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then,” Katie says, fiddling with her lip gloss. “I mean, really, you should write a book. Let other girls know they’re not alone. You could do it easy. Just fix up what you wrote. Call it Leslie’s Journal or something.”

I smile. Who knows? Maybe I will.

Thanks

This revised edition of Leslie’s Journal is a thorough update of the original, incorporating the latest technology and the theme of cyber bullying.

In reworking the novel, I am particularly indebted to Staff Inspector Elizabeth Byrnes, who heads the Toronto Police Service Sex Crimes Unit, and to her colleagues Detective Constables Janet Sullivan and Marco Ricciardi (child exploitation), Detective Constable Marilyn White (threat assessment) and Detective Staff Sergeant Gordon Whealy (behavioral assessment).

As a Luddite whose computer skills are essentially limited to word processing, I’m also grateful beyond measure for the vetting of techno wizards Stephen Dow, Shelley Johnston, Christine Baldacchino and Alexander Blake-Davies.

I’d also like to thank again those professionals who helped with the original: Dr. Harvey Armstrong of Parents for Youth, counselor Terry Graham, lawyer Christine Milne, Detective Inspector Tony Warr, Detective Constable Tracey Marshall, Detective John Relph and publisher Rick Wilks and editor Barbara Pulling from Annick Press.

Finally, my heartfelt appreciation to friends Victoria Stewart, Louise Baldacchino, Dean Cooke, Jon Pearce, Daniel Legault, Patricia Ocampo, and Dan, Betty and Laura Milne; to former students Yvonne Czerny, Norah Love, Laura Nanni and Suzanne Smith; and to all the Leslies in the world, who humble me with their strength and courage.

© 2008 Allan Stratton (revised text)

© 2000 Allan Stratton (text)

Annick Press Ltd.

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Edited by Barbara Pulling

Copy edited and proofread by Heather Sangster

Cover design by Lisa Hemingway

Cataloguing in Publication

Stratton, Allan

Leslie’s journal : a novel / by Allan Stratton. — Rev. ed.

Originally published 2000.

ISBN 978-1-55451-149-5 (bound).—ISBN 978-1-55451-148-8 (pbk.)

I. Title.

PS8587.T723L47 2008 jC813’.54 C2008-901860-5

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