauren back since she got very affected by the whole Jim situation. I didn’t like the beginning of the book so much but as I kept reading the book got better and better though I think that the author could have had a better ending to the book. I liked this book because it teaches young teens not to be crazy enough to give out real information to people you don’t know in person like about 80% of the time it might me a pedophile in my opinion.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 25, 2014
Chandra is sixteen, obsessed with Emily Dickinson, passionate about baton twirling and has had a terrible year physically and emotionally. And whilst her best friend is a serial dater, Chan is looking for something safer – an online relationship with someone that can’t physically hurt her like her ex-boyfriend did. Sadly, this is my first problem with Chan – she’s so focused on finding a guy to make her happy I started to get frustrated. And I never really stopped.
Chan isn’t exactly unlikeable – she’s a great friend to her best friend Devin, she’s had a hard time at school and still faces down her ex-boyfriends nasty new girlfriend on a regular basis, and is incredibly supportive of her younger sister who is dealing with all kinds of issues. However, Vaught tries to cover a lot of subjects in Exposed, and it means that Chan, as the main character, comes across as pretty flighty at times.
Firstly is the online boyfriend thing, which I kinda get. But then there’s the obsession with her weight, her worries about her father, her relationship with her coach that goes from icily distant to best pals in the space of a few chapters, dealing with her overbearing mother, stressing about school and regionals and ex-boyfriends and ex-boyfriends’ girlfriends, her best friends’ dating habits, her major English project and her own health. And of course when she meets someone online it’s just another subject to cover in what is a pretty short book to have so much going on.
I read Exposed in just two sittings, but I found myself skimming parts to get to what I wanted to read about – Chan’s online relationship. And although I get that Chan is pretty vulnerable, she makes some stupid, amateur mistakes in a very short space of time, even taking into account her vulnerability, that just didn’t ring true at all.
Overall, Exposed is a great idea and still a very relevant subject, particularly as Chan’s parents are pretty vigilant and aware, it’s scary what can happen to a susceptible teenager in a short space of time. However, the multiple sub-plot lines left me quite frustrated, and the ending was too fast and didn’t feel completely realistic to me.
Chan isn’t exactly unlikeable – she’s a great friend to her best friend Devin, she’s had a hard time at school and still faces down her ex-boyfriends nasty new girlfriend on a regular basis, and is incredibly supportive of her younger sister who is dealing with all kinds of issues. However, Vaught tries to cover a lot of subjects in Exposed, and it means that Chan, as the main character, comes across as pretty flighty at times.
Firstly is the online boyfriend thing, which I kinda get. But then there’s the obsession with her weight, her worries about her father, her relationship with her coach that goes from icily distant to best pals in the space of a few chapters, dealing with her overbearing mother, stressing about school and regionals and ex-boyfriends and ex-boyfriends’ girlfriends, her best friends’ dating habits, her major English project and her own health. And of course when she meets someone online it’s just another subject to cover in what is a pretty short book to have so much going on.
I read Exposed in just two sittings, but I found myself skimming parts to get to what I wanted to read about – Chan’s online relationship. And although I get that Chan is pretty vulnerable, she makes some stupid, amateur mistakes in a very short space of time, even taking into account her vulnerability, that just didn’t ring true at all.
Overall, Exposed is a great idea and still a very relevant subject, particularly as Chan’s parents are pretty vigilant and aware, it’s scary what can happen to a susceptible teenager in a short space of time. However, the multiple sub-plot lines left me quite frustrated, and the ending was too fast and didn’t feel completely realistic to me.
January 7, 2011
the reason why i choose this book is because i heard it was a good book, and kind of got my attention on wanting to read it, the genre of this book is realastic fiction. Exposed takes place at her house and school and has to do with the internet,Chan shealy has a lott of things. she has good grades a best friend which her name is devins,chan shealy loves dancing and school. Chan shealy had a thing with this guy adam and they broke up a while ago and she only talks to her friend devin and her sister, she doesnt get along with her parnets that much well her mom at least, her and her friend were talking about online dating and how it would be if shedid it her friend devin doesnt think its a good idea to do this type of thing because, she might end up hurt or something bad will happen otherwise she will, she does it any and she meets this guy she talks to , but she does it private soo her mom or dad or anyone wont know she is talking to this guy.the main problem is that she hides it from her mom and he is an older guy thats 26 or 27, and she is only 16 and she does it secretly online with no one knowing she even stops telling her friend about the whole thing.untill she finds out that her sister is talking to someone online too and chan thinks its the guy paul that sheis talking to. the problem is resolved is because chan finds out that paul is talking to her younger sister and chan calls the cops on him and he gets arrested and her sister was mad at her because now she gets grounded from like everyhing.this book was alright, it didnt really grab my attention no action really. kind of boring,
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April 19, 2009
I have read this book By Susan Vaught and I thought that it was a grreat way of showing the dangers of the internet and giving a great story for children or teenagers most-likley to read and would be facinated by this girls life at home and her life in general like at school.chan has herpes and has to face people everyday do to the rumor that a boy who gave her herpes and chan also deals with weight issues and faces problems that regular teenagers face. But when Chan meets some man online she feels as if her life has become 10 times better she doesnt relize how her life will be effected .she thinks this man Paul is helping her....but thats what she thinks
I learned that there can sometimes' be life lessons in book such as "The interent can be a dangorous place" and that i can overcome situations that regular teens face everyday (but not as terrible as the problems chan faces.)And that you shouldnt always trust whom you dont know like chan ,She fell in love with a man she met over an 'E;Pals' web site wich led her into falling in love who she thinks she knows but really doesnt.
I learned that there can sometimes' be life lessons in book such as "The interent can be a dangorous place" and that i can overcome situations that regular teens face everyday (but not as terrible as the problems chan faces.)And that you shouldnt always trust whom you dont know like chan ,She fell in love with a man she met over an 'E;Pals' web site wich led her into falling in love who she thinks she knows but really doesnt.
April 7, 2012
Since the name of the book is Exposed... You may know now what is meaning there already. The character really had gone through a lot and luckily saved herself for that danger. Not just only her but her family too. So that makes it even that Chan needed to learn the lesson on her own on doing such thing, especially since the internet is going chaotic on social networking.
The plot was so good that I didn't imagined that the character would go through that. This is like a fictional, but real life savor lesson for those children that is doing that right now with strangers that they meet in the internet, which surely are not supposed to meet.
The plot was so good that I didn't imagined that the character would go through that. This is like a fictional, but real life savor lesson for those children that is doing that right now with strangers that they meet in the internet, which surely are not supposed to meet.
August 26, 2016
This book was tamer than
Want to Go Private
, and therefore I didn't find it as exciting. Chan was kind of boring as a main character, and the ending was pretty predictable.
Also, I wonder if my sister bought these books for herself, or if the parentals bought them for her, to warn her about internet safety, lol. And thus concludes YA books that I borrowed from my little sis.
Also, I wonder if my sister bought these books for herself, or if the parentals bought them for her, to warn her about internet safety, lol. And thus concludes YA books that I borrowed from my little sis.
December 22, 2008
A 'ripped from the headlines' story that has all the emotional heft of a tissue. Predictable and preachy, a deadly combination.
December 23, 2024
Chan is a pariah at her school after her public break-up with her jock boyfriend who gave her an STD. All she has left is her twirling. She decides to find the perfect boyfriend on-line. Of course, he is a predator whom she leads to her 8 year old sister. I was really concerned about the naïveté of Chan in being duped by "Paul". Then I looked at the copyright date of 2008. Maybe we were all a little more naive in those days. This was a cautionary tale for sure.
January 1, 2021
Sad to think how much of this goes on
One of those stories that you just know is true somewhere around your everyday life and that makes it both sad and scary. Well written and a true eye opener to how easily this could happen.
One of those stories that you just know is true somewhere around your everyday life and that makes it both sad and scary. Well written and a true eye opener to how easily this could happen.
June 10, 2018
I absolutely loved this book! I could not even put it down, and finished it all in one day!
October 18, 2021
Pretty slow read. Scary to know this happens all the time, though.
November 17, 2022
just a 2008 cautionary tale for teen girls .. my woman susan vaught really tried to fit child predators, eating disorders, strict parents, STDs, sl#t shaming all in one story
May 24, 2009
I must read like, three online predator storylines a year. This is one of another worse-case-scenario types, where the girl gets her heart broken and decides that she'll find something (someone) on the internet despite knowing better. I actually really despise this depiction of teenage girls. Sure, we do dumb things. Sure, we take risks. Sure, we defy parental rules just for the heck of it (sometimes) but I just feel like we all should know better. Yet, in the storylines, we don't. We still fall victim to online predators, and apparently, are stupid enough to lead them to our younger sister. Also, are parents so uptight in that they're not only going to homeschool Chan and Lauren, but take away all electronics? Dramatic, much? Sure, you're concerned with safety and all, but getting special equipment to detect computers, and etc.? Just, WOW. This takes paranoia to a whole new level.
Not that it irks me as much as other things, but I wasn't very appreciative of Chan's poetry. It was kind of pretentious writing, like desperately trying to sound elegant and emotional, but really didn't turn out that great. Nobody (well, me) can resist Emily Dickinson, but I feel like the whole I-love-poetry-and-I-just-adore-Dickson side story is so unnecessary. What exactly do you get out of it besides the fact that Chan wants to imitate Emily? And if the poet was really her model, why write an entire paper about her being an alleged lesbian? Weird. Same thing with Devin. How much do we really know about Devin besides that she treats her boyfriends rather badly? Do we get a side story to that? No. I wanted one, though. Don't just throw in characters without a background to support their development. Like the mom. What's going on in her mind? Or the Dad: I love his character, but I never got to know him with so little that the protagonist shares. And what's up with Adam-P? He is like the most random character of all. Out of nowhere, he gives her herpes. Out of nowhere, he's dating Ellis. Out of nowhere, he breaks up with Ellis and starts stalker calling Chan. What is going on?
Okay, so the major flop was the way the story ended. Things ended abruptly, even though I could tell the author was trying to wrap it up nicely. Devin fell, if possible, even more flat towards the end (what's the background to her boyfriend issue, Vaught? Pray tell!). The whole thing with Adam P trying to get Chan back was a dumb tactic: I just wanted him out of the picture. He has regrets? I'm sure he does, but I honestly couldn't care less. And PAUL. Yikes. I knew he was a pervert, but I did not expect him to tag on another relationship with Lauren. On the other hand, his relationship with Lauren was more believable. It’s fathomable for a girl as young as her to get sucked up into this web (pun not intended), yet still a bit crazy to think of someone like Lauren’s age being tricked and nearly becoming the next image of child porn. And how does Lauren stay from being completely bitchy to Chan one second and calm and on speaking terms the next? What about the father’s weight problem? And what about the mother? I kept waiting for some deep, mother-daughter bonding time, but that never happened. Honestly, if you’re going to try to make me believe any part of the ending, make it detailed. I was left with too many questions than answers.
Not that it irks me as much as other things, but I wasn't very appreciative of Chan's poetry. It was kind of pretentious writing, like desperately trying to sound elegant and emotional, but really didn't turn out that great. Nobody (well, me) can resist Emily Dickinson, but I feel like the whole I-love-poetry-and-I-just-adore-Dickson side story is so unnecessary. What exactly do you get out of it besides the fact that Chan wants to imitate Emily? And if the poet was really her model, why write an entire paper about her being an alleged lesbian? Weird. Same thing with Devin. How much do we really know about Devin besides that she treats her boyfriends rather badly? Do we get a side story to that? No. I wanted one, though. Don't just throw in characters without a background to support their development. Like the mom. What's going on in her mind? Or the Dad: I love his character, but I never got to know him with so little that the protagonist shares. And what's up with Adam-P? He is like the most random character of all. Out of nowhere, he gives her herpes. Out of nowhere, he's dating Ellis. Out of nowhere, he breaks up with Ellis and starts stalker calling Chan. What is going on?
Okay, so the major flop was the way the story ended. Things ended abruptly, even though I could tell the author was trying to wrap it up nicely. Devin fell, if possible, even more flat towards the end (what's the background to her boyfriend issue, Vaught? Pray tell!). The whole thing with Adam P trying to get Chan back was a dumb tactic: I just wanted him out of the picture. He has regrets? I'm sure he does, but I honestly couldn't care less. And PAUL. Yikes. I knew he was a pervert, but I did not expect him to tag on another relationship with Lauren. On the other hand, his relationship with Lauren was more believable. It’s fathomable for a girl as young as her to get sucked up into this web (pun not intended), yet still a bit crazy to think of someone like Lauren’s age being tricked and nearly becoming the next image of child porn. And how does Lauren stay from being completely bitchy to Chan one second and calm and on speaking terms the next? What about the father’s weight problem? And what about the mother? I kept waiting for some deep, mother-daughter bonding time, but that never happened. Honestly, if you’re going to try to make me believe any part of the ending, make it detailed. I was left with too many questions than answers.
January 11, 2013
My thoughts on this book can be summed up in one word: meh.
It wasn't bad. It just... was....
I read the book quickly, but I didn't find myself engaged into the story until about 86% when a twist intrigued me. Perhaps the book is meant for a very young YA crowd - I wouldn't suggest it for anyone over 15.
I found the book to be more of a lecture than a story. Maybe part of my weirdness with it is because I didn't have rules when I was a teen and on the Internet. My rules were "Don't be stupid." A few pages in I was betting this whole mess wouldn't happen if instead of insane guidelines, there were actual normal boundaries with discussed reasons why they existed. Cage your children in too tightly and they try to escape the cage.
My next problem? Chan. She's a whiny, spoiled, unlikeable character. I wanted to shake her. I wanted to yell at her and tell her to learn from her former mistakes that she's still griping about every other page but is taking no lesson from. I do believe that she handled some of the situations realistically - and the rest she simply didn't think about at all. Repeat: at all. I understand that one makes stupid decisions when you fall for someone (I won't deny being guilty of that) but seriously? SERIOUSLY? Sigh.
*Note: The problems I have with Chan may very well make her more relatable to a young reader. She wasn't relatable to me, but I'm not really the target audience so that's understandable.
There were also a few issues during the twist ending that simply couldn't make sense if I thought about them hard. If I simply accepted them as face value sure, but thinking about it I couldn't imagine how it could conceivably occur.
Basically, It's a nice Aesop's fable with a convenient moral. I don't have a problem with morals. I like them - this is why I like dystopia. However I like morals where you have to think to find them, not be essentialy told what to believe.
I believe a younger crowd would take to this novel well, and perhaps receive the intended lesson. Exposed simply felt too immature for a 20s something reader. Despite all my rants, annoyance, and consistency issues, it does seem as if this could be a real event. I would simply keep age in mind when recommending this to a reader.
It wasn't bad. It just... was....
I read the book quickly, but I didn't find myself engaged into the story until about 86% when a twist intrigued me. Perhaps the book is meant for a very young YA crowd - I wouldn't suggest it for anyone over 15.
I found the book to be more of a lecture than a story. Maybe part of my weirdness with it is because I didn't have rules when I was a teen and on the Internet. My rules were "Don't be stupid." A few pages in I was betting this whole mess wouldn't happen if instead of insane guidelines, there were actual normal boundaries with discussed reasons why they existed. Cage your children in too tightly and they try to escape the cage.
My next problem? Chan. She's a whiny, spoiled, unlikeable character. I wanted to shake her. I wanted to yell at her and tell her to learn from her former mistakes that she's still griping about every other page but is taking no lesson from. I do believe that she handled some of the situations realistically - and the rest she simply didn't think about at all. Repeat: at all. I understand that one makes stupid decisions when you fall for someone (I won't deny being guilty of that) but seriously? SERIOUSLY? Sigh.
*Note: The problems I have with Chan may very well make her more relatable to a young reader. She wasn't relatable to me, but I'm not really the target audience so that's understandable.
There were also a few issues during the twist ending that simply couldn't make sense if I thought about them hard. If I simply accepted them as face value sure, but thinking about it I couldn't imagine how it could conceivably occur.
Basically, It's a nice Aesop's fable with a convenient moral. I don't have a problem with morals. I like them - this is why I like dystopia. However I like morals where you have to think to find them, not be essentialy told what to believe.
I believe a younger crowd would take to this novel well, and perhaps receive the intended lesson. Exposed simply felt too immature for a 20s something reader. Despite all my rants, annoyance, and consistency issues, it does seem as if this could be a real event. I would simply keep age in mind when recommending this to a reader.
January 11, 2009
Chandra Shealy is known as "Chan" to her friends, teachers, and family. She appears to be your typical 16-year-old girl as she talks with her best friend Devin about guys, twirling, and the nasty break up Chan had last year with Adam. We quickly learn that the break up was a result of her ex-boyfriend cheating on her and giving her herpes when they had unprotected sex. Chan becomes the target of high school ridicule when students refuse to believe that it was Adam who gave Chan herpes, and not the other way around. We see how cruel teenagers can be when a girl’s reputation becomes tarnished, as Chan’s does. In search for love and affection from someone that will not judge her because of her past, Chan turns to the Internet.
Even though her strict mother monitors her Internet usage, Chan is able to develop an online relationship and reveals her real identity to Paul believing that he truly cares about her. After Chan’s mother catches her online with Paul, she takes away her computer and grounds her. When Chan needs to finish a school project, she is allowed to use her 8-year-old sister's computer. What Chan discovers frightens her. Lauren has the same screen-concealer that Paul had her download. Questions flood into Chan’s head: why does an 8-year-old need a screen-concealer?
Even though she is grounded, Chan begins the hunt for the truth. Inside the garage, she discovers a brand new laptop with pictures of Lauren. Chan takes the laptop and hides it until she figures out what is going on. If what she thinks is true, in order to save Lauren, she will have to expose what she has done.
Exposed is a must read for any teenager who uses the Internet. The book shows the dangers of predators who lurk online waiting to 'befriend' naïve and trusting children. It is a reminder of how dangerous the Internet can be and an eye-opener to those who do not remember their teenage years.
Review by Ryanick Paige
Even though her strict mother monitors her Internet usage, Chan is able to develop an online relationship and reveals her real identity to Paul believing that he truly cares about her. After Chan’s mother catches her online with Paul, she takes away her computer and grounds her. When Chan needs to finish a school project, she is allowed to use her 8-year-old sister's computer. What Chan discovers frightens her. Lauren has the same screen-concealer that Paul had her download. Questions flood into Chan’s head: why does an 8-year-old need a screen-concealer?
Even though she is grounded, Chan begins the hunt for the truth. Inside the garage, she discovers a brand new laptop with pictures of Lauren. Chan takes the laptop and hides it until she figures out what is going on. If what she thinks is true, in order to save Lauren, she will have to expose what she has done.
Exposed is a must read for any teenager who uses the Internet. The book shows the dangers of predators who lurk online waiting to 'befriend' naïve and trusting children. It is a reminder of how dangerous the Internet can be and an eye-opener to those who do not remember their teenage years.
Review by Ryanick Paige
March 2, 2011
Also reviewed on my blog, the Vintage Bookworm.
First, I'm going to honestly say that I'm not completely sure what to say about this book. It took me a while to get into and I was so worried that I wouldn't be able to get fully into it, but by the page number I was going to stop at if I couldn't get into it passed me by which I was happy for.
This book made me uncomfortable. It made me want to keep reading, but at the same time made me want to put it away and say heck no to it.
Something that seriously bothered me about Chan, the main character, is that even though she's sixteen she makes it sound like she's a lot younger than she is most of the time. I guess that's from being sheltered by her parents for so long? And for good reason.
I can relate to her about some things with the guy trouble. Sometimes you want to be in a relationship, but not fully in one. I've had an online relationship before that got really serious, but it was nothing like Chan's. My online relationship wasn't a creep, didn't make me tell him things I didn't want to and didn't try and get me to do things I wasn't comfortable with like taking my clothes off and making videos to sell online.
That's a big no, no for being online! This book really teaches you that you have to be extremely careful of who you talk to and who you tell things to online. Just because you think you know someone online and think you can trust them, doesn't mean you always can. You have to take extra precautions in what you do, or it could seriously put you in danger.
I really loved this part of the book. What it teaches. I really struggled with what to rate this book. I really liked what it was about, but didn't like the book itself enough to give it four hearts. I do recommend this book, though. I recommend this book for everyone and thinks everyone should at least read it once.
Overall, it's an uncomfortable subject, but a good lesson learned. Worth the time spent trying to get into it.
First, I'm going to honestly say that I'm not completely sure what to say about this book. It took me a while to get into and I was so worried that I wouldn't be able to get fully into it, but by the page number I was going to stop at if I couldn't get into it passed me by which I was happy for.
This book made me uncomfortable. It made me want to keep reading, but at the same time made me want to put it away and say heck no to it.
Something that seriously bothered me about Chan, the main character, is that even though she's sixteen she makes it sound like she's a lot younger than she is most of the time. I guess that's from being sheltered by her parents for so long? And for good reason.
I can relate to her about some things with the guy trouble. Sometimes you want to be in a relationship, but not fully in one. I've had an online relationship before that got really serious, but it was nothing like Chan's. My online relationship wasn't a creep, didn't make me tell him things I didn't want to and didn't try and get me to do things I wasn't comfortable with like taking my clothes off and making videos to sell online.
That's a big no, no for being online! This book really teaches you that you have to be extremely careful of who you talk to and who you tell things to online. Just because you think you know someone online and think you can trust them, doesn't mean you always can. You have to take extra precautions in what you do, or it could seriously put you in danger.
I really loved this part of the book. What it teaches. I really struggled with what to rate this book. I really liked what it was about, but didn't like the book itself enough to give it four hearts. I do recommend this book, though. I recommend this book for everyone and thinks everyone should at least read it once.
Overall, it's an uncomfortable subject, but a good lesson learned. Worth the time spent trying to get into it.
June 26, 2016
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16 year old Chan Shealy has a lot going for her. Straight A's, an amazing best friend and a shot at regionals for twirling. Unfortunately, she is feeling lonely in the boy department after a bad break up with her high school's quarter back has left her with a nasty case of herpes. Feeling as though no one at her school will ever want to date her, Chan decides to find an internet boyfriend. She creates a "Blahfest" profile for herself, this is where she meets Paul, "NightHawk859". He instantly becomes EVERYTHING to her, causing her relationship with her best friend to falter and her grades to slip. One night, her mother walks in on her video chatting with Paul, she immediately becomes angry and takes her computer away. In order to finish a school project, her mother allows Chan to use her 8 year old sister's computer. What Chan discovers is devastating, Lauren has a screen concealer from the same website Paul showed her. Chan now must decide what to do as the truth comes crashing down on her.
I found this book to be slow until about the last 60 or so pages when all the action started. Chan bothered me quite a bit and I found her extremely bland and whiny. It bothered me how embarrassed she was over her father being overweight, in my head you should love your parents no matter what they look like!
This book is a valuable read because it teaches you that not everyone on the internet is what they seem to be and you need to be extremely careful about talking to strangers online. The message portrayed in this book is a message that all young children and teenagers need to learn as soon as possible.
16 year old Chan Shealy has a lot going for her. Straight A's, an amazing best friend and a shot at regionals for twirling. Unfortunately, she is feeling lonely in the boy department after a bad break up with her high school's quarter back has left her with a nasty case of herpes. Feeling as though no one at her school will ever want to date her, Chan decides to find an internet boyfriend. She creates a "Blahfest" profile for herself, this is where she meets Paul, "NightHawk859". He instantly becomes EVERYTHING to her, causing her relationship with her best friend to falter and her grades to slip. One night, her mother walks in on her video chatting with Paul, she immediately becomes angry and takes her computer away. In order to finish a school project, her mother allows Chan to use her 8 year old sister's computer. What Chan discovers is devastating, Lauren has a screen concealer from the same website Paul showed her. Chan now must decide what to do as the truth comes crashing down on her.
I found this book to be slow until about the last 60 or so pages when all the action started. Chan bothered me quite a bit and I found her extremely bland and whiny. It bothered me how embarrassed she was over her father being overweight, in my head you should love your parents no matter what they look like!
This book is a valuable read because it teaches you that not everyone on the internet is what they seem to be and you need to be extremely careful about talking to strangers online. The message portrayed in this book is a message that all young children and teenagers need to learn as soon as possible.
May 31, 2010
By: Susan Vaught pages:336
Exposed by Susan Vaught is about a girl named Chan which is in high school. Chan is a girl in high school that does very well in school and she is well liked by her peers. She is helpful and very supportive of her school's teams and attends every football game. A typical day for Chan is going to school watching the football game then going home to eat dinner with her family. Chan never cause trouble with people but people try to start problems with her. She later discovers that a rumor that a girl that she used to be friends with spread has made her reputation go bad. Instead of being the well liked girl at her school she was now the girl no one wanted to talk to or hang out with. This made Chan very sad but she wasn't going to let this secret ruin her life or reputation at school.
She gets evidence to prove that the lie she said was not true but some people are still skeptical about the truth so she doesn't get all her friends back but her very loyal friends stick by her.
This book was very and interesting and i would recommend this book because i thought it had a good plot and the characters seemed very realistic. i learned from this book that you have to be careful what you do because even if you think someone is your friend that might just be someone that will start or make trouble for you. Chan experienced this first hand because she was a very well liked person in her school and after the rumor was spread she became one of the most hated people at her school.
Exposed by Susan Vaught is about a girl named Chan which is in high school. Chan is a girl in high school that does very well in school and she is well liked by her peers. She is helpful and very supportive of her school's teams and attends every football game. A typical day for Chan is going to school watching the football game then going home to eat dinner with her family. Chan never cause trouble with people but people try to start problems with her. She later discovers that a rumor that a girl that she used to be friends with spread has made her reputation go bad. Instead of being the well liked girl at her school she was now the girl no one wanted to talk to or hang out with. This made Chan very sad but she wasn't going to let this secret ruin her life or reputation at school.
She gets evidence to prove that the lie she said was not true but some people are still skeptical about the truth so she doesn't get all her friends back but her very loyal friends stick by her.
This book was very and interesting and i would recommend this book because i thought it had a good plot and the characters seemed very realistic. i learned from this book that you have to be careful what you do because even if you think someone is your friend that might just be someone that will start or make trouble for you. Chan experienced this first hand because she was a very well liked person in her school and after the rumor was spread she became one of the most hated people at her school.
September 13, 2015
Exposed
1 September 2015
This book is about a high school girl named Chan who is really self-conscious about herself. The book is written in first person about Chan’s life. One day she decides to try an online dating site and posts poems about her favorite writer and poet, hoping she can catch the attention of someone with the same interests that she has. Almost right away she is chatting with someone named Paul. He tells her that she is brilliant and should keep up her poems and twirling. Chan is not supposed to be on the site that she is on, so she downloads screen hiders that will erase her tracks if necessary.
Over time they get close and Chan thinks he is perfect. Although he was seven years older than her, he enjoys the same subjects and helps her with school and listens to her problems. He even helps her lose weight so that she can stay on the twirling team.
Chan’s mom catches her on the computer with Paul and Chan is grounded. Without her computer she has had more time to observe things. Chan finds out that the puppy game her eight year old sister has been playing after school was a screen eraser just like the one she had downloaded. Her sister had been doing something on the computer and she has to find out what.
After practicing twirling in the garage a few days later, Chan finds her sister’s laptop in an old suitcase. She unfolds a big secret about Paul.
I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a real life drama or romance. Personally I did not enjoy this book because it is not the genre I like.
1 September 2015
This book is about a high school girl named Chan who is really self-conscious about herself. The book is written in first person about Chan’s life. One day she decides to try an online dating site and posts poems about her favorite writer and poet, hoping she can catch the attention of someone with the same interests that she has. Almost right away she is chatting with someone named Paul. He tells her that she is brilliant and should keep up her poems and twirling. Chan is not supposed to be on the site that she is on, so she downloads screen hiders that will erase her tracks if necessary.
Over time they get close and Chan thinks he is perfect. Although he was seven years older than her, he enjoys the same subjects and helps her with school and listens to her problems. He even helps her lose weight so that she can stay on the twirling team.
Chan’s mom catches her on the computer with Paul and Chan is grounded. Without her computer she has had more time to observe things. Chan finds out that the puppy game her eight year old sister has been playing after school was a screen eraser just like the one she had downloaded. Her sister had been doing something on the computer and she has to find out what.
After practicing twirling in the garage a few days later, Chan finds her sister’s laptop in an old suitcase. She unfolds a big secret about Paul.
I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a real life drama or romance. Personally I did not enjoy this book because it is not the genre I like.
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February 9, 2012 This is a very realistic book about online predators, but it is also about much more. I haven't really read much about a teen dealing with an STD, and I think that its really important to talk about, because no matter how gross or uncomfortable, it is REAL LIFE. Sometimes things in fiction can make something in real life easier to deal with and hopefully that will make someone less ashamed of themselves, and realize that even though a mistake, it can happen, and you can still live your life.
That said, the main character was sympathetic in some ways. She did in a sense have it all, but she also had a broken heart, an STD, and attracts the wrong sort of attention online, so really, she didn't. I didn't connect with her personally the best, but I still was invested in what happened to her, and I saw the bad things coming and didn't want it to.
I love the realistic, but strong connection she has with her sister. She's dramatic, bratty at times, but underneath vulnerable and young. I love it when Chan's protective instincts kicks in, and the soft moments where she lets her in her bed after a nightmare, and other ways she looks out for her. I also love her bff Devin, it makes me long for a friend like that.
The plot was fast moving and kept me interested, especially after the first few chapters of set up. I liked Vaught's writing style and want to read more of her stuff.
That said, the main character was sympathetic in some ways. She did in a sense have it all, but she also had a broken heart, an STD, and attracts the wrong sort of attention online, so really, she didn't. I didn't connect with her personally the best, but I still was invested in what happened to her, and I saw the bad things coming and didn't want it to.
I love the realistic, but strong connection she has with her sister. She's dramatic, bratty at times, but underneath vulnerable and young. I love it when Chan's protective instincts kicks in, and the soft moments where she lets her in her bed after a nightmare, and other ways she looks out for her. I also love her bff Devin, it makes me long for a friend like that.
The plot was fast moving and kept me interested, especially after the first few chapters of set up. I liked Vaught's writing style and want to read more of her stuff.
February 23, 2009
This book is like a Lifetime movie--you know it's sort of silly, but you just can't seem to tear yourself away because on some level you need to know if it will be as ridiculous as you think it's going to be. And it is.
Chan is a junior in high school; a majorette and a poet. Her parents have managed to move past the fact that she got herpes from her boyfriend at age 15, but Chan hasn't. She thinks finding a local date is hopeless, so she breaks what she believes to be over-the-top Internet rules and shares her personal information on a social networking site. Predictably, Chan gets in over her head,engaging in late-night chats with her new "boyfriend." She's secretive even with her best friend, likely because she knows what she's up to and the things she's found herself agreeing to do aren't quite right...
This book was a pretty quick read, but it was also very predictable. I wonder if teens wouldn't look at this as just another bit of fear-mongering about social networking. Research continues to show that kids aren't really meeting people they don't already know via social networking, but we continue to perpetuate this "To Catch a Predator" myth.
Also, I didn't love the inclusion of Chan's poetry (or her idol Emily Dickinson) but I wonder if this isn't because it was probably all to much like the bad poetry I wrote at 16! :)
Chan is a junior in high school; a majorette and a poet. Her parents have managed to move past the fact that she got herpes from her boyfriend at age 15, but Chan hasn't. She thinks finding a local date is hopeless, so she breaks what she believes to be over-the-top Internet rules and shares her personal information on a social networking site. Predictably, Chan gets in over her head,engaging in late-night chats with her new "boyfriend." She's secretive even with her best friend, likely because she knows what she's up to and the things she's found herself agreeing to do aren't quite right...
This book was a pretty quick read, but it was also very predictable. I wonder if teens wouldn't look at this as just another bit of fear-mongering about social networking. Research continues to show that kids aren't really meeting people they don't already know via social networking, but we continue to perpetuate this "To Catch a Predator" myth.
Also, I didn't love the inclusion of Chan's poetry (or her idol Emily Dickinson) but I wonder if this isn't because it was probably all to much like the bad poetry I wrote at 16! :)
March 9, 2016
This story of Chandra, a baton twirler who enters into a dangerous online relationship, is features more issues than the author knows how to address. Chan’s father is morbidly obese and had a heart attack in the past, her mother is overly controlling, her sister seems to be suffering from severe anxiety, her coach constantly is threatening to cut her from the team if she doesn’t make weight, and most importantly, much of the school is slut-shaming her after she contracted herpes from her football player cheating ex. If this maelstrom of teen issues, Chan begins an online relationship with someone she meets in a chat room. From the start, Chan’s relationship sends out warning signs that any middle-schooler today would spot. Her naiveté and quick grooming do not ring true, and teens today will simply mock her readiness to do anything this stranger tells her to. Many tech details are dated, even for the 2008 publication date, such as Chan’s mother being shocked that her laptop has a camera, barely a mention of cell phones, or Chan meeting her stranger in a school-related chat room instead of Facebook. If a collection has need of materials on online safety, it would be better to purchase a nonfiction account of a real teen, instead of this patronizingly didactic sermon.
August 5, 2011
VAUGHT, Susan. Exposed. 330p. CIP. Bloomsbury. 2008. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-1-59990-161-9. LC 2008007008.
Gr 8 Up--An obvious story about an Internet predator. Chan Shealy, 16, is determined to find a boyfriend online "so I can have all of the fun and absolutely none of the real-life hassle." Last year, her entire school found out that her BMOC boyfriend gave her herpes. So, she meets Paul online, and he becomes the savior in her life. The two chat late at night and he lures Chan into telling him all that he needs to prey on her and her sister, Lauren. Readers will find it hard to believe that the teen can't see what is coming, especially after Paul videotapes her without her shirt on, and they will be frustrated with Ghan's naivete. The hook's message is clear, and it sometimes undermines the plot. Despite this, some readers might learn from it. Exposed has an important, timely topic that teens need to be aware of.--Shannon Seglin, Patrick Henry Library, Vienna, VA
Source Citation
Seglin, Shannon. "Vaught, Susan. Exposed." School Library Journal Jan. 2009: 121. General Reference Center GOLD. Web. 5 Aug. 2011.
Gr 8 Up--An obvious story about an Internet predator. Chan Shealy, 16, is determined to find a boyfriend online "so I can have all of the fun and absolutely none of the real-life hassle." Last year, her entire school found out that her BMOC boyfriend gave her herpes. So, she meets Paul online, and he becomes the savior in her life. The two chat late at night and he lures Chan into telling him all that he needs to prey on her and her sister, Lauren. Readers will find it hard to believe that the teen can't see what is coming, especially after Paul videotapes her without her shirt on, and they will be frustrated with Ghan's naivete. The hook's message is clear, and it sometimes undermines the plot. Despite this, some readers might learn from it. Exposed has an important, timely topic that teens need to be aware of.--Shannon Seglin, Patrick Henry Library, Vienna, VA
Source Citation
Seglin, Shannon. "Vaught, Susan. Exposed." School Library Journal Jan. 2009: 121. General Reference Center GOLD. Web. 5 Aug. 2011.
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October 11, 2013Another book I have given up on. I’ll keep it quick but the reasons why I decided not to finish this one are because (1) I didn’t like Chan. She wasn’t relatable and was way too naive. (2) Her family wasn’t really realistic. I’m sure there is some family out there where the mom wears political shirts every day and the father is an obese pushover but again not realistic and not relatable for the average person reading this book. (3) It seems really dated even though it was written in 2008. I felt like a lot of the stuff she was going over was stuff that we all had to learn when AOL came out. Or kids younger than 16 now learn. (4) Her sister Lauren, acted like she was a moody sixteen-year-old instead of an eight-year-old.
I only read about 1/3 of the book and I put it down. Maybe these things that I didn’t like don’t stay consistent throughout the rest of the book. I’ll never know. But if you have interest in it check it out because on Goodreads it does have an average rating of 3.57, so there are a whole lot of people who liked it. Just not me.
Also there is no rating because I didn’t finish it. Who knows, maybe it was fantastic and I’ll never know.
I only read about 1/3 of the book and I put it down. Maybe these things that I didn’t like don’t stay consistent throughout the rest of the book. I’ll never know. But if you have interest in it check it out because on Goodreads it does have an average rating of 3.57, so there are a whole lot of people who liked it. Just not me.
Also there is no rating because I didn’t finish it. Who knows, maybe it was fantastic and I’ll never know.
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