![]() Tracey comes up with an explanation that doesn't make sense, Mandy calls her on it, and Tracey just stops writing. It isn't a big enough school for that to be plausible, so she asks Tracey what is going on. Then Mandy meets some people from Prescott High, where Tracey claims to be a student, and no one has heard of Tracey. ![]() When Tracey writes about her basketball team Mandy notices that Tracey seems more real and less careful and standoffish than usual. ![]() She is a perceptive reader, and soon notices contradictions in Tracey's story. Meanwhile Tracey seems more honest, revealing bit by bit that her older brother Steve bullies her and she is afraid of him.īut Mandy isn't put off by Tracey's boasting. She also enjoys waterskiing and of course shopping. ![]() She claims she competes in horseback riding and wants to be in the Olympics. Mandy's family is lower middle class, so Tracey's family is wealthy and buy her whatever she wants. But Tracey seems to be playing a game of one-upmanship-Mandy has a dog, so Tracey has a horse, two dogs and a cat. Mandy writes about school, pets, and friends, and Tracey writes back on the same subjects. Mandy and Tracey, Australian teens, start a correspondence after Tracey advertises in the newspaper for a penpal. ![]()
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