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by Laura Dower


  In that moment, in the lobby of the Far Hills Animal Clinic, holding Phin, standing near Dan, knowing Ivy was her friend again, everything felt sort of right with the world.

  Madison hoped it would stay that way.

  Mad Chat Words

  511

  TMI (Too Much Information)

  *w*

  wink

  88

  Hugs & kisses forever

  BCO

  DGMS

  Big crush on

  Don’t Get Me Started

  BEG

  Big evil grin

  CD9

  Code 9, parents are around

  d00d

  Dude!

  OBV

  Obviously

  ROFLCOPTER

  Rolling on the floor spinning around like a helicopter

  W@?

  What?

  PXT

  Please explain that

  NT

  YKWIM

  Nice try

  You know what I mean

  Madison’s Computer Tip

  Social media is the BEST way to connect with my friends. After all, without email or chat rooms or online search engines, I’d be totally lost, right? I’ve been giving this a lot of thought lately because sometimes the e-world I love soooo much lets me down. Like when I go into chat rooms and weird invaders show up and start bothering my friends and me (thank goodness for site monitors!). Like when someone spilled one of my secrets online and then everyone found out about it before I realized what was happening. I used to think that writing in my files was great because there wasn’t anything I couldn’t or wouldn’t share with the world. But now I know: Social media is a sometimes kind of thing. Whenever I go back online, I think twice about what I want to say—and what I want the world to know. Because you never know who’ll trip over your secret posts or messages online. Be in control of yourself in social media. Don’t post inappropriate photographs. Don’t say negative things. And definitely don’t ever think that social media is a real social life. Nothing can replace friends up close, not even the best websites or apps. Not ever.

  Visit Madison online at the author’s page: www.lauradower.com.

  About the Author

  Laura Dower has a lot in common with Madison Finn: They’re both only children and they both love dogs, the color orange, and books! Laura has written more than ninety kids’ books to date, including twenty-five in the series From the Files of Madison Finn. Her other books include the Palace Puppies series and For Girls Only, a guide to girl stuff. When she’s not writing, Laura loves to garden, sing (loudly), and volunteer as a scout leader for her daughter and two sons. She and her family live in New York. Want to be keypals? Drop her a note at www.lauradower.com.

  All rights reserved, including without limitation the right to reproduce this book or any portion thereof in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of the publisher.

  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

  “Propaganda.” Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster, 2011. 12 February 2016.

  Copyright © 2016 by Laura Dower

  Cover design by Connie Gabbert

  978-1-4976-2013-1

  Published in 2016 by Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.

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  New York, NY 10038

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