Annie Murphy

Annie Murphy is a typical fourteen-year-old girl. She still plays soccer and loves rollerblading and riding her bike but she is just beginning to have interest in boys. She is very gullible and naïve, living with just her mother who is very protective of her only child. When Danny walks up to her one day and singles her out as someone he wants to be friends with, Annie is astonished. Danny is a new boy at school but he is sixteen, handsome, and on the football team. She cannot believe that he is interested in her!

Unknown to Annie, Danny is a predator who is looking not for a friend but a naïve young girl who he could use, abuse, and who would put up with his lies. He is experienced enough to recognize those qualities in young Annie. Annie breaks her mother's rule about...