Letters to Cupid

by Francess Lin Lantz

When 13-year-old Bridgette Carley gets her heart set on falling in love, she decides to do a school report to find out exactly what true love is. She interviews people, grills her movie-buff brother about famous film romances, develops crushes on several unsuspecting boys, and writes letters to Cupid for inspiration. Can she unlock the mystery of love in time to help her parents' ailing relationship? Is she really ready for a relationship of her own?

148 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2001

About the author

Francess Lin Lantz (b. August 27, 1952, Trenton, New Jersey — d. November 22, 2004, Santa Barbara, California) was an American children's librarian turned fiction writer, whose fan base was mostly preteen and teenaged girls.

For more than two decades, Lantz wrote more than 30 books, including several juvenile bestsellers. She won the American Library Association's Best Book for Young Adults award for her 1997 romance, Someone to Love. Stepsister from Planet Weird (Random House, 1996) was made into a Disney Channel television movie in 2000.

Born in Trenton, New Jersey, Lantz was raised in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She initially aspired to become a rock musician and composer. She graduated in 1974 from Dickinson College (in Pennsylvania) and from Simmons College (in Boston) in 1975, where she earned a master's degree in library sciences.

She died in Santa Barbara, California in 2004 following a five years long battle with ovarian cancer; she was 52 years old.

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3.25 stars

[Caraleena Quesenberry · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was good!