Children's and YA Books Frankfurt 2017

Children’s and YA Books Frankfurt 2017

CONTENTS

YOUNG ADULT FICTION & NON-FICTION 3

MIDDLE GRADE FICTION 17

ILLUSTRATED FICTION 32

ILLUSTRATORS 35

BACKLIST & ESTATES 38

CONTACT 45

YOUNG ADULT FICTION & NON-FICTION

YOUNG ADULT NON-FICTION

TRANS MISSION: MY QUEST TO A BEARD by Alex Bertie

A brave and ground-breaking first-hand account of the life, struggles and victories of a transgender teen, as told by YouTuber Alex Bertie.

I guess we should start at the beginning. I was born on 2 November 1995. The doctors in the hospital took one look at my genitals and slapped an F on my birth certificate. 'F' for female, not fail - though that would actually have been kind of appropriate given Agent: Silvia Molteni present circumstances.

UK publisher: Wren & Rook When I was 15, I realised I was a transgender man. That makes it sound like I suddenly had some kind of UK editor: Liza Miller lightbulb moment. In reality, coming to grips with my Publication: 2 November identity has taken a long time. 2017 Over the last six years, I've come out to my family Page extent: 304 and friends, changed my name, battled the healthcare system, started taking male hormones and have had Age: 12+ surgery on my chest. My quest to a beard is almost Genre: Coming-of-age, complete. This is my story. memoir, narrative non-fiction

US and Translation rights contact: Silvia Molteni

Alex Bertie is a young transgender YouTuber from rural Dorset. While still attending school at just 14 he started making videos on sexuality and gender identity, continuing to do so today with weekly uploads. To this day, he has reached 300,000 subscribers. His work has been picked up by organisations such as Childline and Stonewall, and has been recognised by the Independent, YouTube magazine TenEighty and trans publication FTM Magazine.

YOUNG ADULT NON-FICTION

MISFIT by Charli Howard

Mental health isn't something you want to talk about when you're a tween girl – and then there are other embarrassing things, like periods, boobs and body hair. As though growing up wasn't awkward enough, you suddenly find yourself not a child, not yet a woman. From periods to peer pressure, spots to self-esteem, boys, bullying and boobs, Misfit is a funny, poignant, irreverent and empowering look at one Agent: Adam Gauntlett girl’s journey through adolescence.

UK publisher: Penguin And yet the book has a simple, positive message for Random House Children’s its young readers: ‘normal’ does not exist, so Books embrace your individuality! UK editor: Holly Harris

Publication: February 2018

Age: 15+ Charli Howard is a British model at the vanguard of the Body Positivity movement, who rose to Genre: Coming-of-age, prominence after her open letter – a powerful memoir, narrative non-fiction indictment of the modelling industry – went viral. She has been interviewed by the BBC, CNN and US and Translation rights contact: Silvia Molteni Channel 4; has featured in Vogue, Elle and Glamour magazines; has amassed a large Instagram following (@charlihoward); stars in the forthcoming feature-length documentary, Straight/Curve; and has a Middle-Grade novel under contract with Nosy Crow, to be published June 2018. Charli is the founder of the All Woman Project, and wishes to extend her message of positivity to children – to encourage them to love themselves exactly as they are. Modelling-wise, she has fronted campaigns for Maybelline, Mango, Desigual and Nike, among others. Her StyleLikeU video alone has clocked over 1 million views, and she receives messages of support and admiration from young girls every day.

YOUNG ADULT FICTION

DEAR CHARLIE by N.D. Gomes

Endorsed by Amnesty International UK for reminding us that human rights belong to all of us.

‘At its searing best the novel demonstrates how the perpetrator of a despicable act can still be loved, forgiven and very missed.’ Financial Times

‘A gripping, eye-opening YA novel that I wish I could put in everyone’s hands.’ Pretty Little Memoirs

‘An incredibly moving, heartfelt and thought-provoking Agent: Silvia Molteni novel.’ Black Plume

UK Publisher: HQ YA Death should never meet the young. But it did.

UK editor: Anna Baggaley Thanks to my brother, death made fourteen new friends that day. Maybe even fifteen, if you count Publication: 20 October Charlie. 2016 At sixteen, Sam Macmillan is supposed to be facing all Page extent: 368 the usual teenage challenges: girls, homework and

Age: 12+ social status, not picking up the pieces after a school shooting. With his brother identified as the shooter, Genre: Realistic, Sam struggles to stay afloat in the media storm that contemporary hits his small community.

US and Translation rights While Sam desperately tries to hang on to the contact: Silvia Molteni memories he has of his brother, the world outside threatens to destroy everything he remembers. Soon he begins to question whether he even knew his brother at all. N.D. Gomes graduated from the University of Stirling with a B.A. in Media Studies, and is currently completing an MLitt in Literature and Creative Writing. She also holds an M.Ed. in Education and worked for several years in the US public education system. Her first novel, Dear Charlie, was published in 2016, followed by Blackbird in 2017.

YOUNG ADULT FICTION

BLACKBIRD by N.D. Gomes

From the author of Dear Charlie, a dark contemporary YA following a murder mystery on Orkney that fans of 13 Reasons Why will devour.

Olivia disappeared the night the blackbirds died.

It was New Years Eve the night that dead blackbirds descended, hours before fourteen year old Alex McCarthy’s sister Olivia went missing from a party.

Committed to finding out what happened to her Agent: Silvia Molteni sister, within the previously safe walls of their subarctic Orkney village, Alex knows that dishevelled, UK Publisher: HQ, HarperCollins sometimes intoxicated Detective Inspector Birkens is her best shot. UK editor: Anna Baggaley Yet as they uncover the secrets behind Olivia’s last Publication: 16 November night, Alex starts to find things she may be better off 2017 never knowing…

Page extent: 368

Age: 12+

Genre: Dark, contemporary

US and Translation rights contact: Silvia Molteni

N.D. Gomes graduated from the University of Stirling with a B.A. in Media Studies, and is currently completing an MLitt in Literature and Creative Writing. She also holds an M.Ed. in Education and worked for several years in the US public education system. Her first novel, Dear Charlie, was published in 2016, followed by Blackbird in 2017. Gomes currently lives in Scotland.

YOUNG ADULT FICTION

DON’T FORGET ME by Victoria Stevens

Don't Forget Me is Victoria Stevens's sparkling debut, and a touching testament to coming of age, falling in love, and finding home in unlikely places.

Seventeen-year-old Hazel Clarke is no stranger to heartbreaks, and being sent to live with a father she’s never met is the latest in a string of them.

Even the beauty of eastern Australia isn't enough to take her mind off of her mother, who suffers from Agent: Silvia Molteni early-onset Alzheimer's and is living in a nursing home in England. US publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux But when Hazel meets the friendly, kind-hearted Red US editor: Melissa Warten and his elusive twin, Luca, she begins the slow process of piecing together a new life―and realizes she isn't Publication: 13 February the only one struggling with grief. 2018

Age: 12+ As friendships deepen and love finds its way in, Hazel also learns that when you truly love someone, they Genre: Literary fiction, are never really gone. romance

UK and Translation rights contact: Silvia Molteni

Rights sold: US (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) French (Hugo et Cie)

After spending four years in London studying for a Masters degree in Creative Writing at the University of Roehampton, Victoria now lives in the English countryside with her four needy cats — where she spends her time writing stories about love and loss (often in equal measures).

YOUNG ADULT FICTION

AMONG THE FIELDS OF DAISIES by Scarlett Sangster

Where is the line between perfectionism and self- destruction? Would you see it in yourself? Would you see it in someone else?

This is your story... but not really. These are your thoughts, but you didn't think them. This life you are living wasn't your choice. You only ever wanted to be perfect; like Mummy, like Louis, like Iggy. But that Agent: Silvia Molteni was never enough.

On submission: Autumn 2017 At age 19, the fine line between you and the ghost you’ve become is almost gone. A flick of a switch Age: 14+ and you are her and she is you and there’s no Genre: Literary fiction, escaping now. coming-of-age In this all-consuming second person narrative, you US and Translation rights are invited to follow the life of a girl from childhood contact: Silvia Molteni through to her young adult self. A girl so trapped by mental illness that she fails to realise she’s no longer in control.

Until it’s too late.

First class Ba (Hons) and MA, in English Literature and Creative Writing at Bath Spa University, Scarlett is the current Fashion and Beauty Editor of The National Student, and online contributor to Who's Jack London. Scarlett's debut novel, Among the Fields of Daisies is inspired by her own childhood struggle with mental illness.

YOUNG ADULT FICTION

SWIPE by E. Smyth

The first time I saw Marina was in October 2012. The last time I saw her was three months later…

I can’t help but suspect that everything is about to come to light. She is catching up with me. I need to set the record straight before someone else gets there first. I need to tell the story, as it was, from the Agent: Tessa David beginning.

On submission: Autumn 2017 Eva is in her first year at prestigious Northam Age: 14+ University. Having arrived with high hopes of meeting interesting new friends, she spends most of Genre: Dark, contemporary her time alone in her room, living vicariously through social media. US and Translation rights contact: Silvia Molteni Her fate begins to look up only when she meets Marina, her glamorous, outspoken classmate who wields a mysterious power over their professor.

Yet soon Marina's facade begins to shatter, and Eva discovers that all is not what it seems. Following a tragic event and a dangerous online experiment, Eva finds herself drawn into a web of deceit.

E. Smyth was born in 1993. Since graduating from university, she has worked as a journalist and now lives in London. Swipe is her first novel.

YOUNG ADULT FICTION

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO SOPHIE MCCLURE by Helen Dring

Whatever Happened to Sophie McClure examines teenage friendships through the eyes of an autistic girl, and explores the heart-wrenching moments when teenagers have to give up on childish things.

Lucy has always had problems in school. She doesn’t like loud noises and crowds of people and she finds Agent: Laura Williams it hard to understand what people mean when they talk sometimes. But she’s got her best and only On submission: Autumn 2017 friend Sophie, who helps her through the wilds of Age: 12+ their teenage years and is always, always there for her. Until she isn’t. Genre: Realistic, contemporary, coming-of-age When Sophie goes missing, Lucy can’t understand why she left her all on her own. Her parents are US and Translation rights contact: Silvia Molteni mired in worry about whatever it is they seem to think is wrong with Lucy, but she doesn’t understand what the word ‘autism’ means, and she doesn’t have Sophie to explain it to her. As the search for Sophie builds and as Lucy starts to face the idea that she might not be coming back, she also has to come to terms with the thought that maybe Sophie didn’t leave by choice. Was she taken? What does Lucy have left to hold on to? And was Sophie even really the person Lucy thought she knew?

Helen was born in Liverpool, where she still lives after a detour via Scotland, France and Spain. She has a BA in French and Hispanic Studies from University of Liverpool and a MA in Novel Writing from Manchester Metropolitan University. Helen has worked extensively with adults and young people with Special Educational Needs, which was a big influence on her decision to become a teacher. She is now an English teacher and Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator.

YOUNG ADULT FICTION

FROST CHRONICLES by E. Latimer

Over 13 Million reads on Wattpad

FROST

I froze the first guy I ever kissed, and I don't mean he got cold feet.

Megan Walker’s touch has turned to ice. She can’t stop the frost, and the consequences of her first kiss are horrifying. When her new powers attract attention, Megan finds herself caught up in an ancient Agent: Silvia Molteni war between Norse giants. US publisher: Wattpad; Patchwork Press One side fuelled by a mad queen’s obsession and an ancient prophecy about Ragnarök, the other by an age Three-book series -old grudge. Both sides believe Megan to be something she’s not. Both sides will stop at nothing to Publication: August 2015 have her. Fire or frost. It’s an impossible decision, but (Frost); June 2017 (Flame) she’ll have to act soon, because the storm is coming. Page extent: 466; 302 FLAME Age: 12+ After fleeing a mad Queen and taking shelter with the Genre: Fantasy fire jotun, Megan Walker goes from ice to inferno, as she deals with court politics, hidden enemies and a Translation rights contact: Silvia Molteni radical cult determined to make her their goddess.

All of this with the ultimate battle looming on the horizon. A prophesied war that Megan may be the deciding factor in, is only weeks away. That is, if she even makes it that long.

E. Latimer lives on the West Coast of Canada. Her breakout success on the online writing platform, Wattpad.com, has resulted in a fan base of nearly 90k followers, with over 20 million combined reads. She hosts the Wattpad4 chats, which have featured guests like Lauren DeStefano, Leigh Bardugo, Beth Revis and Victoria Aveyard (among others).

YOUNG ADULT FICTION

ANASSA by Josh Martin

‘Impressing and tough-provoking—this is a skilfully constructed fantasy adventure with strong, distinct central characters and an ending that will have readers desperate for the next episode.’ LoveReading4Kids

An utterly compelling fantasy adventure for fans of Melinda Salisbury and Victoria Aveyard.

Agent: Silvia Molteni Less than a year since their cities were joined,

UK publisher: Quercus Athenas and Metis are still arguing. When the island Children’s Books is invaded by Vulcan, whose resource-ravaged, overpopulated island wants to claim Chloris as its UK editor: Emma Goldhawk own, Etain's leadership is compromised. Two-book series: Ariadnis; Anassa The only way she can restore her people's confidence is to take up Vulcan's quest to retrieve a Publication: 9 February 2017 (Ariadnis); February 2018 magical item from a volcano. (Anassa) Alongside her brother Taurus, Aula and Joomia, Etain Page extent: 356; 368 sets sail for the volcano. But they soon discover

Age: 12+ there is more to the quest than they realised.

Genre: Fantasy It's up to Etain to be the leader she is destined to be.

Translation rights contact: Should she fight, or should she try to unite? Valentina Fazio at Hachette Children’s Books

US rights contact: Silvia Molteni

Rights sold: Portuguese (2020, Ariadnis)

Josh Martin has graduated from Exeter University before completing Bath Spa’s Writing For Young People MA. His particular interest in heroines, fantasy, environment, gender studies and wisdom led him to write his first book Ariadnis and Anassa, its sequel.

YOUNG ADULT FICTION

A SHIVER OF SNOW AND SKY by Lisa Lueddecke

‘It reads like a long-lost fable, rich with beauty and imagination. A world you won’t forget.’ Samantha Shannon, international bestselling author of The Bone Season.

Red, red, the lights glow red, Beware the dangers up ahead…

On the frozen island of Skane, the sky speaks. Beautiful lights appear on clear nights, and their Agent: Silvia Molteni colours have meaning:

UK publisher: Scholastic Green means all is well, and the Goddess is happy.

UK editor: Lauren Fortune Blue means a snow storm is on the way.

Two-book series And then there’s red. Red is rare. A warning. Publication: 5 October 2017; October 2018 Seventeen years ago, the sky turned red just as Ósa was born, unleashing a plague that claimed the lives Age: 12+ of hundreds of villagers, including her own mother.

Genre: Fantasy This time, when the night sky once again bleeds Translation rights contact: crimson, she must discover what it means before so Emily Landy at Scholastic UK many lives are lost once more.

US rights contact: Antonia Pelari at Scholastic UK

Rights sold: Audio UK (W.F. Howes) French (Editions Auzou) Polish (Zielona Sowa) Having been born into an Air Force family which gave her a love for travel, Lisa Lueddecke has spent her life moving between four countries and five US states. She currently resides in England, is one of five sisters, and is a former book blogger and publishing intern turned writer.

YOUNG ADULT FICTION

BIRDY FLYNN by Helen Donohoe

‘Birdy is a complex, compelling creation... A terrific debut.’ Sarah Waters

'Birdy’s struggle with gender identity is sufficient story for one novel, but there is enough plot here for two… first-time novelist Donohoe handles the material skilfully.' Booklist

Shortlisted for the Great Reads Award 2017. Agent: Silvia Molteni When the toughest fight is to be yourself. UK publisher: Rock The Boat, Oneworld Publications There is the secret of Birdy’s dead grandmother’s cat. How the boys tortured her and Birdy Flynn had to UK editor: Shadi Doostdar drown her in the river to stop her suffering. There’s

Publication: 2 March 2017 the secret of Mrs. Cope, the popular teacher, who took advantage of Birdy. And the secret of Gypsy Page extent: 288 Girl at school who Birdy likes, but can’t mention. Because Birdy’s greatest secret could change Age: 12+ everything…

Genre: Literary fiction, In this luminescent, sad and funny portrayal of a coming-of-age young person growing up amid an imperfect family, Translation rights contact: Helen Donohoe has created a beautifully nuanced Ilona Chavasse at Oneworld and deeply felt novel. Whatever their own story, Publications every reader will recognise in Birdy their own struggle to find their place in the world. Rights sold: Audio UK (Bolinda) Helen studied politics and government at Manchester University and LSE. She has twenty years of experience in representing the powerless and invisible as a campaigner, lobbyist, volunteer and writer. She is a public speaker and media spokesperson with frequent appearances on BBC News, SKY News, ITN and BBC Radio including Women’s Hour. Her written work has ranged from peer-reviewed papers through to blogs for The Huffington Post and New Statesman. 15

YOUNG ADULT FICTION

A TEEN’S GUIDE TO MODERN MANNERS by Sam Norman

‘Hilarious. Bart Simpson meets Adrian Mole at a party thrown by The Inbetweeners. Smart, smelly, spotty and so laugh-out-loud funny it might get you a detention…’ Emlyn Rees and Josie Lloyd, authors of We’re Going on a Bar Hunt

‘Delightfully funny and poetic portraits of modern teens.’ Buzzfeed

Agent: Silvia Molteni A humorous, contemporary collection of cautionary UK publisher: Little Brown tales, A Teen’s Guide to Modern Manners is a book Books Group for teenagers, written and illustrated by teenagers.

UK editors: James Gurbutt There’s little that’s been written yet and Sarah Castleton Concerning teenage etiquette, So as a sort of useful guide US publisher: Hachette Book Some gruesome cases lie inside Group Of teenagers who lost their way Publication: 29 September And ultimately had to pay. 2016 You’ll read about the tragic fate Of Pete, who couldn’t get a date, Page extent: 144 And Jen, whose hopes and dreams were quashed, And James, who staunchly never washed. Age: 12+ This book could be, and no mistake, Genre: Poetry, humour The best investment that you make, So quickly – pluck it from the shelf! Translation rights contact: Or suffer some such fate yourself… Kate Hibbert at Little Brown Sam Norman was born in 1995. He has been longlisted in the National Theatre Playwriting Competition, and won the Stephen Spender Prize for Poetry in Translation. He is currently studying at Magdalen College, Oxford. A Teen’s Guide to Modern Manners is his first book. It is a guide he started writing when he was 16 years old, in an attempt to placate a sadistic maths teacher.

MIDDLE-GRADE FICTION

THE GOLDFISH BOY by Lisa Thompson

‘This carefully judged, poignant story should help those with OCD feel less alone. It's an intriguing, involving mystery.’ The Guardian

‘Thompson writes with great kindness, perception and an enviable light touch, clever plotting, heart and humour.’ The Observer

Agent: Adam Gauntlett ‘Both a genuine mystery and an emotionally charged

UK publisher: Scholastic examination of fear and loneliness this is a terrific read with warmly engaging characters.’ The Daily UK editor: Lauren Fortune Mail UK publication: 5 January 2017 ‘Thompson strikes the perfect balance, seemingly US Publisher: Scholastic Press without compromise, between an issue-driven novel US editor: Emily Seife and one with broad, commercial appeal. This empathetic debut is a middle-grade whodunit with a US publication: 28 February 2017 very special heart.’ Kirkus Reviews, starred review Page extent: 320 Shortlisted for the New Children’s Fiction Award. Age: 9+ Longlisted for the UK Literacy Association Award Genre: Mystery, adventure 2018. Bestselling children’s debut of 2017.

Translation rights contact: Silvia Molteni Twelve-year-old Matthew is trapped in his bedroom by crippling OCD, spending most of his time staring Rights sold: US (Scholastic Press) out of his window as the inhabitants of Chestnut Chinese simplified (Jieli) Close go about their business. Until the day he is the Dutch (Meis & Maas) last person to see his next door neighbour's toddler, French (Pocket Jeunesse) Teddy, before he goes missing. Greek (Kedros Publishers) Italian (Salani Editore) Korean (See & Talk) Matthew must turn detective and unravel the Romanian (Art Grup Editorial) mystery of Teddy's disappearance - with the help of Spanish & Catalan (Grupo Planeta) a brilliant cast of supporting characters. Turkish (Pegasus) Lisa Thompson spent many years in radio production at BBC Radio 2, and currently works in a freelance capacity with CPL Productions, making plays and comedy shows for Radio 4.

MIDDLE-GRADE FICTION

THE LIGHT JAR by Lisa Thompson

A story of fear and hope, loneliness and friendship - full of the heart, engaging characters and propulsive, page-turning mystery that has made The Goldfish Boy the breakout children's books hit of 2017.

Nate and his mother are running away, hiding out in a tumbledown cottage in the middle of a forest.

When Mum heads off for provisions, and then Agent: Adam Gauntlett doesn't return, Nate is left alone and afraid, with the dark closing in all around him. UK publisher: Scholastic

UK editor: Lauren Fortune But comfort can come from the most unexpected of places - a mysterious girl trying to solve the clues of UK publication: January 2018 a treasure hunt and the reappearance of an old friend from his past. US publisher: Scholastic Press

US editor: Emily Seife Will Nate find the bravery needed to face the troubles of his present and ultimately illuminate the US publication: Spring 2019 future?

Page extent: 240

Age: 9+

Genre: Adventure, coming-of-age

Translation rights contact: Silvia Molteni

Rights sold: US (Scholastic Press) French (Pocket Jeunesse) Turkish (Pegasus) Lisa Thompson spent many years in radio production at BBC Radio 2, and currently works in a freelance capacity with CPL Productions, making plays and comedy shows for Radio 4. The Light Jar is her second novel.

MIDDLE-GRADE FICTION

THE STRANGE AND DEADLY PORTRAITS OF BRYONY GRAY by E. Latimer

Lemony Snicket meets Oscar Wilde meets Edgar Allan Poe in this exciting and scary middle-grade novel inspired by The Picture of Dorian Gray - a family curse is unleashed!

Bryony Gray is becoming famous as a painter in London art circles. But life isn't so grand. Her uncle keeps her locked in the attic, forcing her to paint for Agent: Silvia Molteni his rich clients… and now her paintings are taking on a life of their own, and customers are going missing US Publisher: Tundra Books, under mysterious circumstances. PRH Children’s Books When her newest painting escapes the canvas and US editor: Lynne Missen rampages through the streets of London, Bryony

Publication: February 2018 digs into her family history, discovering some rather scandalous secrets her uncle has been keeping, Page extent: 320 including a deadly curse she's inherited from her missing father. Bryony has accidentally unleashed the Age: 9+ Gray family curse, and it's spreading fast.

Genre: Gothic, adventure With a little help from the strange-but-beautiful girl UK and Translation rights next door and her paranoid brother, Bryony sets out contact: Silvia Molteni to break the curse, dodging bloodthirsty paintings, angry mobs and her wicked uncle along the way. Rights sold: US (Tundra Books) E. Latimer lives on the West Coast of Canada. Her Turkish (Dogan) breakout success on the online writing platform, Wattpad.com, has resulted in a fan base of nearly 90k followers, with over 20 million combined reads. She also vlogs weekly over on the YA Word Nerds Youtube channel and hosts chats on twitter. A former children’s bookseller, she is focusing on her writing, while still maintaining her Wattpad presence by hosting the Wattpad4 chats, which have featured guests like Lauren DeStefano, Leigh Bardugo, Beth Revis and Victoria Aveyard among others.

MIDDLE-GRADE FICTION

RETURN TO THE JUNGLE: NEW JUNGLE BOOK ADVENTURES by Bear Grylls

An action-packed return to the jungle inspired by Rudyard Kipling's classic The Second Jungle Book, from real-life adventurer Bear Grylls.

Could you survive in the jungle?

Six months after his adventures in Spirit of the Jungle, Mak returns to the Wainganga River, where a Agent: Caroline Michel conservation project is tracking the elusive wild elephant, endangered by loggers and poachers. UK publisher: Pan Macmillan

UK editor: Venetia Gosling When a young elephant is captured by an unscrupulous merchant, Mak and his friend Diya US publisher: Feiwel and Friends follow them into the heart of the jungle in a quest to set the animal free. But soon Mak finds that he must Two-book series: Spirit of the Jungle; Return to the Jungle remember all his survival skills to escape danger.

Publication: October 2016; Inspired by Rudyard Kipling's classic The Second September 2017 Jungle Book, Return to the Jungle is an exciting

Page extent: 240; 224 contemporary action-adventure from the nation's favourite adventurer, Bear Grylls. Age: 9+

Genre: Adventure, survival .

Translation rights contact: Silvia Molteni

Rights sold: US (Feiwel and Friends) Bear Grylls is a world-record breaking adventurer, Chinese, simplified (Jieli) bestselling author of a dozen books, which have Hungarian (Jaffa) Slovakian (Albatros, Spirit been translated into more than 20 languages, and of the Jungle) one of the world’s most sought-after motivational speakers. Bear’s primetime adventure Born Survivor series reaches over a billion viewers worldwide in over 150 countries. He served for three years with the British Special Forces and is the UK’s Chief Scout to the Scouting Association.

MIDDLE-GRADE FICTION

MISSION SURVIVAL SERIES by Bear Grylls

A thrilling adventure series from a real survival expert.

‘Exciting, well-informed and zips along at an impressive pace.’ Independent

‘If you like survival and adventure stories you’ll definitely like this book.’ TBK Agent: Caroline Michel Beck and Ju-Long are shipwrecked in the South UK publisher: Doubleday China Sea. Once again the pair find themselves Children’s; Ipso Books fighting for survival, this time supporting their injured Twelve-book series: Gold of the friend, Jian. Gods; Way of the Wolf; Sands of the Scorpion; Tracks of the Tiger; Washed ashore on an unforgiving archipelago, they Claws of the Crocodile; Strike of the Shark; Rage of the Rhino; Lair must find food, water and shelter before night falls of the Leopard, Mission Typhoon, on the deserted island… Deserted, that is, apart Mission Dragon, Mission Raptor, from a group of two-metre long carnivorous lizards. Mission Jaguar

Publication: 2008 - 2017 Will their luck finally run out or can Beck save the

Age: 9+ life of a dear friend?

Genre: Adventure, survival

Translation rights contact: Silvia Molteni

Rights sold: Brazilian (Record) Chinese, simplified (Jieli) Chinese, complex (Planter Press) Czech (Jota) Hungarian (Jaffa) Bear Grylls is a world-record breaking adventurer, Korean (Jaeum & Mouem) bestselling author of a dozen books, which have Polish (Pascal) been translated into more than 20 languages, and Romanian (Corint Junior) Turkish (Timas) one of the world’s most sought-after motivational speakers. Bear’s primetime adventure Born Survivor series reaches over a billion viewers worldwide in over 150 countries. He served for three years with the British Special Forces and is the UK’s Chief Scout to the Scouting Association. 22

MIDDLE-GRADE FICTION

THE PEGGS by Samuel J. Halpin

When Poppy Slub comes to stay with her Grandmother in Suds, she soon realizes there’s more to this sleepy little town than at first she thought…

At the Helligan Mills in Suds, they can make you cloth any way you like. They can weave you silk that changes colour like a cuttlefish, or satin that ripples Agent: Silvia Molteni like pond.

UK Publisher: Usborne Books But why is it that no one, not even Gran, can tell UK editor: Rebecca Hill Poppy who makes this marvellous fabric? And why are the children’s eyes slowly turning grey? Publication: January 2019 Determined to solve the mystery of the mills Poppy Age: 9+ embarks on an investigation with the ever-articulate

Genre: Fantasy, adventure Erasmus Tall. Along the way, they encounter many strange and terrible things and inadvertently unearth US and Translation rights Poppy's own connection to the strange, old town contact: Silvia Molteni and its ghostly visitors, who plague the skies by night… Rights sold: French (Pocket Jeunesse) Swedish (Modernista)

Samuel J. Halpin is a writer of children's fiction living in London. His first book, The Peggs, was influenced by the brooding fairy tales he so enjoyed reading as a kid.

MIDDLE-GRADE FICTION

HATTIE BROWN VS THE CLOUD SNATCHERS by Claire Harcup

The day Hattie Brown got pulled through the fridge was the same day everything started to disappear from the house. And Hattie wasn’t the only one to notice...

When Hattie Brown is pulled through the fridge into a new world, she has no idea why. But everyone Agent: Silvia Molteni around her seems to be looking for someone important – someone called Nimbus. Could it be On submission: Autumn 2017 her? After all, strange things are happening. She even

Three-book series seems to be able to make it rain.

Age: 9+ Not everyone in the new world is welcoming. The guards want to arrest her because she’s there Genre: Fantasy, adventure without a permit. Sir Gideon, the dragon, wants to get rid of her because he thinks he’ll get blamed for US and Translation rights the fact she’s there. And even Victor, the elephant contact: Silvia Molteni who brought her there in the first place, wants to send her back one moment and keep her there the Rights sold: German (Piper Verlag) next.

But when Hattie discovers that there’s an army of kidnapped children in the new world, she doesn’t care who wants her there and who doesn’t. Nothing is going to stop her rescuing them.

Claire started her career in non-fiction publishing before getting distracted by the digital world. She spent five happy years commissioning arts and culture projects that use new technology, then set up a mass-participation project to encourage people to sow native varieties of wild flowers for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London. She is currently Head of Copy at Quietroom, a team of business writers, trainers and strategists. Walker published her first picture book, This is The Kiss, in January 2017.

MIDDLE-GRADE FICTION

THE SECRET STARLING by Judith Eagle

Bookish Clara has spent the first 12 years of her life alone and lonely in the care of her cold hearted Uncle.

But when Uncle sacks the staff and abandons Clara, she is left to fend for herself in a crumbling manor house in the middle of the Yorkshire Moors.

Agent: Tessa David Then Clara meets Peter (and his cat, Stockwell) and

On submission: Autumn 2017 together, they begin to uncover a terrible tangle of family secrets. Age: 9+ Did Uncle lose Clara at the station accidentally on Genre: Historical, adventure purpose? What is the significance of the ballet slipper Stockwell finds under the floorboards? Why is US and Translation rights Braithwaite Manor being sold to Morden and contact: Silvia Molteni Matron? Are they really going to turn it into a Home for Delinquent Children? And is Peter’s glamorous neighbour Stella all she seems?

As the action shifts from the wilds of the North to the hurly burly of 1970’s London, Clara learns about kindness and friendship and discovers that life can be just as improbable and unexpected as the stories in her books.

Judith Eagle’s career thus far has included stints as a stylist, fashion editor and features writer. She currently works in two secondary schools as a librarian and library assistant.

MIDDLE-GRADE FICTION

THE SURPRISING SEEDS by Nicola Skinner

Sorrel Fallowfield is so good at being good, teachers come to her when they need help remembering the school rules – and there are plenty.

Luckily, Sorrel doesn’t have any trouble following them, until the day she discovers a faded packet of Surprising Seeds buried under the willow tree in her backyard. Agent: Silvia Molteni Now she’s hearing voices, seeing things, experiencing On submission: Autumn 2017 an almost unstoppable urge to plant the Seeds in

Age: 9+ some very unusual places… and completely failing to win her school’s competition to find The Most Genre: Magical realism, Obedient Child of the School. adventure Why is she so desperate to dance in the rain during US and Translation rights Assembly? Is there any way of stopping a strange contact: Silvia Molteni growth epidemic sweeping through her entire town?

What does any of this have to do with a mad old crone with dead flowers in her hair? And how on earth is Sorrel going to explain any of this to her Mum?!

The Surprising Seeds is just your typical average story about the pressure of fitting in, the beauty of standing out, ancient buried curses, and disgustingly smelly stinkhorns.

A dandelion being blown by her young daughter gave Nicola the idea for her first book, The Surprising Seeds. As a freelance journalist and copywriter, Nicola has written for the Guardian, The Pool, The National Trust, and many national magazines. One of her features on language led to a guest appearance on Michael Rosen’s Radio 4 programme, Word of Mouth. She lives in Bristol with her family.

MIDDLE-GRADE FICTION

THE BOY AT THE BACK OF THE CLASS by Onjali Rauf

There used to be an empty chair at the back of my class, but now a new boy called Ahmet is sitting in it.

He’s eight years old (just like me), but he’s very strange. He never talks and never smiles and doesn’t like sweets – not even lemon sherbets which are my Agent: Silvia Molteni favourite!

On submission: Autumn 2017 But the truth is, Ahmet really isn’t really very strange at all. He’s a Refugee who’s run away from a War. A Age: 8+ real one. With bombs and fires and bullies that hurt people. And the more I find out about him, the Genre: Contemporary, more I want to be his friend. realistic

US and Translation rights That’s where my best friends Josie, Michael and Tom contact: Silvia Molteni come in. Because you see, together we’ve come up with a plan.

A plan to action the Greatest Idea in the World!

And if it works, we could just help Ahmet find his family again.

Onjali Rauf worked as an Assistant Editor for emel magazine; was the Campaigns Manager for Women for Women International UK, and currently works on behalf of a number of regional and international human rights charities and research bodies. She is also Founder and CEO of Making Herstory: a self-styled human rights organisation working in partnership with other movements to end the abuse, trafficking and enslavement of women and girls worldwide. She was shortlisted for the Care2Impact award, and the Emma Humphreys Award in 2014 for her works in the women's rights sector.

MIDDLE-GRADE FICTION

THE CURIOSITY LOCKER by Melissa Welliver

Sixteen-year-old Ettie discovers a Doorway to the past – but when government agency P.O.R.T.A.L. recruits her to save history, can she break the rules of time-travel and save her parents?

For decades, Doors that lead to the past have been opening around the globe. P.O.R.T.A.L. – the Protection Office for Relative Time Allocated Loops Agent: Tessa David – has kept the public in the dark.

On submission: Autumn 2017 Social misfit Ettie Warren remembers nothing before her seventh birthday, not even the incident that Age: 10+ paralyzed her right hand. Her well intentioned Aunt

Genre: Fantasy, adventure George pesters her about A-Levels, but she is more concerned with metal detecting in her neighbour's US and Translation rights gardens in a bid to distract herself from worrying contact: Silvia Molteni about her missing parents.

When she finds a Doorway leading to the Battle of Bosworth, P.O.R.T.A.L. introduces her to the world of time-travel, revealing her parents were on a mission for the agency when they vanished.

As she uncovers the mystery behind her parent’s disappearance, Ettie unearths a conspiracy far more earth-shattering than she could have imagined. Unravelling the web will lead her and her friends into grave danger, force her to challenge everything she thought she knew, and ultimately lead her to the dramatic discovery of who she really is.

Melissa Welliver owns a programming business and lives in the High Peak countryside. After studying for a BA in English and History at the University of Leeds, she went to Manchester University and graduated with an MA in Creative Writing. She has been published in two anthologies with her historical short stories, one with a foreword by Jeanette Winterson. 28

MIDDLE-GRADE FICTION

TIME TRAVELLING WITH A HAMSTER by Ross Welford

‘The gripping suspense truly makes time fly… the book’s heart and humour are hard to resist.’ Guardian

‘Intelligent, well crafted and impressive.’ The Sunday Times

Agent: Silvia Molteni ‘Extremely clever and totally engaging.’ The Irish Times UK publisher: HarperCollins Children’s Books ‘Touching and exciting by turns… an unforgettable,

UK editor: Nick Lake madcap story from a bright new talent in children’s fiction.’ Waterstones UK publication: 31 December 2015 A multi-award nominated debut, including the Costa

US Publisher: Schwartz & Wade Book Prize, the Waterstones Children’s Book Award and The Branford Boase Award. Winner of the US editor: Annie Kelley Awesome Book Award 2017.

US publication: October 2016 My dad died twice. Once when he was thirty nine Page extent: 400 and again four years later when he was twelve. Age: 10+ On Al Chaudhury’s twelfth birthday his beloved Genre: Adventure Grandpa Byron gives him a letter from Al’s late Translation rights contact: Carla father. In it Al receives a mission: travel back to 1984 Alonzi at HarperCollins in a secret time machine and save his father’s life. Children’s Books

Rights sold: Al soon discovers that time travel requires daring US (Schwartz & Wade) and imagination. It also requires lies, theft, setting his Albanian (Botart) Chinese Simplified (Citic) school on fire and ignoring philosophical advice from German (Coppenrath) Grandpa Byron. All without losing his pet hamster, Hebrew (Dani Books) Alan Shearer… Italian (Rizzoli) Korean (Sejon Books) Ross Welford worked as a business journalist and television producer before becoming a full-time writer. He lives in central London with his wife, children, dog and tropical fish.

MIDDLE-GRADE FICTION

WHAT NOT TO DO IF YOU TURN INVISIBLE by Ross Welford

‘Funny, touching and thoroughly original, Welford crafts another absorbing real-life adventure out of an extraordinary set-up.’ LoveReading4Kids

‘[The] distinctive balance of humour, magic and sadness works to superb effect again”, “[a] wildly imaginative, funny adventure.’ Daily Mail Agent: Silvia Molteni Longlisted for the UK Literacy Association Award UK publisher: HarperCollins 2018. Children’s Books

UK editor: Nick Lake From the author of the unforgettable bestseller Time Traveling With a Hamster comes another UK publication: 29 December surprising, beautiful and funny novel about a child 2016 who, by disappearing, will write herself into your US Publisher: Schwartz & Wade heart forever…

US editor: Annie Kelley Turning invisible at will: it’s one way of curing your

US publication: October 2018 acne. But far more drastic than 13 year-old Ethel Leatherhead intended when she tried a combination Page extent: 400 of untested medicines and a sunbed.

Age: 10+ It’s fun at first, being invisible. And aided by her Genre: Adventure friend Boydy, she manages to keep her extraordinary ability secret. Or does she…? Translation rights contact: Carla Alonzi at HarperCollins Children’s Books When one day the invisibility fails to wear off, Ethel is thrown into a nightmare of lies and deception as Rights sold: she struggles to keep herself safe, to find the remedy US (Schwartz & Wade) that will make her seen again – and solve the Czech (Albatros) mystery of her own birth…

Ross Welford worked as a business journalist and television producer before becoming a full-time writer. He lives in central London with his wife, children, dog and tropical fish.

MIDDLE-GRADE FICTION

THE 1,000-YEAR-OLD BOY by Ross Welford

The astonishing, beautiful new story for all readers of 10 and over from the bestselling and Costa- shortlisted author of Time Travelling With a Hamster.

There are stories about people who want to live forever.

This is not one of those stories.

Agent: Silvia Molteni This is a story about someone who wants to stop…

UK publisher: HarperCollins Alfie Monk is like any other nearly teenage boy – Children’s Books except he’s 1,000 years old and can remember the UK editor: Nick Lake last Viking invasion of England.

Publication: 11 January 2018 Obviously no one believes him.

Page extent: 400 So when everything Alfie knows and loves is

Age: 10+ destroyed in a fire, and the modern world comes crashing in, Alfie embarks on a mission to find Genre: Adventure friendship, acceptance, and a different way to live… which means finding a way to make sure he will US & Translation rights contact: eventually die. Carla Alonzi at HarperCollins Children’s Books

Ross Welford worked as a business journalist and television producer before becoming a full-time writer. He lives in central London with his wife, children, dog and tropical fish.

ILLUSTRATED FICTION

THE GRITTERMAN by Orlando Weeks

‘A tender fireside story about an ageing labourer… A witty, affectionate book.’ The Evening Standard

‘[A] poignant picture book, with skilled crayon and wash illustrations… The Story of a working-class hero.’ The Sunday Times

An illustrated and haunting story about a man leaving behind the work he loves.

Sometimes it feels like I might be the only person Agent: Annabel Merullo awake in the whole country. People might find that a lonely thought. Not me… UK publisher: Particular Books As the rest of the world sleeps, the Gritterman goes UK editor: Helen Conford out to work. Through the wind and the snow. Through the blue-black hours when time slips away, Publication: 7 September he grits the paths and the pavements and the roads. 2017 For him, a life without gritting is no life at all…

Page extent: 80 A song for the unsung hero, this is a story about

Age: Crossover stoicism, dignity and a man leaving behind the work that he loves. It is accompanied by the author's own Genre: Literary fiction illustrations.

US rights contact: Penguin The Gritterman’s companion album featuring 10 rights department new tracks by Orlando Weeks is available on all digital and streaming platforms. Translation rights contact: Silvia Molteni

Orlando Weeks studied illustration at Brighton University before spending a decade in the band, The Maccabees. In 2016, when the group decided to disband, he set about writing The Gritterman, his first book.

ILLUSTRATED FICTION

THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVED ON THE CEILING by the Duchess of York and Leander Deeny

A beautiful, touching story of friendship and the power of trust and love between friends.

Once there was a little girl who ran away to live on the ceiling. She lived on the ceiling for so long that she forgot she was upside down.

The ceiling was full of wonders. But the little girl was all alone and no one ever came to share the Agent: Silvia Molteni wonders that she saw.

On submission: Autumn Then one day a family moved into the house. The 2017 little girl couldn’t understand why they were living upside down. Age: 3 +

Genre: Picture book Until the little girl waved at the little boy who lived on the floor… US and Translation rights contact: Silvia Molteni

The Duchess of York is a bestselling author who has published over 52 books including two autobiographies and titles dealing with health, empowerment, history, art, as well as children's stories. She is a passionate supporter of a number of charities and she received a philanthropic award in 2017.

Leander Deeny is an actor best known for his work as Captain America's feeble, pre-superhero body in Captain America, as the odious George Binns in BBC's long-running soap Holby City, as George in Merlin. On stage he has performed at the Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare's Globe, The Young Vic, Secret Cinema, Arcola, Finborough, Edinburgh Traverse and Riverside Studios.

ILLUSTRATORS

ILLUSTRATORS LYDIA RIPPER

Lydia Ripper is head of the design team at ToucanBox and a freelance illustrator. She brings an inimitable sense of style to everything she does: from makeup artistry and face painting to fashion and hair modelling. Her debut illustrated book for children, The Ants Pants, will be published by Orion in Spring 2018. Agent: Silvia Molteni

ILLUSTRATORS ANTHONY LEWIS

Since graduating with a first class graphic design degree from the Liverpool School of Art, Anthony Lewis has illustrated more than 400 children’s books for publishers around the world. His titles include the Smarties Prize winning The Owl Tree by Jenny Nimmo and Atticus the Storyteller’s 100 Greek Myths by Lucy Coats, shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award.

Agent: Silvia Molteni

BACKLIST & ESTATES

CHILDREN’S FICTION

CLEVER POLLY AND THE STUPID WOLF by Catherine Storr

‘The stories were every bit as brilliant as I remembered.’ The Guardian

‘All the wolf wants to do is eat a little girl, but he has chosen one very clever girl, and he is unfortunately one very stupid wolf! A charming, classic tale.’ Agent: Camilla Shestopal Waterstones Guide for Kids' Books

UK publisher: Puffin Once upon a time the front door bell rang and Polly Four-book series: Clever Polly went to open the door. There was a great black and the Stupid Wolf; Polly and wolf who said he had come to eat her up. the Wolf Again; Tales of Polly and the Hungry Wolf; More Stories of Polly and the Wolf Twelve stories written for the author's daughter, who was scared of the wolf under the bed! Drawing Publication: July 2015; January occasionally on well-known fairy tales, and skilfully 2016 blending fantasy and reality, these stories are First publication: 1955; 1980; bursting with humour, originality and charm. And 1990 Polly, not scared at all, outwits the wolf on each and Page extent: 160; 176; 160; 128 every occasion.

Age: 5+

Genre: Adventure

Translation rights contact: Silvia Molteni

Rights sold: US (NYRB) Chinese (Shanghai 99) French (Editions Nathan) Italian (Mondadori) Japanese (Iwanami Shoten) Catherine Storr (21 July 1913 – 8 January 2001) was Korean (Bir Publishing Co. Ltd.) an English author best known for her novel Marianne Slovenian (Kud Sodobnost Int.) Taiwanese (The Eastern Dreams and for the series of books about a wolf Publishing Co.) ineptly pursuing a young girl, beginning with Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf. Married to psychologist Anthony Storr for over 20 years, her books often involve children confronting their fears.

CHILDREN’S FICTION

GRIMBLE AT CHRISTMAS by Clement Freud Illustrated by Quentin Blake

‘Grimble is one of funniest books I've ever read, and Grimble himself, who is a small boy, is a fabulous character. I'd love to see a Grimble film.’ J. K. Rowling

‘Delightful!’ The Times

‘With Quentin Blake's wonderful drawings throughout, this is a splendid holiday title and it conveys, in a deliciously amusing way, an important Agent: Camilla Shestopal message about Christmas and family ties.’ Through The Looking Glass UK publisher: Puffin A wonderfully funny, classic story written by the Publication: May 2009 well-known writer, broadcaster and former politician Clement Freud. Illustrated throughout by Quentin First publication: 1968 Blake. Page extent: 68 Ten-year-old Grimble is worried. His parents are not Age: 7+ very organized and they seem to have completely forgotten Christmas. Grimble tries his hardest to Genre: Adventure make the old Grimbles remember - dropping lots of

Translation rights contact: hints, humming Christmas carols round the house and Silvia Molteni pointing out turkeys and Christmas puddings in the shops. But, with only nine days to go, Grimble decides Rights sold: there is only one thing to do... Arrange Christmas Brazilian (Zahar) himself! Italian (Salani)

Sir Clement Raphael Freud (24 April 1924 – 15 April 2009) was an English broadcaster, writer, politician and chef. He was the grandson of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and the brother of artist Lucian Freud. In 1968, he wrote the children’s book Grimble, followed by a sequel, Grimble at Christmas, six years later.

CHILDREN’S FICTION

THE WIND ON THE MOON by Eric Linklater

Winner of the Carnegie Medal.

‘Eric Linklater is not primarily a novelist, or an essayist or a dramatist. He is above all else an enchanting prose poet. These fragments of wonderful singing prose are scattered all over his books, and through them English literature is permanently enriched.’ George Mackay Brown

In the English village of Midmeddlecum, Major Palfrey Agent: Camilla Shestopal asks his two daughters to behave themselves while UK publisher: Vintage he’s off at war.

Publication: August 2013 Dinah sighs, ‘I think that we are quite likely to be bad, however hard we try not to be,’ and her sister First publication: 1944 Dorinda adds helpfully, ‘Very often, when we think we

Page extent: 448 are behaving well, some grown-up person says we are really quite bad. It’s difficult to tell which is which.’ Age: 9+ Sure enough, the mischievous sisters soon convince a Genre: Fantasy, adventure judge that minds must be changed as often as socks, they stage an escape from a local zoo (thanks to a Translation rights contact: Silvia Molteni witch’s potion that turns them into kangaroos), and – in the company of a golden puma and a silver falcon – Rights sold: set off to rescue their father from the tyrant of US (NYRB) Bombardy. Chinese (Aurora) German (DVT) Romanian (Grup Media Litera) Swedish (En Bok for Alla) Thai (Matichon Publishing House)

Eric Linklater (1899–1974) wrote scores of novels for adults and children. He was also a journalist in India, commander of a wartime fortress in the Orkney Islands, and rector of Aberdeen University.

CHILDREN’S FICTION

THE RESCUERS by Margery Sharp

‘A devastating mixture of magic and fantasy.’ Evening News

‘Margery Sharp is an adept describer of situations; whether comic or merely piquant, embarrassing or exciting. Her dialogue is brilliant, uncannily true. Her taste is excellent: she is an excellent story teller.’ Tatler

Bianca and Bernard, agents for The Prisoners’ Aid Agent: Camilla Shestopal Society of Mice, rescue prisoners and outwit villains in this enchanting story, made world-famous by the Walt UK publisher: HarperCollins Disney film.

Nine-book series: The Rescuers; Miss Bianca; The The Prisoners’ Aid Society of Mice discusses the Turret; Miss Bianca in the Salt proposed rescue of a Norwegian poet from the Mines; Miss Bianca in the Orient; Miss Bianca in the terrible Black Castle. Miss Bianca, the pet white mouse Antarctic; Miss Bianca and the belonging to the Ambassador’s son, is sent to Norway Bridesmaid; Bernard the Brave; on a mission to recruit the bravest Norwegian mouse Bernard into Battle she can find. She finds Nils, and brings him back

Publication: June 2016 triumphantly. Then she, Nils, and Bernard, a pantry mouse who falls in love with her, set off for the Black First publication: 1959 Castle.

Page extent: 176 They set up home in a mouse-hole in the Chief Jailer’s Age: 7+ room, and narrowly avoid the jaws of Mamelouk, the cruel Persian cat. Eventually, they trick the cat and the Genre: Adventure jailer, and get into the prisoner’s cell. Translation rights contact: Silvia Molteni

Rights sold: Chinese (Beijing Double Spiral Culture Exchange) Margery Sharp was born in 1905, and died in 1991. Japanese (Iwanami Shotep) She is best known for her books for children, but she also wrote for adults. She was a prolific writer in her long career: twenty-six novels for adults, fourteen stories for children, four plays, two mysteries, as well as numerous short stories.

CHILDREN’S FICTION

THE HOUSE AT WORLD’S END by Monica Dickens

The House at World's End is the first adventure in The World's End series.

Carrie, Tom, Em and Michael Fielding are at the mercy of their rotten Uncle Rudolph after a fire leaves them homeless, with their mother in hospital and their father abroad at sea. Uncle Rudolph and his vain wife Val reluctantly take the children in, but soon let them live alone at World's End, their ramshackle house in Agent: Camilla Shestopal the countryside, rather than look after them.

UK publisher: Bloomsbury So begins a life with no grown-ups where the Fielding Reader children can adopt as many dogs, cats, monkeys and Four-book series: horses as they like. Free at last from interference from The House at World’s End; their relatives, they begin to fend for themselves, Summer at World’s End; World’s End in Winter; Spring adding to their already sizeable collection of animals – Comes to World’s End rescuing them from the thoughtless cruelty of adults.

Publication: 2012

First publication: 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973

Page extent: 154; 168; 148; 170

Age: 7+

Genre: Adventure Monica was born in London in 1915, the great- Translation rights contact: granddaughter of Charles Dickens. While her father Silvia Molteni and grandfather pursued the legal profession which was Charles Dickens first career, his great- granddaughter followed in his literary steps. Her light and witty novels became hugely popular in their time for being ‘funny, poignant and perfect period pieces’ (The Sunday Telegraph). By many horse-loving children Monica Dickens will be remembered as the creator of Follyfoot a popular ITV series in the early 70s. It formed the base for the subsequent children’s books series.

CHILDREN’S FICTION

CAPTAIN SLAUGHTERBOARD DROPS ANCHOR by Mervyn Peake

‘Peake’s books are actual additions to life; they give, like certain rare dreams, sensations we have never had before, and enlarge our conception of the range of the possible experience.’ C.S. Lewis

Captain Slaughterboard is the most ferocious and wicked pirate you could ever imagine. He likes nothing better than cutting people up with his cutlass or making them walk the plank. Agent: Camilla Shestopal Then one day, on a remote island, he spies a strange UK publisher: Walker Books Yellow Creature – and from that time on, he’s a Publication: November 2009 changed man. How he loves the Yellow Creature! They become the best of friends, always together, First publication: 1939 sailing the oceans. But will Captain Slaughterboard ever drop anchor for good? Page extent: 48

Age: 3+

Genre: Picture book

Translation rights contact: Silvia Molteni

Rights sold: French (Joie de Lire) German (Scheidegger & Spiess)

Born of British parents in China in 1911, Mervyn Peake was an acclaimed writer, artist, poet and illustrator. He is best known for his Gormenghast books.

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