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  • Bibliography:
    30 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1983
  • Latest Book:
    July 2005
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Full Series List in Order

Overnight Sensation

1 - Can't Stop Us Now ()
2 - Making It on Our Own ()

Multi-Author Series List

Caprice

12 - A Love Song for Becky (1983)
28 - Surfer Girl (Nov-1983)
46 - Senior Blues (1984)

Eileen Goudge's Swept Away

2 - Woodstock Magic (Sep-1986)
4 - Star Struck (Jan-1987)
8 - All Shook Up (Sep-1987)

Luna Bay

1 - Pier Pressure (Jun-2003)
2 - Wave Good-bye (Jun-2003)
3 - Weather or Not (Aug-2003)
4 - Oh, Buoy! (Oct-2003)
5 - Hawaii Five-Go! (Dec-2003)
6 - Heart Breakers (Jan-2004)
7 - Board Games (Mar-2004)

New Adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley

7 - The Case of the Missing Mummy (Dec-1998)

Book List in Order: 30 titles



    • / Contemporary Romance
    • Buy Buy

    Becky and Mark enjoyed each others company and shared a common interest in music. But that’s where the similarity ended. Becky was a concert pianist who sang in the High School Glee Club and Mark was an electric guitarist for a rock and roll band. ...



  • "I'm sick of this Town!" Kate was bored. Fairbanks, New Jersey. was a drag. Her boyfriend Chris was nice, but...life was safe and dull. Then Kate is invited to spend the summer surfing on a boy-infested beach. It means going far away from home ...



    • / Contemporary Romance
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    "I have a date with Public Enemy Number One!" Claire felt cooped up in Miller's Creek. It was a dull scene, and her boyfriend Alan was just a little too nice. Claire knew she was cut out for city life, and she was going to find some ac...








  • Kiki Wykowski, yearning to be a Hollywood star, takes a whirl with her friend Ashley's time-travel computer and finds herself back in the thirties starring in her own movie, but it is not long before she becomes homesick for her real friends...




  • Amanda and Leigh are overjoyed when they hear that their favorite advice columnist, Celeste, is coming to speak to their English class, but when she arrives they find out that she is overweight, clumsy, and disorganized...






  • PIGS IN THE HOUSE? Who ever heard of such a thing--even if the pigs do wear diapers? A house full of pigs is the latest of Mr. Ewing's brilliant ideas. The family has just moved to a falling-down house in the middle of Kansas and purchased ten pigs ...



  • In the heart-warming style of Barbara Park and Bruce Coville, former children's librarian and well-reviewed author Francess Lantz brings to life a funny and accessible story filled with compassionate insights about growing up. Meet two girls who are ...



  • Russell vs. The Aliens Russell can't believe how much TV his new neighbors watch. Then he discovers that this seemingly ordinary family is actually from the planet X-10 -- and they're in terrible danger. A group of TV-hogging barbarians is trying ...



  • Puck Rosen and his best friend Jackson are pressed into service when his parents open the Baby Bistro, a restaurant featuring gourmet food for toddlers and their parents, but when child star Sissie Rae Comstock is kidnapped while under his care, Puck...



  • Unsure about how to feel when her parents decide to adopt a baby, fifteen-year-old Sara meets Iris, a young pregnant teenager to whom she becomes very close, which cause disastrous and unexpected events to occur. Reprint....



  • When Sienna's father, a world-famous sculptor, is stricken with a terminal illness, it is Sienna--not his attentive wife--who he turns to for the love and support he needs in his last days. By the author of Someone to Love. ...



  • Trenchcoat Twins Case Report...from Mary-Kate & Ashley Ashley and I love spooky stories about mummies. So we couldn't wait to go on our class trip to the mummy exhibit at our local museum. But when we got there the mummy was gone! The Trenchcoa...



  • Okay, I knew he was coming to New York for the opening of the new Metropolis Hotel. I knew what he looked like because I've seen his photo in all the magazines (who hasn't?). But I didn't know he would be standing right next to me in that vintage...



  • When her idol, handsome teen actor Brad Langley, comes to her town in the Florida Keys to shoot a movie, fourteen-year-old Jess gets a job as an extra and is shocked that he appears to be a temperamental brat....



  • All I can do is wait and hope that someday soon my Secret Admirer will walk up and introduce himself. And when he does, Cupid, I hope your arrow will be ready. Bridgette's heart is set on falling in love--if only she could figure out what love is!...






  • Megan and her new stepsister, who is from the planet Zircalon-6, are still getting used to each other when a new baby arrives and the whole family must struggle to deal with a half-human, half-alien bundle of joy -- and chaos....



  • Five best friends go coastal in this fabulously fun surfing series from Roxy Girl! Luna, Rae, Kanani, Cricket, and Isobel are in for the summer of their lives working at Tuck and Cate's coed surfing camp. But these five girls are more than just c...



  • Five best friends go coastal in this fabulously fun surfing series from Roxy Girl! Rae hasn't been her usual self lately, and no one at camp seems to know why. Her crabby attitude is starting to affect everyone, including her best friend, Luna. Wh...



  • Five best friends go coastal in this fabulously fun surfing series from Roxy Girl! Luna, Rae, and Kanani travel to Florida's Sebastian Inlet to compete in a regional women's long-boarding competition. Upon arrival, Rae and Kanani both set their s...



  • Five best friends go coastal in this fabulously fun surfing series from Roxy Girl! Isobel can't believe her good luck. First, she meets the boy of her dreams. Roger is smart, charming, and drop-dead gorgeous, plus he's fluent in Spanish and a s...



  • Five best friends go coastal in this fabulously fun surfing series from The girls of Luna Bay are chosen as models for a weeklong fashion shoot -- on the exotic beaches of Hawaii! Upon arrival, Kanani decides to explore her Hawaiian lineage -- on...



  • Five best friends go coastal in this fabulously fun surfing series from Now that Valentine's Day is just around the corner, Luna is feeling the blues. She's been longing to be with her boyfriend, David, who lives all the way across the country in...



  • Five best friends go coastal in this fabulously fun surfing series from Like Rae, the ocean has many moods. Some day it's restless, untamed. Other day it's laid back, dreaming. But it is peace that Rae finds while sitting alone in the trough just...



  • When her new school makes a mistake with the documents and puts her down as a boy, tomboy Joanie is initially thrilled at the chance of playing the part, but as her secret and the lies begin to take over her entire life, Joanie realizes that being a ...







Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Francess Lantz / Francess Lin Lantz has published 30 books.

Francess Lantz / Francess Lin Lantz does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Day Joanie Frankenhauser Became a Boy, was published in July 2005.

The first book by Francess Lantz / Francess Lin Lantz, A Love Song for Becky, was published in January 1983.

Yes. Francess Lantz / Francess Lin Lantz has 1 series.