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conversations.value: a description for a book titled Follow Me Back about Twitter, Eric, Thorn with the genre: Teen & Young Adult, Literature & Fiction
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conversations.value: Gr 10 UpTessa Hart (@TessaHeartsEric) is 18, severely agoraphobic, and an Eric Thorn fansome may call her #obsessed. Most of Tessa's human interaction comes through sessions with her therapist, who makes house calls, and Twitter. The teen doesn't leave her bedroom. Mystery surrounds the circumstances that got her there and her new Twitter friend, Taylor (@EricThornSucks). Eric Thorn is a popular, adored, and somewhat narcissistic pop star recently made leery of the adoration since a fellow pop star was killed by a fervent fan. In a moment of resentment, Eric creates @EricThornSucks under his middle name, Taylor, and ends up striking up a friendship with Tessa, which unfolds via direct message on Twitter. A nonlinear account of Tessa and Eric's relationship develops, jumping back and forth from past to present, and readers are privy to both characters' perspectives and to the transcript from Eric's police interview. This is a moderately paced, character-focused story in which familiarity with Twitter is helpful but not necessary. Fuzzy details cloud the tale as pieces are revealed one at a time until they all come together at the endright before everything falls apart before a final, dark twist. VERDICT A page-turner for young adults invested in social media, fandoms, and mysteries.Sara Jurek, Children's English Library, Stuttgart, Germany
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conversations.value: Follow Me Back
  INVESTIGATOR: | OK, Eric. You want to cut to the chase? Let's cut to the chase. Did you, or have you ever, lured someone into a relationship by means of a fictional online persona? 
  INVESTIGATOR: | Maybe. But then again, my niece isn't involved in a criminal investigation into false impersonation, fraud, unlawful surveillance, and stalking. 
  INVESTIGATOR: | So why don't you just go ahead and spell it out for us, Eric? How would you define catfishing? 
  INVESTIGATOR: | But you did, in fact, lure Tessa Hart into a relationship by means of a fictional online persona, correct?
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conversations.value: The seemingly innocuous events of the past twenty minutes took on new significance. The spindly-legged figure in the parking lot... The pair of headlights that stopped just before the final bend in the road...
  That must have been her. Eric had stood right there and watched the whole bait and switch go down. The car had idled briefly, just long enough for introductions. Then it swung around in a U-turn and went—went where, exactly?
  Did they go back to Tessa's house? But where was that? She'd never given him the address. And now she was out there somewhere with...with...
  Eric felt the bile rise in his throat, and he swallowed hard. He couldn't lose it. Not now. He needed to think.
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conversations.value: Finally, a word of gratitude to my family, whose love and support never waver: Helene, Alex, Ted, Debbie, Allan, Gail, Jeanne, my children, and above all, David. Thank you for your patience, for the hours of effort you've put in, and for following me on this journey into the unknown. You know that I will always follow you back.
  A. V. Geiger is an epidemiologist who spends far too much spare time on social media. By day, she studies women's psychiatric and reproductive health. By night, she can be found fangirling, following people back, and photoshopping the heads of band members onto the bodies of unicorns. Her writing career began with celebrity fan fiction, and her work draws extensively on her own experiences with online fan culture. Her original teen fiction has received millions of hits on the story-sharing website Wattpad, ranking as high as #1 in the mystery-thriller genre. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and twin boys. Visit avgeiger.com.
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conversations.value: Finally, a word of gratitude to my family, whose love and support never waver: Helene, Alex, Ted, Debbie, Allan, Gail, Jeanne, my children, and above all, David. Thank you for your patience, for the hours of effort you've put in, and for following me on this journey into the unknown. You know that I will always follow you back.
  A. V. Geiger is an epidemiologist who spends far too much spare time on social media. By day, she studies women's psychiatric and reproductive health. By night, she can be found fangirling, following people back, and photoshopping the heads of band members onto the bodies of unicorns. Her writing career began with celebrity fan fiction, and her work draws extensively on her own experiences with online fan culture. Her original teen fiction has received millions of hits on the story-sharing website Wattpad, ranking as high as #1 in the mystery-thriller genre. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and twin boys. Visit avgeiger.com.