OLDER FICTION
Brown, Jennifer

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(3) YA When high school junior Ashleigh texts her boyfriend a nude photo, she never envisions that their relationship will take a turn for the worse, resulting in the picture's widespread dissemination and criminal charges for them both. Brown's timely depiction of the sexting issue largely refrains from moralizing or nostalgia for pre-technological times, instead adeptly handling the complex emotional fallout.

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