Emily Franklin, Author . Avon $12.95 (275p) ISBN 978-0-06-087340-0
A weblike illustration mapping the relationships of 30 characters kicks off Franklin's (Liner Notes
) collection of interconnected short stories that run the gamut from half-baked to heartbreaking. The latter includes the first story, "Early
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Emily Franklin and Brendan Halpin, Disney-Hyperion, $16.99 (224p) ISBN 978-1-4231-2111-4
In alternating first-person narratives, Franklin (the Principles of Love series) and Halpin (Forever Changes) recount an offbeat teenage relationship. Liana is focused on a college-level summer course in astronomy to divert her attention from boys,...
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Emily Franklin and Brendan Halpin, Walker, $16.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-8027-2162-4
"It's difficult to step off the fame track, mainly because now I don't know what I would do or who I'd be without a script," laments 17-year-old control freak Charlie Tracker, who has co-starred with arrogant Fielding Withers for several years on...
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Emily Franklin and Brendan Halpin. Walker, $16.99 (272p) ISBN 978-0-8027-2345-1
High school seniors Lucas and Tessa have been lifelong friends, but when he asks her to the prom she turns him down, revealing that she is gay and has a girlfriend. Angry at this rejection and that Tessa kept something from him, Lucas betrays Tessa’s
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Emily Franklin. Godine, $28.95 (400p) ISBN 978-1-56792-740-5
Franklin (Liner Notes) offers a vivid narrative of Isabella Stewart Gardner’s evolution into a pioneering art collector and museum founder. New Yorker Isabella marries wealthy Boston Brahmin Jack Gardner in 1860 at age 19. The straitlaced Jack...
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