Emily Franklin
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Being yourself should be simple-as plain as the nose on your face In this modern retelling of the classic Cyrano de Bergerac, seventeen-year-old Cyrie is a brilliant, athletic, and funny girl with a witty retort for each of the endless big-nose jokes she endures. But despite her talents and charm, she is convinced that all anyone sees is her nose. No guy-especially not Eddie "Rox" Roxanninoff-would ever find her appealing. When Rox shows interest...
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Fall is in the air and Love is back at Hadley Hall For Love Bukowski, summer's over and school is about to begin. But it seems like Love's going it alone: Her aunt Mable has been acting weird, her dad (who happens to be principal of the school) is preoccupied, her ex is pouting in Europe, and her former friend Cordelia has bonded with the evil Lindsay Parrish. Enter Arabella Piece, the new exchange student from London, who's staying with Love and...
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Three girls find romance and friendship while working at the most exclusive ski resort in Europe At Le Trois Alpes, Harley, Melissa, and Lily (a.k.a. Dove) find a place to run away from their pasts. Small-town Colorado girl Harley scored the coveted hostess job-even though she's got attitude to spare. She hopes to start a new life with rich and famous friends-and perhaps a cute guy. Melissa just arrived from Australia and is ready to cook. But things...
4) Liner Notes
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How do you share the soundtrack of your life? Just out of grad school, Laney is ready to embark on a new phase of her life. Leaving California to head back east, she's got three thousand miles to reflect on her past before moving ahead to the future. With a box of mixed tapes at the ready, she envisions a trip spent reminiscing about first crushes, high school, family issues, and college loves and losses-her most precious memories. What she doesn't...
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What do you really know about Love? Love's her name, but it's not her whole story . . . Love Bukowski is a new sophomore at Hadley Hall, the posh prep school where her father is now principal. Raised by her single dad (with more than a little help from her funky aunt Mable), almost-sixteen-year-old Love is strong willed, with a wry sense of humor-but will she fit into the world of Hadley Hall? In the made-for-TV version of her life, she's got cool...
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The Girls' Almanac chronicles the lives of Jenna and Lucy-two thirty-something women who desperately long for a true friend-as well as the lives of the women and men who have touched them: friends, lovers, parents, and neighbors. Set across the Northeast-through suburban neighborhoods, preppy camps, island resorts, and Ivy League colleges-as well as far flung locales like Ecuador and Iceland, The Girls' Almanac traces the friendships of women willing...
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A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age: How do you define family? Jenny Fitzgerald is an artist who never fit in with her sports-obsessed parents and siblings. Still, she loves her family-even if she doesn't relate to them. Even if, unlike her younger siblings, Jenny's father is Donor 142. She's always known the truth, but before now, it hasn't seemed to matter much. But this summer-her sixteenth-is different. Where does Jenny really belong?...
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The Chalet Girls have left the icy mountains for hot beaches and sizzling surfer boys Melissa is ready to escape her job-and mismanaged love life-at Les Trois Alpes. On the West Indian island of Nevis, she finds new opportunities to cook things up at a high-end restaurant-and with a new crush. Harley has been a beach bum since she arrived-she can't hold a job and recklessly flirts with the one person who could ruin her friendship with Lily. And speaking...
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School's out for summer, but Love's romantic education is still in session Senior year of high school looms large for Love Bukowski after a tumultuous junior year of romance and heartbreak. But for now, Love is ready for summer break on Martha's Vineyard. Running her aunt Mable's café with her best friend Arabella may not be glamorous, but it will at least be fun and perhaps just the refresher she needs after the crazy year she's had. Plus, Mable's...
10) Slippery Slopes
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Romances are questioned and friendships tested in the second installment of the Chalet Girls series At Europe's hottest ski resort, life is never drama free. This time, the Chalet Girls-Melissa, Harley, and Lily (a.k.a. Dove)-find their bond with one another on the line. Melissa's feelings are split between two guys, and Lily's heart is still with her boyfriend on the faraway island of Nevis. When Harley gets a chance to go to that very locale and...
11) Labor of Love
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Love finally connects with her mother-and finds her whole world turned upside down Big changes are afoot for Love Bukowski. Just when she meets her half-sister for the first time in Los Angeles, she gets a call from her long-lost mother and hops a plane back to Martha's Vineyard. Love is ready to embrace the new and exciting steps toward her senior year-but in Massachusetts, she finds more than she bargained for. Her mom is still not there, her boyfriend,...
12) Love from London
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There's a new Love in the Old World Love Bukowski is finally in London! Her term abroad at the London Academy of Drama and Music promises to be anything but average. After leaving Hadley Hall-as well as her dad, who's got a new girlfriend, and her beloved aunt Mable, who is fighting serious health issues-Love faces a new set of challenges across the pond: voice lessons, keeping up with Arabella and her new friends, and falling for a Brit who is completely...
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Springtime blooms, but for Love Bukowski, life at home is chilly After an incredible semester at the London Academy of Drama and Music, Love Bukowski is back at Hadley Hall. Unfortunately, it feels as though her fabulous British life (and boyfriend) are on hold. Love wants only to be at Aunt Mable's side during her fight with breast cancer. But Love's English boyfriend, Asher, suddenly doesn't seem to want to talk to her, and her ex-boyfriend Jacob...
14) Lessons in Love
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It's Love's final year at Hadley Hall-has she learned all she needs to get by? Who said senior year was simple? No longer a day student at Hadley Hall, Love Bukowski's about to move into the dorms-with none other than her archenemy, Lindsay Parrish. Love must deal with Lindsay's rules as head monitor; her handsome boyfriend, Charlie, returning to Harvard; and her ex Jacob giving her the cold shoulder. On the bright side, Love has a new look, a new...