Secret Identity: Book One in the Identity Mystery Trilogy
4.5/5
()
About this ebook
I create my own BetterLife profile to investigate how the program works and find out who could be targeting the girl and why. But nothing online is what it seems -- everyone is hiding behind their virtual identities. It's almost impossible to track down who is behind anything!
Is this a simple case of middle school girls being mean to each other, or could it be something scarier? It's up to my friends and me to do some cyberdigging and unmask the secret identities of the BetterLife bullies!
Carolyn Keene
Carolyn Keene is the author of the ever-popular Nancy Drew books.
Read more from Carolyn Keene
The Quest of the Missing Map: Nancy Drew #19 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related to Secret Identity
Titles in the series (47)
Green with Envy: Book Two in the Eco Mystery Trilogy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Stolen Relic Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Green-Eyed Monster: Book One in the Eco Mystery Trilogy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5En Garde Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Action! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dressed to Steal Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Model Crime: Book One in the Model Mystery Trilogy Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Riverboat Ruse Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Perfect Cover: Book Two in the Perfect Mystery Trilogy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sabotage Surrender: Book Three in the Sabotage Mystery Trilogy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Model Suspect: Book Three in the Model Mystery Trilogy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Close Encounters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5High Risk Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Intruder Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Murder on the Set Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Secret of the Spa Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mardi Gras Masquerade Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Trade Wind Danger Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Secret Identity: Book One in the Identity Mystery Trilogy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Identity Revealed: Book Three in the Identity Mystery Trilogy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Perfect Escape: Book Three in the Perfect Mystery Trilogy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Uncivil Acts Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Orchid Thief Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Seeing Green: Book Three in the Eco Mystery Trilogy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Pit of Vipers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Scarlet Macaw Scandal Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Troubled Waters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Without a Trace Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Getting Burned Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Model Menace: Book Two in the Model Mystery Trilogy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related ebooks
Model Menace: Book Two in the Model Mystery Trilogy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Identity Theft: Book Two in the Identity Mystery Trilogy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Identity Revealed: Book Three in the Identity Mystery Trilogy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Model Suspect: Book Three in the Model Mystery Trilogy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pageant Perfect Crime: Book One in the Perfect Mystery Trilogy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Green with Envy: Book Two in the Eco Mystery Trilogy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Stalk, Don't Run: Book Three in the Malibu Mayhem Trilogy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5California Schemin': Book One in the Malibu Mayhem Trilogy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Serial Sabotage: Book Two in the Sabotage Mystery Trilogy Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Perfect Cover: Book Two in the Perfect Mystery Trilogy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Model Crime: Book One in the Model Mystery Trilogy Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Troubled Waters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Seeing Green: Book Three in the Eco Mystery Trilogy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5High Risk Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Perfect Escape: Book Three in the Perfect Mystery Trilogy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Secret Sabotage: Book One in the Sabotage Mystery Trilogy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5False Notes Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Getting Burned Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sabotage Surrender: Book Three in the Sabotage Mystery Trilogy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mystery at Malachite Mansion: Book Two in the Malibu Mayhem Trilogy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Green-Eyed Monster: Book One in the Eco Mystery Trilogy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Murder on the Set Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dangerous Plays Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Suspect in the Smoke Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Trails of Treachery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Sign of the Falcon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Stolen Bones Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A Race Against Time Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Secret of the Spa Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Uncivil Acts Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Children's Mysteries & Detective Stories For You
The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Egypt Game Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Charlie Thorne and the Curse of Cleopatra Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Tower Treasure: The Hardy Boys Book 1 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fixer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Whale Done Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Splat the Cat and the Lemonade Stand Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5City Spies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Double Identity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5National Park Mystery Series - Books 1-3: 3 Book Collection Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Secret in the Old Lace Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Greetings from Witness Protection! Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Sisters Grimm: Fairy-Tale Detectives Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Secret Zoo Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Day No One Woke Up Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Evil Spy School Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Spy School British Invasion Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Doll Bones Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Memory Thief Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Sisters Grimm: Once Upon a Crime Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Spy School Goes North Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Mystery at Skeleton Point Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Forbidden City Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Spy School Revolution Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Mystery of the Aztec Tomb Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Monster Marsh Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Reviews for Secret Identity
5 ratings2 reviews
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I have no words! Carolyne Keene did it this time !!???????? the end is lik super awesome an suspend ill I got the whole trilogy right AWAY and u do TOO!!!!!! Boys ull lik this too!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5this is totally awesome
Book preview
Secret Identity - Carolyn Keene
A Case of Cyberbullying Becomes a Little Too Real.
Shannon seemed terribly keyed up, like she’d just drank three espressos. Well, actually,
she said, clicking onto her Internet browser to launch it, this all has to do with BetterLife. My avatar, Sassygirl48…
I sighed. But Maggie said you were having problems at school?
Shannon closed her eyes and nodded. That started just a couple days ago. People whispering when I walked into the room, throwing spitballs at me, mean little things. I found out that afternoon that someone posted footage of Sassygirl48 being bullied on uVid.
I’d dealt with plenty of bullies in my life, but they were always easy to confront. It’s hard to yell an insult at someone, or throw something at her, and remain anonymous. On the Internet, though, everyone is anonymous. Which makes it incredibly easy to hurt someone’s feelings with no repercussions.
I patted her shoulder. All right,
I said. "You have my word that I’m going to find the person who started this and make sure it ends. Nobody deserves to be treated like this. Nancy Drew is on the case."
NANCY DREW GIRL DETECTIVE®
#1 Without a Trace
#2 A Race Against Time
#3 False Notes
#4 High Risk
#5 Lights, Camera…
#6 Action!
#7 The Stolen Relic
#8 The Scarlet Macaw Scandal
#9 Secret of the Spa
#10 Uncivil Acts
#11 Riverboat Ruse
#12 Stop the Clock
#13 Trade Wind Danger
#14 Bad Times, Big Crimes
#15 Framed
#16 Dangerous Plays
#17 En Garde
#18 Pit of Vipers
#19 The Orchid Thief
#20 Getting Burned
#21 Close Encounters
#22 Dressed to Steal
#23 Troubled Waters
#24 Murder on the Set
#25 Trails of Treachery
#26 Fishing for Clues
#27 Intruder
#28 Mardi Gras Masquerade
#29 The Stolen Bones
#30 Pageant Perfect Crime
#31 Perfect Cover
#32 The Perfect Escape
Available from Aladdin Paperbacks
This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
ALADDIN
An imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division
1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020
Copyright © 2008 by Simon & Schuster, Inc.
All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. , and related logo are registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
NANCY DREW, NANCY DREW: GIRL DETECTIVE, ALADDIN, and related logo are registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Library of Congress Control Number 2008920582
ISBN-13: 978-1-4391-5328-4
ISBN-10: 1-4391-5328-0
Visit us on the World Wide Web:
http://www.SimonSays.com
Contents
Prologue
1 Home Sweet Mystery
2 Cybervictim
3 Virtual Lives
4 Cybersleuthing
5 Friend to Enemy?
6 Making Enemies
7 Virtually Rejected
8 Bullies and Victims
9 Confessions
10 Secret Crushes
11 Parties and Lies
12 Real-Life Answers
13 One Last Log-on…
SECRET IDENTITY
PROLOGUE
Thank goodness her friend picked up the phone on the first ring. Hey there.
She felt like she might explode from excitement. Oh…my…gosh. You will not believe what is happening to me right now.
Her friend sounded wary. What?
Well, I’ve been playing BetterLife ever since I got home.
Duh. That’s practically all you do these days.
She couldn’t help smiling. That wasn’t far from the truth. But the virtual-reality site had become the place to be over the last couple months; she probably socialized more online than she did in real life. Stop. So Sassy Girl Forty-eight is at the mall, and guess who started flirting with me there?
Santa Claus.
She sighed. No. Come on, be serious.
There was a pause of a few seconds. I don’t know. Why don’t you tell me?
Jake!
she squealed and paused, waiting for the news to sink in. Jake. Jake Seltzer! Isn’t that amazing?
There was another pause. But he’d have a different username and look, right? I mean, it’s a game, not real life. How did you know it was him?
She sighed again. Dude, his character in the game looks just like him. He has the blue streak in his hair, and the nose ring. His name is Guitar Lover Fifteen, and you know how Jake likes music. It has to be him!
Wow.
Her friend seemed to mull over this information for a few seconds. The guy you have a crush on is flirting with you online? Do you think he knows who you really are?
I think he does. He’s said a few things about seeing me in real life, or wanting to flirt with me in real life but being too shy.
She smiled to herself. Her heart was beating double-time; that’s how excited Jake made her. On-screen, his character was smiling at her adoringly. Other virtual characters walked through the mall all around them, but it was like they were the only two people in the world.
Suddenly there was a loud beep, and she glanced at the dialogue box, where a new message from GuitarLvr15 to Sassygirl48 had appeared.
I LIKE UR BLOND HAIR. U R SO PRETTY, U MUST HAVE GUYS FALLING ALL OVER U.
She squealed. Oh gosh! You won’t believe what he just said.
She read the message off to her friend, smiling bigger with each word.
Wow! Is he talking about you or your avatar?
She turned to the screen. Her avatar, which she’d spent a week designing, looked as much like her as she’d been able to get: long blond hair, brown eyes, petite. She wore the trendiest clothes she could find; when the outfits available on the site looked too boring, she’d designed her own. All in all, the character was her virtual mini-me. But still…I think he’s talking about me. He knows who I am, and he’s trying to flirt! We’re totally meant to be!
Her friend let out a breath. This is almost too good to be true! You should write back, ‘You’re the only guy I care about.’
The girl giggled, shaking her head. Ha! I should, really. Do you think?
Totally. I’m being serious.
She gulped. Clicking on the dialogue box, she typed:
U R THE ONLY BOY I CARE ABOUT.
She paused, her mouse hovering over the Send button. Was it time to let Jake know about her crush? She’d hesitated all this time because she didn’t want to get hurt. But now it seemed clearer than clear that Jake liked her just as much as she liked him.
Quickly, before she could think better of it, she clicked back into the box and added:
IT’S BEEN THAT WAY FOR A LONG TIME.
She clicked send. Omigod. You won’t believe what I just sent.
She read the message back to her friend.
‘Omigosh’ is right! Well, now he’ll know you like him.
She gulped. Really like him. But does he like me?
Beep. She felt her stomach clench as she turned back to the computer for his answer. A new comment had appeared in the dialogue box. She almost felt too nervous to read it, but it drew her eyes like a magnet.
I CARE ABOUT U 2. I’VE JUST BEEN 2 SHY TO TELL U IN REAL LIFE.
She gasped.
What’s up?
He wrote back.
She read his message to her friend, feeling like she might float away. Was this really happening? The guy of her dreams, liking her too?
Beep. Another comment popped up on her screen.
MAYBE WE SHOULD GET TOGETHER IN REAL LIFE SOMETIME.
Oh wow.
She thought her heart might beat out of her chest. He just wrote more! He wants to get together sometime. In real life.
Gosh.
Her friend didn’t sound as excited as she was, but that was to be expected. That’s great, Shannon. I mean, that’s really exciting! Are you going to meet him?
Duh.
She smiled. Dozens of girls would jump at the chance to date Jake Seltzer, she thought as she clicked in the dialogue box to respond. Well, now they’ll all be jealous of me.
Jake’s avatar was still smiling at her, waiting for a response. She made her character nod as she quickly typed, THAT SOUNDS GREAT. JUST TELL ME WHERE AND WHEN….
GuitarLvr15’s smile widened. Even in the game, his eyes were bright blue, and they seemed to twinkle extragorgeously as he took Sassygirl48’s hand and squeezed it. Her computer beeped again and another message came through.
I KNOW WHO U ARE. I’LL E-MAIL U. WE CAN MAKE PLANS THEN.
Oh.
She couldn’t help gasping to her friend, squeezing the phone to her ear. Oh, he’s going to e-mail me! This is so perfect….
Her friend sounded rushed. "That’s great,