![]() Draper’s edgy urban young adult novel, Romiette & Julio, which explored not only the new and exciting world of online dating, but also the '90s-era social drama of interracial relationships and gang warfare: Romeo and Juliet got what may have been their first Internet-centric update in Sharon M. Can they find out who ZMASTER is in time to help? Electronic messages flash around the globe as friends thousands of miles apart try to find a boy in terrible danger. Tamsyn doesn't know if she should take the cry for help seriously, but she and her friend Josh soon start to think something is definitely wrong. It's signed ZMASTER, the online name of a mystery kid. The message appears on Tamsyn's computer screen. Will the Internet help save a life? TAMSYN, GET HELP. ![]() Michael Coleman’s mid-'90s teen thriller took chatroom anxiety to new heights when he wove a tale of an anonymous boy who seeks help from his online pals: But authors of the '90s found interesting ways to tap into the fear of the unknown and write Internet-centric fiction as awesome as it was terrible. The Internet was fun, if somewhat limited-mostly we just browsed Geocities pages and hung out in AOL chat rooms. ![]() The '90s were a heady time: So many laser backdrops in school photos, so many neon accessories, Saved By the Bell, pre-meltdown Britney.
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