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Biographical Note:
Jennifer Lee is the Academy Award-winning writer and director of Disney's Frozen and Frozen 2. She earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Book of a Musical for her stage adaptation of Frozen. She also co-wrote the screenplay for Oscar-nominated Wreck-It Ralph, as well as the story for the Academy Award-winning Zootopia. She served as Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios from 2018 to 2024, when she began work on Frozen 3. A lucid dreamer herself, Lee and her family split their time between New York City and Los Angeles.
LeUyen Pham is the award-winning and bestselling creator of over 140 books for children and teens, including
The Man Who Didn't Like Animals by Deborah Underwood, Caldecott Honor
Bear Came Along by Richard T. Morris, the bestselling
Real Friends graphic novel series with Shannon Hale, and the Eisner Award-winning graphic novel
Lunar New Year Love Story with Gene Luen Yang. LeUyen lives and dreams with her family in Los Angeles, California.
Review Quotes:
A Kids' Indie Next List Pick
Five starred reviews
""[A] gorgeous exemplar of the graphic novel format. The story's emotional depth is amplified tenfold by illustrations so immersive, so dynamic that they effortlessly sweep readers into the trajectory of Franny and Sam's romance." -- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review
"Breathtaking. An immersive and hopeful story that will incite both heartache and radiant joy." --
Publishers Weekly,
starred review
"A striking and viscerally affecting tale of love, loss, and letting go." --
Kirkus,
starred review "This heartfelt, haunting graphic novel [weaves] an unforgettable contemporary tale of teenage love and loss. A must-read for fans of paranormal romances." --
Horn Book Magazine,
starred review
"This is a slow, lovely, and thoughtful story about the power of love versus the finality of death." --
School Library Journal,
starred review
"This hypnotic take on Orpheus and Eurydice celebrates first loves, withstands the toll of grief, and embraces healing." --
Booklist
"Beautiful and necessary. I needed to read this book. And probably you do, too." --Craig Thompson, author of
Blankets
Lunar New Year Love Story
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"A positive and beautiful work of art that will make an impression on readers." -
School Library Journal, starred review "Yang and Pham do a wonderful job of weaving fractured families and romantic yearning with fantasy elements that show emotional states and growth, with plenty of humor throughout." -
Horn Book,
starred review
"Poignant moments amplified by evocatively colored digitally rendered panels address deep issues of parental abandonment and grief, while interjections of comic relief and a riveting subplot surrounding lion dancing result in a well-paced, well-balanced dual effort." --
Publisher's Weekly,
starred review
Publisher Marketing:
STARRED REVIEWS from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, SLJ, The Horn Book, and The BCCB!
Franny and Sam are each other's entire world. So what do you do when your world ends? Frozen's Jennifer Lee and Lunar New Year Love Story's LeUyen Pham deliver a tour de force young adult romance with a supernatural twist.
Falling in love is supposed to hurt. That's what Franny and Sam, two cynical teenagers raised on tales of heartbreak and loss, have come to understand. Yet when they fall for each other, they find the reality of love is something else entirely: it's electrifying, all-encompassing, and
easy. Theirs is a love that can conquer anything...perhaps even death.
But Franny and Sam's quest to stay together--no matter the cost--soon blurs the line between reality and fantasy, and their shared dream threatens to turn into a nightmare.
FOR FANS OF:
- Intense YA romance
- Orpheus and Eurydice
- Character-driven storytelling
- Magical realism
- Lucid dreaming
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Heartstopper,
You've Reached Sam, and
The Fault in Our Stars
Review Citations:
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Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2026 pg. 85 (EAN 9781250862037, Hardcover)
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School Library Journal 03/01/2026 pg. 80 (EAN 9781250862037, Hardcover) - *Starred Review
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Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2026 (EAN 9781250862037, Hardcover) - *Starred Review
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Publishers Weekly 03/16/2026 (EAN 9781250862037, Hardcover) - *Starred Review
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Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2026 (EAN 9781250862037, Hardcover)
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Booklist 04/01/2026 (EAN 9781250862044, Paperback)
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Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2026 (EAN 9781250862044, Paperback)
Contributor Bio:Lee, Jennifer
Jennifer Lee is the Academy Award-winning writer and director of Disney's
Frozen and
Frozen 2. She earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Book of a Musical for her stage adaptation of
Frozen. She also co-wrote the screenplay for Oscar-nominated
Wreck-It Ralph, as well as
the story for the Academy Award-winning
Zootopia. She served as Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios from 2018 to 2024, when she began work on
Frozen 3. A lucid dreamer herself, Lee and her family split their time between New York City and Los Angeles.
Contributor Bio:Pham, Leuyen
LeUyen Pham is the award-winning and best-selling creator of over 140 books for children, including
The Man Who Didn't Like Animals by Deborah Underwood,
Shrinking Violet by Laurel Snyder, Caldecott Honor
Bear Came Along by Richard T. Morris, and the Eisner Award-winning graphic novel
Lunar New Year Love Story with Gene Yang. She is also the illustrator of the
Princess in Black series,
Real Friends graphic novel series, and cocreator of
Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn with Shannon Hale. LeUyen lives with her family in Los Angeles, CA.
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