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Smart cookie

"Frankie creates an online dating profile for her widower father, but discovers that finding the perfect candidate is tougher than she ever expected'--OCLC.
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The revenge

"After a bad breakup, Tony's ex-girlfriend Hope embarrasses him in front of the whole school and spreads vicious rumors. Tony is devastated and in a moment of revenge, he makes the location of her phone public. But a week later, when Hope calls Tony and begs him to stop the prank, he hears a shriek and a car door slamming. Then the call is dropped. Too late, Tony realizes that he may have put Hope's life in danger. Can he trace Hope's movements and save her before times runs out?"--Amazon.com.

This is what happy looks like

2013
Perfect strangers Graham Larkin and Ellie O'Neill meet online when Graham accidentally sends Ellie an e-mail about his pet pig, Wilbur. The two 17-year-olds strike up an e-mail relationship from opposite sides of the country and don't even know each other's first names. What's more, Ellie doesn't know Graham is a famous actor, and Graham doesn't know about the big secret in Ellie's family tree. When the relationship goes from online to in-person, they find out whether their relationship can be the real thing.

Catfish

2014
Best friends Dana and Damika share everything about each other, because that's what best friends do, right? But when it comes to relationships, the high schoolers are keeping secrets in cyberspace. After boy crazy Dana meets the "perfect" guy, she figures the only way to get close is to tell little white lies. As their relationship flourishes, an inappropriate photo sent for his eyes only...ends up going viral, and threatens Dana's reputation and her future. Tech nerd Damika is able to reinvent herself online and she's created a cyber life that no one knows about but her. When she meets Rosheon, she's thrilled at their budding relationship, until she discovers there's a lot more to him than meets the eye because just as she can reinvent herself...so can others. As the lies become unmanageable, can Dana and Damika dig themselves out of a web of a mess before it's too late?.

Jacob & Lily

When Lily starts talking to Jacob in a chat room online, secrets come out even though she doesn't know his real identity. As their relationship grows, they must decide whether to take a leap of faith that could change both of them forever.

Dating

Presents multiple perspectives on issues surrounding teen dating and sex.

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a Boy shopping novel
2007
Bree Black attends a posh private school and is a budding television actress who wants more than anything to have a boyfriend, so her friends Sutton and Kylian convince her to surf the Internet for a date.

This is what happy looks like

When seventeen-year-old Graham Larkin accidentally sends seventeen-year-old Ellie O'Neill across the country an email about his pet pig, Wilbur, it sparks a humorous string of correspondence that lasts throughout one crazy summer. Ellie and Graham share much--but not all--about their lives, until one day Graham has the opportunity to travel to Ellie's hometown, with the chance to take their relationship into the personal world.

Defriended

2013
Jason spends most of his nights talking online with Lacey, who seems to be the perfect girl, but when Lacey refuses to meet him in person, Jason does some Internet searching and discovers that Lacey died a year ago, and Jason must figure out what is going on before it is too late.

Love in the time of algorithms

what technology does to meeting and mating
Traces the history and rise to popularity of online dating, and examines the impact technology has had on today's relationships. Interviews site creators and users, and discusses related issues such as profits, morality, and desire.

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