Jenna & Jonah's Fauxmance

by Emily Franklin, Brendan Halpin

Overview

Fans of romance don't need to look any further than the fauxmance
brewing between teen idols Charlie Tracker and Fielding Withers-known on
their hit TV show as Jenna and Jonah, next-door neighbors flush with
the excitement of first love. But it's their off-screen relationship
that has helped cement their fame, as passionate fans follow their every
PDA. They grace the covers of magazines week after week. Their fan club
has chapters all over the country. The only problem is their off-screen
romance is one big publicity stunt, and Charlie and Fielding can't
stand to be in the same room. Still, it's a great gig, so even when the
cameras stop rolling, the show must go on, and on, and on. . . . Until
the pesky paparazzi blow their cover, and Charlie and Fielding must
disappear to weather the media storm. It's not until they're far off the
grid of the Hollywood circuit that they realize that there's more to
each of them than shiny hair and a winning smile.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802722591
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	02/01/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
Lexile:	870L (what's this?)
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	12 Years

About the Author

Emily Franklin collaborated with Brendan Halpin for their novel The Half-Life of Planets, due out from Hyperion in June 2010. She has also written a dozen novels for young adults, including the critically-acclaimed Principles of Love series and The Other Half of Me and she edited It's a Wonderful Lie: 26 Truths About Life in Your Twenties. Emily also writes regularly about food and parenting for national magazines and newspapers, and her work has appeared in The Boston Globe. She lives in Newton, Massachusetts. www.emilyfranklin.com
Brendan Halpin was a high school English teacher for ten years before penning his first novel. He is the author of How Ya Like Me Now and Forever Changes as well as several novels for adults. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts. www.brendanhalpin.com
Emily Franklin collaborated with Brendan Halpin for their novel The Half-Life of Planets. She has also written a dozen novels for young adults, including the Principles of Love series and The Other Half of Me, and she edited It's a Wonderful Lie: 26 Truths About Life in Your Twenties. Emily's work has also appeared in The Boston Globe and national magazines. She lives in Massachusetts. www.emilyfranklin.com
Brendan Halpin was a high school English teacher for ten years before penning his first novel. He is the author of How Ya Like Me Now and Forever Changes, as well as several novels for adults. He lives in Massachusetts. www.brendanhalpin.com

Editorial Reviews

"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 the Family Network's hit show Jenna & Jonah's How to Be a Rock Star, in which they play next-door neighbors in love. In real life, they are sick of each other, even as they are (resentfully) pretending to be a couple for the sake of ratings. When Fielding is falsely accused of being gay, he and Charlie escape to his beach house and attempt to get to know each other again. The question is, with so much fakery in their lives, have they lost their identities? The Half-Life of Planets coauthors Franklin and Halpin pen an introspective coming-of-age story that illuminates the realities and perils of celebrity. Although the story follows a predictable arc and the alternating first-person narratives are a bit too similar, the teens' dialogue is snappy, and romantics will enjoy watching as love blossoms off-camera. Ages 12–up. (Feb.)

Publishers Weekly