Books written by Emily Franklin

  • The Half-Life of Planets

    He is half of Hall and Oates. They are a kind of white pop soul duo. They were big in the 80s. Except that Daryl Hall writes and sings all the songs. And G.E. Smith handled most of the lead guitar duties. So what, exactly is Oates doing ...

  • Liner Notes

    “Cabbage makes you fart,” says Carrie. “No, it makes you fart,” I say back, being immature on purpose. Carrie gets it and we link arms on our way to the table. In the middle of eating the cabbage, I think about Shana going off with Kyle ...

  • Summer of Love

    About the Author Emily Franklin is the author of The Principles of Love series , as well as two novels , The Girl's Almanac and Liner Notes . Another novel for young adults , The Other Half of Me , will be published in August 2007.

  • Summer of Love

    We're going to live sappily ever after, I think as Charlie and I walk down the cobblestone street toward the harbor. “Don't ruin it,” I remind myself. “I'm self-conscious enough as it is.” “Just where are you taking me, anyway?

  • Piece, Love, and Happiness

    Fall is in the air and Love is back at Hadley Hall For Love Bukowski, summer’s over and school is about to begin.

  • The Other Half of Me

    A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age: How do you define family?

  • Liner Notes

    After finishing graduate school, Laney envisions driving across country by herself with only her box of mix tapes as her companion, but her plans quickly change when her mother decides to join her on the journey.

  • The Girls' Almanac

    For information address HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022. HarperCollins books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use. For information please write: Special Markets ...

  • All You Need Is Love

    Oh — almost forgot to get the scoop on your love life! LOVEBOO4 Can I take a rain check? I'm all out of love at the moment. LILAL2 Sure. But keep me posted re: Hot Henry — he showed up at a party a while ago and asked about you!

  • Love from London

    Oh — almost forgot to get the scoop on your love life! LOVEBOO4 Can I take a rain check? I'm all out of love at the moment. LILAL2 Sure. But keep me posted re: Hot Henry — he showed up at a party a while ago and asked about you!

  • Balancing Acts

    Three teenaged girls try to prevent their secrets from interfering with their love lives and their goals as they work at Les Trois, an exclusive Alpine ski resort, over the winter.

  • Jenna & Jonah's Fauxmance

    Teen TV celebrities Jenna and Jonah (real names, Charlie Tracker and Fielding Withers) make more money in a month than most people do in a lifetime.

  • Tessa Masterson Will Go to Prom

    Emily Franklin and Brendan Halpin tackle both sides of a ripped-from-the headlines story to show that true friendship will triumph after all.

  • It's a Wonderful Lie: 26 Truths About Life in Your Twenties

    LAURA CALDWELL, who lives in Chicago with her husband, left a successful career as a trial attorney to become a novelist. ... a freelance writer, and the author of Becoming a Goddess of Inner Poise: Spirituality for the Bridget Jones in ...

  • The Principles of Love

    We are student center - bound , and just like with movie stars in L.A. — the whole place turns to look at us when we walk in , and then goes back to what they were doing " Were they expecting Julia Stiles maybe ? " I ask .

  • The Other Half of Me

    An outcast in her sports-obsessed family, artist Jenny Fitzgerald finds an ally in uber-jock Tate who helps her search for her biological father, which has unexpected consequences.

  • Off the Trails

    Melissa and Dove travel to the Caribbean, where Dove is eager to meet up with her boyfriend while Melissa is unsure of what her future holds, but when they get there they are in for some surprises. Original.

  • Balancing Acts

    DIVDIVThree girls find romance and friendship while working at the most exclusive ski resort in Europe/div At Le Trois Alpes, Harley, Melissa, and Lily (a.k.a.

  • The Other Half of Me

    Feeling out of place in her athletic family, artistic sixteen-year-old Jenny Fitzgerald, whose biological father was a sperm donor, finds her half sister through the Sibling Donor Registry and contacts her, hoping that this will finally ...

  • Before: The Big Book of Pregnancy and Parenting Fiction - Volume I

    America's most acclaimed writers express the confusion, elation, apprehension, and joy of pregnancy and childbirth. Contributors include Steve Almond, Heidi Julavits, JT Leroy, Ann Packer, Arthur Bradford, and many others.