Phil GroomReview of Messenger by Paul Kercal
Phil Groom is Webmaster and Reviews Editor for www.christianbookshops.org.uk He is a regular contributor to Christian Marketplace magazine and is the manager of London School of Theology Books & Resources.

Messenger
Author - Paul Kercal
Paperback (21 October 2008)
Price: £7.95
Publisher: DLT (Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd)
ISBN: 978-0-232-52752-0
If you are up to speed with such things, if you're used to carrying on multiple conversations in multiple windows, if you've discovered the world of instant messaging, if you're used to feeling connected and conflicted and disconnected all at once, if you can handle highs and lows and emotional storms - then this is a book you won't want to miss.
It's about life and love, about trust and betrayal, about asking who you can trust and who you can't and why and what do you do when you know something your mates don't and who do you tell? It's about watching your friendships explode and implode and feeling helpless.
It's aimed at teenagers. It's about teenagers. It's a week in the online life of a group of teenagers, but their online life is part of life, it's real life, real relationships, real lives falling apart and being patched up. It's about holding onto faith when it all goes wrong and your life is a mess and your friends think your faith is freaky and who gives a damn? But somehow something stands out and it's you they turn to and you know what's right and you know what's wrong and you don't know a thing and you're as lost as they are and it's tearing you apart -
And it's about a mysterious stranger who logs on: messenger. Who is messenger? Can messenger be trusted? Ignore messenger. Until - but if I tell you I'll give the story away. Just buy it; read it; send as a Readers Review and give it away. Click.
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