by Jay Asher and Carolyn MacklerEmma and Josh are in high school in 1996, in a world where the Internet could only be accessed after downloading the America Online CD, and it was hooked up to your landline. That's right. No one in your house could talk on the phone if you were online. But I digress...
These two WERE best friends, but when Josh tried to kiss Emma a few months ago, it ruined everything. Now they barely speak. Until Josh drops off the AOL CD for Emma's family to borrow. When they download it, something strange appears on their screen. Facebook. It's 1996. They've never heard of this. Because it hasn't been invented. Even weirder? The pages they find are their own--15 years in the future. Emma finds that her future self is married to a lazy bum, and she doesn't seem happy at all, but Josh ends up married to the hottest girl in school, who currently doesn't know he's alive. Will knowing these things about their future selves change their future? And how much stock should you really put in a status update, anyway?
I finished this book in about three hours flat. It's a fast, easy read that's really entertaining. The characters are only a few years younger than me, so it reminded me of what it was like when I was in high school. It was easy to relate to Emma. This book, while mostly just fun, does make you think. Why do we post all this stuff online for the world to see, and more importantly, how does what we write influence what others think about us?
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