Katie.com My Story
True story of how an American teenager's Internet chat room friendship went horribly wrong. Suitable for teenage readers and their parents. When 13-year-old Katie met Mark online, he seemed too good to be true. After six months of Internet correspondence, they agreed to meet. Their brief encounter was interrupted by Katie's mother and the police, who discovered that 41-year-old Mark was a serial Internet seducer of young girls. The subsequent court case set a precedent for almost every case involving the Internet and a minor. Includes suggestions for protecting one's child online. First published in the USA.