If you like TTYL by Lauren Myracle
Ttfn (Ta-Ta for Now) - Lauren Myracle.
This sequel to the breakout bestseller, Ttyl (a novel told entirely in instant messages), follows Maddie, Zoe, and Angela through their next year in high school, 11th grade. There's trouble and lots of IMs ahead for the Winsome Threesome.
Angela has just found out that her family is moving to El Cerrito,
California, and she seriously doesn't know how she'll survive without
her best friends. Maddie makes some really bad moves with Clive, a
pot-smoking hipster who wants to be "friends with benefits." And Zoe
finds herself falling for Doug, the sweet poet who has had a crush on
Angela forever, a crush that Angela has come to count on. (From
BN.com)
Another novel that uses Instant Messages to tell a story is:
24 GIRLS IN 7 DAYS by Alex Bradley.
There are few things sadder than Jack Grammar's love life. So when his friends take it upon themselves to get him a date to the prom by placing an intensely humiliating ad in the school paper, they think they are doing him a favor. Jack doesn't agree. But then the most amazing thing happens: responses to the ad are overwhelming. So overwhelming, in fact,that Jack must narrow the list down. A lot. Not an easy task. Turns out,the girls at City High are quite competitive. From drive-by flashings to breaking and entering to cell phone stalkers, these potential prom dates will stop at nothing to snag the suddenly popular Jack. How will he ever choose just one? (From BN.com)
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