Dangerous Networks

Gr 7 Up—Lucila, Natacha, Anita, Piru, and Clarita spend their weekends at one another's houses, modeling clothes and conducting photo shoots of their fashion shows. Afterwards, Lucila painstakingly edits each photo and posts them to their joint Facebook page to share with all their classmates. Unknown to them, their classmates aren't the only people watching. After a comment made by a user only named "Hunter," each girl goes missing in different ways, until Lucila is the only one left. Determined to find out what has happened, Lucila teams up with Tomi to find the girls and save them. Translated from the original Spanish, some details are lost. Lucila is the only one of the girls who owns a computer and has Internet access at home. There are references to the girls being in 11th or 10th grade. The girls are kidnapped to be sold by one of the girls' teachers, and the story is based loosely on a true story from 2002. While the topic may be important, the author's approach feels dated. The story does not feel authentic to current teenage experience.