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Tamsyn and Josh help Rob trap the thief, his parents arrive home, the police are called, explanations are made, and a crime is prevented. A happy ending.

Using the internet's search fields, they look under News and type in Rob's last name, Zanelli. They read about a car accident that happened 5 years ago, and that Rob was paralyzed and is now in a wheelchair. Lauren and her grandmother finally find the disc they were looking for, which had a map on it of where Rob lives. Tamsyn doesn't know what a bitmap file is, but Josh does. They find his address.

17-year-old Mitch works at Cyber-Snax Cafe', where he's able to surf the net for free. Another friend is contacted -Tom Peterson who lives in Perth, Australia. It is 9:15 p.m. there while being 1:15 p.m. in England. The teens are trying to put together all they know about Rob, in order to locate him, to send help. It's now 3:30 pm, England time. Tom provides the needed clue - Rob lives in Portsmouth, too!

With their computer class teachers' help, Tamsyn learns that Rob needs help. He explained what two of the symbols in the message meant. In the meantime, in Toronto, Canada, at 7:45 a.m. (UK time 12:45 pm) 11-year-old Lauren King, who lives with her grandmother, is just getting up. The grandmother helps Lauren realize that Tamsyn's message is about Rob, and he is in trouble! Another friend, Mitch, lives in New York

Rob added a line of characters, consisting of dashes, semi-colons, colons, letters, and parentheses, which the thieves didn't understand. Will his web friends understand? Remembering the previous messages from Rob, when they first made contact with each other, Tamsyn is beginning to realize that maybe the "HELP" message is for real. Rob's tutor let the thief in the house. Will she help him if things get deadly?

Rob's parents are game developers and owners of Gamezone, so there is a suspense aspect to the story. Someone wants to steal their ideas. Rob is helped, by the other characters, through the computer. "Lure of the Labyrinth", their new game, is in Rob's possession, and he needs to keep it out of the thief's hands. How will he do that when he is confined to his wheelchair? He is able to send off a "HELP" message.

The story revolves around Tamsyn Smith, who attends Abbey School in Portsmouth, England, and Rob Zanelli, who is homeschooled. Rob has a state-of-the-art computer setup, as a consolation prize for his not being able to attend public school. He is lonely for peer companionship. Other dated references include computer club, newbie, and old game titles. Josh is a friend of Tamsyn. He loves computer games.

This story is written around the time when ordinary people are just learning about computers, the internet, and the world wide web. It has a contest offered if you buy the book, "win your own computer, an Apple EMate 300 mobile, with a retail value of around $1000.00! That shows how dated the story is.

Hacer búsquedas en internet sin google suena bastante complicado

Este libro es del 97. Es tan raro que haya que explicarle a alguien qué es un emoticón xD