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Great site!! All around very interesting and engrossing as well. I spent a few hours here and hardly noticed the time pass by. You have a wonderful site here with a lot of good information and resources. Thanks
shemale <shemale@transexual.com> City, State USA - Saturday, August 17, 2002 at 12:40:59 (EDT)
I just finished reading "Katie.com" It inspired me soo much. Its the kind of book I would read over and over again. Please w/b Katie... -thanks
I have been reading your book and it is really good!
"Katie.com" is a great book, and i'm very glad that I have read it. I ahve to say that i've learned a greatt deal of things from this book, but I can only imagine what you went through Kaite. This book taught me all about online predadors, that I didn't even know were out there. Thank-you for writing this amazaing book!
katie.com is one of the best books i've ever read. it's very inspirational and since i read it, i've been alot more careful about who i talk to online. i think all girls should have a chance to read this touching story. great job writing it, katie!
I haven't read the whole book, but I have read the first two chapters and I am impressed with your writing and your honesty in words you use. A friend recommended your book and also told me about what happened in it and I was shocked to hear it. The internet is pretty much my life and I have planned to meet friends around the world and after hearing what your book was about, it made me think twice!.
Your book really made me cautious about where I go and what I do on the internet. It really hit home, and I'm glad that you had so many people around you that could offer you love and support.
i really enjoyed the first two chapters of your book and i would like to read the whole thing! and i really like your name!
Katie,
Thanks for sharing your story with us teenagers out here. I Just finished reading it and I thought it was great. You are an awesome writer too, very talented. I can't wait to read the next one! God Bless.
You wrote a great story. Some of these people are really cruel and focused on the wrong things. We need more people like you to stop crimes and pedophiles. Katie, this is to say keep
up the good work!..... thou wot u went thru has never happened to me... i
just want to use this means to let eveybody know that one should turn to
God cos He alone can bear our pain.... i'm also in support of the fact
that parents should pay more attention to their kids get more involved in
their lives!keep up the good work.... Hello Katie My name is ____
and I'm 15 years old, and I too went through what you did. Although a
little different, I'm a guy. I write this hoping it will get to you, and
you will write something back in your guestbook. I met a "girl" online,
her name was supposedly Lexi. At the time I thought I was head over heels
in love. We met, a year and a half ago, at a large mall about 30 minutes
from my house. He took me and brought me to a house telling me that she
was there, god knows who's house it was. Then i realized that ive met
"lexi". He then did such awful things, i cannot even bring them back to my
mind. I never told a soul, with the fear of embarassment and of other
unknown feelings, that i never experienced before. I just wanted you to
know that If you need someone to talk to, Im around, since I need someone
to talk to as well. Thanks for your book, It's good to know I'm not alone.
Hey Katie: The book was
great! Can't wait to read the second one! -The Great One!!! Hey Katie- I just wanted to
say that I loved your book. In English class we had to pick a non-fiction
book to read and this is how i ended up reading your book: my friend and i
were in the library trying to find a book for next period so i wouldnt get
in trouble, and she took out Katie.com. So i just decided to check it out
because I didnt end up thinking i'd read it. I just needed the book to
make it seem like i had choosen one to read. Then I got into class and we
had to read the books we chose. I started reading your book and by the end
of the period I didnt want to put it down. Lets just say that I finished
the book within 3 days. It was amazing. I spend a lot of my time on the
internet talking to people. Currently I have about 170 people on my buddy
list taht I talk to, but I'm always open to chatting with people who
randomly IM me. I've talked to so many guys that I have never met before.
Your book made me realize that I should NEVER give out personal
information over the internet. I dont know if the guys i met online were
telling the truth or not, but I don't talk to any of them anymore. Thanks
so much for writing this book. It made me 1000 times more aware of what is
really out there. Thanks again- xoxo, Jaymee Loved the book, just wanted
to say: 1. Websites aren't important, people are. tell katie.com to change
the name of her site. Get off your computers and get a life. 2. Katie, I
hate your Mom and "Dave". 3. Imagine what would have happened if her
mother hadn't came to the door. Just because he didn't have horns and a
big sign that said "Satan" doesn't mean he wasn't evil. Thank you for
writing such a wonderful book. I like your writing style alot. Chris
Hadrick Hi Katie, I just got done
reading your book. i thought it was terrific. I finished it within 3 days,
and i will tell you that i never finish books that fast, thast how good i
thought it was. Right after i rented it out of the library, all my freinds
amidietly signed up to get the book after me. A very good book.but I can
not understand why you were soo blind so that you don't find out what's
going on. By Sarah Katie, I enjoyed your book
and it's a good lesson for those who spend time in chat rooms not knowing
who they are really talking to. Your guestbook is proof of how many sick
people there are on the Internet; I'm sorry that you've had to go through
all of this ordeal and then experience it again on your website. If
anything, the comments made by many visiting your site proves the Internet
is filled with ignorant, selfish, jerks who are clueless about the "real world." Good luck to you, and thanks for the book. hey i just wanted to say ur
book is the best! my friend katie she read it adthen gave it to me to
read. and we have been giving all our friends the book to read and so far
everyone of our frineds loves it!!!!! I really injoyed the book and it
great that u have written it to share what has happened caz many people
wouldn't want to. Alos i think it will help grils and boy that have had
this happen to them!!!!!!!!!I love ur book! Sorry for what happened to
you. I saw u on Oprah and u inspired me on how bad ppl. can be over the
internet thank-you for sharing your story. hugs and kissies Love
Devlyn Hi Katie! My English is
not very well, but I'll try. I finished your book yesterday, and I want to
say that it gave me something to think of. I've met some people I've met
on the net before, but I knew people who knew them, if you know what I
mean? I just wanted to say that what yo did is very brave. Keep up the
good work, and have faith in yourself! Big kisses xxx Thank-you for sharing your
story i have learned a lot from it but I can not find the book here but I
will keep looking for it. I saw you on Oprah and I thought it was so wrong
that somebodt would do that to you. You have taught me a lot on not to
give out personal information on the chat rooms. Thank- you for sharing it
once again!!! Hi Katie, I just want to
say that I read ur book in like 3 days cause it was sooooo good!! Please
write more!!! i like the web
site. hey katie, what's up,
after i saw u on Oprah, I was speechless, I never really thought about
people at that age or any age to be stalked over the internet. I'm
thirteen right know and as i got home from school and my mom told me to
watch the hour of Oprah and after the show, talk about what i saw and
heared what can happen to me . And also we were talking about u and how ur
mom felt about it. And now i'm think twice be for entering a chat room.
Thanks too u i will never make that mistake. -Cassandra Guardari 13 years
old, Welland Ontario, Canada Katie.Becareful at there
ok and don' t gave your named out or phone out or address out and I don' t
know who out there , I don' t know them all. Hey Katie, I Just got done
watching you on Oprah.... It made me realize alot of things.. I have met 2
guys on the internet, but both times I was with my mother when I did...
The second guy that I met, is now my boyfreind, we have been dating 1 yr
and 2 months now... So someguys on the internet aren't all that bad... but
I'm very sorry to hear about your experience with that... If ya ever want
to talk, or something. email me.. Yahoo: Crystal_Olson Hi, Katie, Ijust finished
watching you show on Oprah, and as soon as i saw your webpage and site i
went straight to the internet. You intreged me, I looked at your guestbook
and i mean woweee alot of responses , i am so hoping you get to read this
and it wouold meen soooooo much to me if after,if you have,you read this
you could e-mail me even if it was short and it was to just say you read
this it would mean alot to me. Well i just like you am a teenager and i
love the chat i have about 50 online peopl i talk to three of who ive met
and out of the 50 i would say 98% are guys the rest of the girls are just
my friends. One of the three guys which i met, the three are all guys, his
name was Kurtis we talked on the internet me him and his friends and one
of my friends amanda we were at her house one night and he asked us to
phone him and we did thiking he was a nice teen guy just like us. So after
talking to him on the phone for like a week and him calling my house, we
decided to meet at the mall in St. Johns Avalon Mall, i was scared but the
only thing i was scared about was if he was going to reject my looks b-cuz
i had already seen a pic of him on the internet and he was cute. So I
brought amanda with me and we met up with Kurts and his three friends, we
went to the arcade and played a few games and then we went and had a
coffee. We stayed at the mall till the mall closed towards the end of the
night we were holding hands kissing and stuff it was great i was the
happyist gurl in the world i think you know what im talking about.The
weeks passed we talked on the phone untill the weekend and then i saw him
n saturdays because I lived a 30 min drive from towna nd the mall where he
lived thats where we would meet and hang out. Eventually he strted to come
in this way but not up to my house like 10 mins fomr my house around
amandas house and he told me about a cabin he had in that way around
amandas house and he wanted the all of us to go back to the cabin where
they were staying to the guys, I called my mom from amandas and asked if i
could go to thier abin for a while and my mom destinctly said no! But i
didn't listen to her and i wish i had. So we set out for the cabin and
when we got thier he lit his wood stove and then we all sat around the
table and played cards thats when amanda said we should play strip poker
and i was all in for that because im a pro at strip poker but Kurtis said
me and him wern't gonna play we were gonna go lie down and talk so without
thinking i was like ok yeah. when we did lie down at first we cuddled and
talked and everything was cool i was very happy now he made me feel safe
and so loved though i never even thought or expected him to actually love
me yet anyways or have like feelkings cuz i only knew him for a couple
weeks mabey three , meanwhile he tells me that he loves me and he would
never hrt me and then he got on top of me kissing me groping me touching
me and trying to take off my pants, he had me pinned and whenever i tried
to talk like to say no he would kiss me and kiss me hard and then he would
say i love you he would whisper it he stuck his hand down my pants by
force i tried to stop him and he put his fingers inside me and wouldn't
stop then he tried to get me to touch him and stuff finally i got my foot
under the bed side and hauled myself down onto the floor i stood up pulled
up my pants then he hauled me onto the bed with him and said whats wrong
and said he loved me again thats when i said manda come on where leaving
and he walked out like nothing was chnaged and cam over trying to give me
a kiss goodbye after that he called and broke up with me i was glad but
what an asshole! i walked to the nearest store with a payphone thats not
the whole story it was really cutting around the bush cuz well im
expecting you to read it. Anyways i can relate to you i enjoyed you site
and i am going to now read your two chapters and my next thing on my list
is to go out and buy your book! Hope you can e-mail me and i would really
feel special:) Bye Bye I just saw the Oprah show
and I saw you, and I went to this website and i read the 2 chapters and
OMG I HATE readign but those 2 chapters inspired me 2 read and im gonna go
out 2morrow and get your book its sounds awsome ! i cant wait to finihsed
reading it !!!!!!!!! Katie, I never realized
how much I worry about my fashion and my hair and body. I have so much in
common with you and I wish we could meet. I watched your story on Oprah
and I have been somewhat in your siuation. Please write to me.
*Kristen* Your book is really
interesting. I never really understood how easy it was for some one to get
to some one else. You can't trust. I really enjoyed your book. Thanks for
making the world aware of the internet Katie~ I just watched your
story on Oprah and I've been through your situation twice, as though once
wasn't hell enough for me. I was 14 and 16... and of course I thought I
knew it all. Things for me have never been the same. I grew to hate the
town that I lived in and all the people in it b/c I knew what they said
about me when they thought I wasn't listening. I could go on for days
telling you about all the stuff I had to go through, but I'm not, b/c it's
all over now. I very rarely think about it anymore. Today was the first
time in over a year that my thoughts were vivid about the two events. I'm
19 now and I'm going to college, working, and spend every night locked in
my boyfriend's arms. He has no clue how much that helps me... If you ever
get the chance, you should email me. It would be nice to be able to talk
to someone who's gone through the same thing as me and not have to be
looked down upon. Take care of yourself... Katie and your mom, I saw
your interviews today on the "Oprah" show and was very glad that both of
you had such fortitude and strength to share your personal story. Many
people will benefit from the knowledge and experience you shared with us
today. Katie, you are a very brave and smart young woman ....... the
internet has lured many people (children and adults) into deceit, lies and
injury. I am sorry that your friends in Connecticut mistreated you once
your story became public and that you had to endure being victimized
twice. In the words by Albert Einstein ......... "Great spirits have
always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." Keep sharing
your story, we need to be reminded of the dangers of this new technology
which is in the hands (unfortunately) of many deranged sociopathic
predators. Thank you! I want to thank you for
doing the book.I talk to alot of people online but I never give out any
important things.I know you were molested because I seen you on Oprah.I
have been molested but not by a online predator but by my cousin when I
was 8 so I know how you feel.I can't wait for your new book and I will
tell my friends to come here. Courtney dear katie I would like to
thank you for sharing your story on tv today as I sat my lilttle 9 and
half year old cousin in front of the t.v. and I don't do that much by the
end of the show she was in tears! I am so glad that there are people
willing to talk about this stuff!! I wish you the best in the future
Lizabeth Just saw you and your mom
on Oprah. You were both terrific! Katie I really applaud you for being the
only victim who could speak on the hoorors of the internet and pedophiles
yourself. I have heard that you are involved in many efforts to help stop
this crime. Keep up the grat work! *** hey katie *** thankz
for bein on the show and tellin your bad side of the enternet well you are
a VERY VeRY big insperation to all of us young people so i say thank u
******* love babyboy ******* hi katie i really like
your web site and you tv show with oprah i think that you web site will
tell every how bad it is on the internet you are a really gret person for
doning this web site josh Katie, I am appalled at
what happened to you at 13. No child should ever be subjected to such
abuse! However, I am also stunned at your using a domain name that is not
registered to you in your book. In addition, I was also expecting to find
a site at "katie.com" where I could direct victims of such abuse. I found
no such thing. In fact I essentially found a commercial site dedicated to
helping sell your book. I applaud your donating "a significant portion" of
the proceeds to such an honorable organization such as the Rape Abuse and
Incest National Network. However, I find your use of the name "katie.com"
abhorent because you never received permission from the Site Owner to use
that name. I wish the best for you in the future and hope your education
at the University of Pennsylvania will teach you a little more common
sense that you obviously still lack. -Michael Vaughan Senior Network
Engineer Predator-Hunter.com Inc. mvaughan@predator-hunter.com I really like your web
site and I think that it will change a lot of people and make them not
want to meet people. I looked at your poll thing and a lot of people have
met someone else over the internet. I have always been scared to do stuff
like that and I hope I never do!! Well good luck with your books!! buh
bye Hello, Hello, just wanted
to tell you all how much I enjoy this site. I hope that I am able to come
back anytime Talk at you all later and keep up the good work. Dear everybody~ My name is
Ashley and i decided to do my speech on "Katie" i got an A- and was asked
to say my speech infront of the whole school in the Gym to repersent my
class when i started my speech nobody was intrested, until i started
actually talking about "Katie" and her story.I found out about this page
is a magzine (Twist mag June 2000 issue)Her (Katie) story was sad but can
teach us all a lesson which is dont believe what you may see as long as
you can touch see feel tatse(well not tatse in a person) and hear its true
but may not be because you can't tell a persons age by their cover sorta
like the old saying you cant judge a book by its cover. Hello everyone~ This site
is cool. I'm hoping to read the "book" soon. Yeah,anywayz It's been some
ruff times. We've all learned from our mistakes. Well gotta go now. God
Bless Yall. :-) I loved the book because
it reached me on many levels. Along with The Wish, this is one of the best
books that reach out to girls. I read the book and
connected to it on so many levels It helped me out a get deal Thanks
Dear Katie, I'm reading
your book right now, I haven't finished it. I'm really hoping for you
you're doing well now. It's great you published your story! You're so
brave! Many people don't realize what the dangers are about meeting
peopple from the interbet. Thanks to you and your book, the get aware of
it. You did a wonderful thing, Katie. I wish you best luck in the world!
Saskia I just finished the book
Katie.com, and while I can sympathize with the *stress* caused by the
incident, I cannot agree with the opinion that you were "molested." In
your description of the events that happened between you and "Mark" in the
hotel room, you mentioned that his touching your hand made you feel
"comforted" and that when he made motions to kiss you, you worried not
that you did not want to kiss, but that your inexpirience would show! The
quote from the book is that you wanted to be a good kisser "because of
what I felt for Mark, and because I didn't want to say no." As the
touching progressed to other areas, you mentioned trying to pull his hand
away, but to no avail, as he persisted. Fair enough. He should have
stopped then. However, when he DID persist, then stopped to talk and
mention the "good fortune you'd have together" you took this opportunity
NOT to tell him to stop, or that you did not want to go any further with
him sexually, but to tell him you loved him!! I don't know about anyone
else, but saying "I love you" to someone while "making out," (for lack of
a better term) implies consent. According to your recounting, that was as
far as the physical contact went. You do not lead the reader to believe
that you were raped, or even molested further without your consent. Also,
according to my understanding of your description of the event, when your
mother and the hotel security people knocked on the door, your feeling was
not of relief or "rescue," but of dread of disappointing your mother. You
state that you and Mark BOTH agreed to lie to your mother and say that you
had gone down to the lobby! As the book reads, at that point you made no
indication to Mark that you did not want to stay with him! If I
interpretted your writing correctly, it seems to me that you weren't
particularly concerned with getting out of the room, you were only
concerned that your mother would be upset with you! And that's another
thing- your mother's upset. I believe that your mother's outrage was what
provoked you to write this book, and thereafter describe yourself as a
"victim." Your mother was unsupportive, and in fact, unCONCERNED about
what had happened TO YOU, she was concerned with her OWN humiliation in
front of the swim team, and in your community! As an OBVIOUSLY easily
influenced teenager, it is simple to see that you were willing to go along
with whatever an adult (be it your mother, or Mark, or the police, or
whoever) told you to believe. Remarkable. You describe yourself as so
mature, yet your inability to think for yourself is evident throughout
your book, as well as in the context of your numerous interviews after its
publication. After the incident in the hotel, for the remainder of the
book, you frequently describe your feelings of pain, not at being
"molested," but at the loss of your relationship with Mark! You mention on
more than one occasion that you still hoped to hear from him after the
whole thing "blew over." You described having feelings of love for him,
after the so called molestation- feelings that seem highly unnatural for a
"victim" of a heinous crime such as pedophilia! Now, in conclusion, I'd
like to mention that I don't in any way condone Mark's behavior. Was it
innappropriate? Most definately. Is he a seriously mixed up individual?
More than likely. But (in your case) calling him a molester just doesn't
hold water. He should have taken into consideration the age of consent of
your respective areas, including Texas, without a doubt. And what he did
was certainly not what I, or anyone, should consider a suitable
relationship. However, I do believe it was CONSENTUAL, and therefor not as
MORALLY (I am not reasoning against it's LEGALITY) reprehensible as you
and your family want to portray it. I believe your own mother's work in
the situation is more repugnant than anything "Mark" has done to you. Her
placing blame on you, and focusing not on your feelings, but on her own
personal 'humiliation' is absolutely abhorrent. Your family's behavior in
this incident is that of acrimonious snobbery, and you should look into
some counselling for THAT relationship. As I mentioned before, I do
sympathize with the stress you must have endured during the litigous
process. No fourteen year old child should have to endure the public
display your family has undoubtedly forced upon you. But in the future,
please take into consideration the value of PERSONAL CONSENT when
developing ethical opinions. It doesn't usually change legal
repercussions, of course, but for your own consolation it does lessen the
feeling of victimization. By discounting that factor, you and your mother
effectively ruined your childhood, as well as the life of a man who is
more guilty of making extremely bad decisions than of being an active
predator. These are all my own opinions, of course, and I don't expect to
change anyone's mind. I just hope you'll learn to think for yourself
instead of playing the part of mother's pawn for the rest of your life.
Good luck to you. Erica Kaufman Hi Katie!! Happy birthday
2 U!!! Kisses, N!N@ Hi Katie! I have read your
book- and I love it! Please write more books like this! Ci@o
Moonbunny i JUST GOT YOUR BOOK TODAY
I LOOKED AT THE COVER AND tHE TITLE IS WHAT CAUGHT MY EYE I READ WHAT THE
INSIDE HAD TO SAY AND I REALLY WANTED TO READ IT CAUSE IAM ALWAYS ON CHAT
ROOMS AND I TALK TO GUYS AND THEY TALK TO ME THEY WAY THEY USE TO TALK TO
ME AND I REMEMBER ONE GUY ASKED ME IF I WOULD FLY AND MEET HIM AND I SAID
I DONT EVEN KNOW U. WELL I GOTTA GO WRITE BACK Hi Katie! I love your book
and I would like to meet you because I think you are a really impressive
woman! I hope you answer me! Love Lizzy Hey!! I saw your book in a
library and I got it out. Of course I read your book and I thought it was
really good!! It didn't really click to me that things like that could
happen, although I have a fair idea what could happen you still think
you're perfectly safe when you're on the net.. Best Wishes Love Casey
xx i HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK
BUT I WAS LOOKING AT OLD MAGS IN MY CLOSET. I CAME UPON THE JUNE ISSUE OF
TWIST AND SAW UR ARTICLE I ONLY READ UP TO THE PART WHERE U MET MARK
BEACUSE THE OTHER PAGE WAS RIPPED.MY MOM BOUGHT ME THE BOOK AND I LOVE IT
SOO MUCH.IT'S SOO IMPORTANT TO KNOW!! THX SO MUCH! I think you should do the
right thing and make a reference to the other katie.com on your homepage.
Your book was engrossing and important. I admire your bravery, and wish
you the best. I readed katie.com, it's a
rely good book! I THINK YOU NEDD A CHAT
SITE ON THIS SITE HUN!! IT WUD BE SO WICKED!!! WELL DATS ALL 4 TODAY,
ENJOY YOUR DAY/NITE DEPEDNDIN ON WOT SIDE OF D EQUATOR YOU R ON!!! KATIE
XX00 Hola Katie! Disculpa si no
te escribo esto en inglés, es que no manejo bien el idioma. Soy de Chile,
en América del Sur, y leí tu libro. Acá todavía no es muy popular, pero
estoy segura de que pronto lo será. Me gustó mucho tu libro, pero no creo
que toda la gente en internet, sean desgenerados. Encontré muchos amigos
de mi edad, con los cuales me junté, y todavía llevamos una amistad. Pero
siempre con precaución, y en lugares públicos, y seguros. Pero de una cosa
estoy segura. Si a mi me hubiera pasado lo mismo, mi familia me hubiera
apoyado en todo momento, y no me hubiera dado la espalda como la tuya. Te
deseo lo mejor del mundo!!! Pepsi Hi Katie!I think your book
is very good and it shows the dangerous site of the Internet. I read it in
one day! I think you´re a great girl and you handled the Situation very
good! Bye, Julia Hi Katie!! your book just
arrived my library here in Norway yesterday and i borrowed it the same
day..geez i've already read it out and i just wanna say:you are very very
good at writing!i've almost been thru exactly what you have..i almost met
a guy from the Net but thank god my best friend got me out of it!cos the
guy was 34 not 17 as he told me! best wishes for your future,luve ya,
Maria Nice Site!!! Hi I finished reading your
book and i just wanted to say that it really is a good inspiring book and
i hope you reach a lot of people and save them from that same thing
happening to them. hello kitie i read the
book, and i thought it was a pretty interesting storie, but it was the
saddest thing that i ever heard. katie.com is the best book that i read!!
ps: sorry for my english, it isn't so good because i'm from holland Parents say some
appropriate things -- don't talk to strangers, brush your teeth, don't get
into cars with strangers, etc. The best one for a happy life is indeed
Katie, you are so brave. I
respect you for telling your story in your book. You are an answer to one
of my prayers on something that has been happening to me lately. Thank
you!!! Ok, no I am NOT Katie that
wrote the book. I don't spell my name with and e anymore and the name on
my birthcertificate is Katie not Katherine so yah, just wanted to clear
that up. Anyway, I met this guy online once, he didn't tell me he loved me
or anything but it kind of scared me that he was so sweet and that he was
like my perfect guy. One day he told me we should get together because he
would be visiting my state for a boxing match. A few days after that I got
to thinking and blocked him on my IM list. He was so sweet and I felt bad
but I didn't want to take any risks. So any girls that talk to guys who
"love you" and wannna "meet you", just stop talkin to them!!! Tell your
parents if they persist. Well yah, just wanted to get that out,
cya! I read this book and think
it is the saddest thing I ever heard. Not just the story of what happened
to Katie, but the fact that her whole family is so TOTALLY screwed up. Her
mother, stepfather and entire group of friends, coaches, etc. sound so
horrible. Her parents should be found guilty of NEGLECT and her
neighborhood sounds so shallow I will never go to New Haven in my life. I
hope everyone looks at this book and notices that what led to all the
trouble was a total lack of interest from her family. I've never really gone
through that over the internet, but I really enjoyed your book.I read it
in one day, and my eyes burn terribly. One day I'd like to write a book,
but I can't think of something that would be long enough for a book. You
have warned me about all the riskes on the internet and I will now be more
careful about who I talk to. Thank you very much Hi again! I decided that I
am gonna skip lunch. LOL~ Gotta get skinny, anyways your pretty. I saw
your pic in the magazine. I am a 16 year old girl. You live nearby to me.
Thats cool, that jerk should stay away from Connecticut, and Californa! I
moved from Cali to Connecticut. I chatted with this guy who said he loved
me. We talked about getting married and stuff. He wants to visit me.Im too
scared to say no.I have no idea what to do. We always talk so if I turn
him down he will be upset. He loves me. Oh GOD! I already told him I ive
in Connecticut and I told him my full name and I even sent him a pic of
me. This was last year. Can someone please help me. I know the right thing
to do but its so hard. He says hes 15 and I belive him. Now I'm scared.
What are the chances of me getting kidnapped? Hi, I cried when I read
your story! *Hugs* Can I email you sometime? I have AIM and I talk to
people online. I have been harrased online. I am scared, someone online
knows my address. Please help me! I cant tell! Anyways I am at school and
the bells about to ring. We are gonna do a debate in History. Bye! Feel
free to email me at angelzluver@yahoo.com or IM me at AngelzLuver...God
Bless You Great Site!!! okay, i am writing another
thing because after reading some of these girls comments, its pissing me
off. I have to been molested, but by my cousin. I was in kindegarten and
clueless of what was happening to me. he killed himself 2 years ago and
now i cant help but think about what happened to me EVERY SINGLE DAY OF MY
LIFE. you think its just "groping" but when it happens to you, trust me,
it's much, much more than that. Hey, i started to read the
book because my grandmother had brought it by for me to read since my name
is katie, also. I just visited katie.com and read that lady's whole deal
on how she thinks its so bad you took her site. I have no sympathy for her
whats so ever. its just an internet site! my goodness, you went through a
life threatening ordeal that could save countless lives with you story and
this women wants to complain over a website name. I think thats obserd. I
just wanted to share my opinion, i loved your book i read it in 2 days, i
think your a stong person, and i hope you keep that~! I am doing a research
project on an author and I chose you. I have read your book, but I was
wondering if I could get some more information about you. Could you please
e-mail me . Thanks, Jessica Skipper hello i read your book and
i think that is the sadest thing that could ever happen to someone and
then apologizes like it was no big deal please e~mail me and i want u to
no that that man is guilty and is being punished for taking away your life
like that well g2g bye I started to read this
book for a book report for schoolI thought it would be a boring story
about a normal teenge girl. What i found out was that i was totally wrong.
This book really ouched me and i realized that that could happen to me. I
was meeting a lot of guys on the internet and was trying to get together
with them and this book helped me realize that I shouldn't do that. Thank
you Katie! Hello, I want to say that
I realy love her book katie.com. Tanks to her I god for my duch bookreport
a A+. In The Netherland ther are many chatboxes and I hope that more
childeren in The Netherlands will read this book. Becase they will learn
from it. Keep on goning Katherine. Greetings Inge You always hear of bad
things happening to ppl becoz of the net, but u never hear the full story.
I'm sure your book has helped many ppl to talk about these things, the way
you did. I really enjoyed your book, and couldnt put it down until I had
finished reading it. Congratulations on such a good book! Ok...you were warned about
the net & you gave him your phone number?!?! You should've left when
you started feeling uncomfortable & realized how freakin' scary lookin
he was. That was dumb... ...I decided to read your
book because I didn't think it would be interesting, so I tried to prove
myself wrong by reading it. I understand you were new the internet, but
you said your parents had warned you about giving out personal info. &
yet you gave out your phone number the first time you talked to somebody
online that you liked? Anybody could track you down easily...-_- *sigh* oh
well, anywayz, good book I guess... I'm a girl (14) from
Germany and I think your book is one of the interesting and best books I
have ever read. Now I'm careful, if I want to go in a chatroom. THANK
YOU!!! I'm from Germany, but I
had read your book "Katie.com"! Ithink it's very good and I like it very
much. I hope you feel better now after some years. I wanted to med someone
from the internet, too, but now I don't want it any more. Maybee so it's
better! Katja I think people also need
to bare in mind, that males are at risk of the same threats too. ..when i heard about what
happened to you i was about what i think between 12-15 i think it made me
think i have had cyber boy-frinds some very nice ones .. i am sorry youre
experiance with him was SO bad .. but its cool youre older now and youre
old enough to face the facts that it wasnt smart when you meet what
happened to you made me think and be more SMART on line while chatting..
good luck in the future katie ! dear katie, I've read your
book. i'm 13 and since i've read your book, i'm very carefully! i want to
contact you! please answer! your anna Dear Katie, Howdy I just
wanted to let you know that your book meant ALOT to me. I am so sorry
about what happened to you , and I'm sure you don't want pity so I am not
gonna give it to you. Instead I'm gonna say......WELL DONE!!!!!! well done
on what you may ask i say well done for being you and standing up for you
self and if I ever find myself in the same situation I hope i have as much
courage as you did. Even though i have never met you I feel like i know ya
cause your book lets me see you in a way no other book could make me see a
person and i hope that when I become a famous writer my readers will be
able to know me and see me through my writing well now i muct go cause me
sister is begging for me to get of the net well bye and i hope that you
might be willing to send me a e-mail my s/n is hopefully at the bottom of
this text ok well "peace" Love & Stuff bri bri Hey, Katie - I don't know
if you even read all these crappy messages, and if u do, I'm really sorry
'bout all the rude things people say about you and your book, because it
is a great book and people don't even know what you were feeling at that
time in your life, and either do I, so I am trying respect you and I am
greatful that I read this book because even though I haven't met anyone
from the internet,because I was scared even before i read this book to do
that, but I'm 13 and have been sucked into some pretty bad situations on
the net, and I haven't learned when to stop or anything and this book has
helped me realize what i'm doin, but anyway, I think all the stupid idiots
who write in this guestbook just going on and on about "oh, u stole
katie.com", blah blah blah, or "Your so stupid to have even given him your
#" should just go screw themselves (maybe you did that because you weren't
really educated at that time about the internet, whaat with it being so
new and stuff) but, Thanks for writing the book and I hope you are
enjoying your life! :) BUhbye! Hi, my name is Anne and
I´m fifteen. Today I´ve read your book and it made me think of my
situation, because I know a boy (one and a half year older than me) from
the Internet, he lives one hour away, and I wanted to meet him in the next
months. But now I´m not sure what I should do... and if it would be a
mistake to give him my telephone number. But very much of my friends know
her boyfriends from the internet, so I´m really thoughtful (I´m from
Germany, so I´m not sure if I had choosed my words so well). I read your book in one
night....I felt much about about my own situation after reading it.
Thanks
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