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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Emily Franklin. Godine, $32 (472p) ISBN 978-1-56792-855-6
Franklin (The Lioness of Boston) impresses with this historical novel featuring Claire Clairmont, the stepsister of Mary Godwin and the least celebrated member of their circle of Romantic poets and writers. In spring 1816, 17-year-old Claire is...
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