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L8r G8r Lauren Myracle Amulet Books, 2007, 274 pp. , $6.95 ISBN 978-0-8109-7086-1 "… and then she saw me. i was crouched by the car…jana lunged for me and i tripped... i was like 'wait i can explain!' … i told her the truth -that I was trying to get her back for everything she did to us…so i explained the kidnapping plot…" Interesting right….well there is more to this book than you think. When I first opened up L8r G8r by Lauren Myracle, curiously, I found the format very interesting, it's written in the form of a chat box! "The winsome threesome" is at it again! Zoe, the academic, gets center stage as she explores her relationship with Doug, her boyfriend. She loses her virginity and becomes blinded to her unyielding dedication to this relationship. Angela has a boyfriend too, but is less head over heels, except when he presents her with a Jeep for Valentine's Day. Maddie serves as the stable, support figure, offering advice and a shoulder to cry on. Jana, their arch enemy, is the source and target of pranks by the three friends. The girls finish their senior year with more understanding about who they are, excitement about their futures, and the security of knowing they're only a computer connection away. You've experienced revenge, love, friendship, and many other themes, haven't you? Have you been in a situation when you have to stick up for your friends and fight back the enemy? Have you ever had the feeling as if you really love someone so much, but you get scared going near them? Well many of these questions relate to L8r G8r by Lauren Myracle. This is the beginning, of the untold and unbreaking relationship between these three. This is the 3rd, and dare I say final, installment of a series entirely written in IM. First there was TTYL and then TTFN. I love this series. Wordless, as I opened that book, and the drama spilled out. Speechless, when the suspense kept rolling in. Don’t let the unusual format turn you off from a touching, well-written story. Yes, even though you may cringe at the thought of reading all lowercase typing, three different fonts (including blue type), and abbreviations like “cu”, “ur”, "plz" and “g2g”, it’s such a fun story. It’s really a novel in dialogue. Just think of it that way and give it a try. This book is recommended to young adults. The book has many inappropriate things that 13 years and younger should not read. But overall, this book is wonderful and it really teaches you the meaning of friendship, especially with these three, it basically teaches you that "a friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words"- Anonymous and that best friends are not just friends, they're more like sisters. This was the ending, satisfying and content. --- Juhi Laungani