Bologna!Rights!Guide! ! 2016! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

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! 1! FEATURED(LIST( 5!

KRISTEN(CICCARELLI( 6! ASKARI! 6! STEPHANIE(GARBER( 7! CARAVAL! 7! ALWYN(HAMILTON( 8! REBEL!OF!THE!SANDS! 8! DUSTIN(HANSEN( 9! MICROSAURS! 9! HARRIET(REUTER(HAPGOOD( 10! THE!SQUARE!ROOT!OF!SUMMER! 10! A.G.(HOWARD( 11! ROSEBLOOD! 11! JULIE(ISRAEL( 12! JUNIPER!LEMON’S!HAPPINESS!INDEX! 12! ADAM(SILVERA( 13! THEY!BOTH!DIE!AT!THE!END! 13! ANGELA(THOMAS( 14! THE!HATE!U!GIVE! 14! EMILY(TRUNKO( 15! DEAR!MY!BLANK! 15! THE!LAST!MESSAGE!RECEIVED! 16! CECILIA(VINESSE( 17! SEVEN!DAYS!OF!YOU! 17! FRANCESCA(ZAPPIA( 18! ELIZA!AND!HER!MONSTERS! 18!

FRONTLIST( 19!

PAUL(ACAMPORA( 20! HOW!TO!SURVIVE!EXTINCTION! 20! FRED(ACEVES( 21! THE!CLOSEST!I’VE!COME! 21! STEPHANIE(BURGIS( 22! THE!DRAGON!WITH!A!CHOCOLATE!HEART! 22! SARAH(CANNON( 23! ODDITY! 23! TERA(LYNN(CHILDS(AND(TRACY(DEEBS( 24! THE!HERO!AGENDA!SERIES! 24! JESSICA(CLUESS( 25! A!SHADOW!BRIGHT!AND!BURNING! 25! JEN(SWANN(DOWNEY( 26! THE!NINJA!LIBRARIANS!SERIES! 26! CLAIRE(FAYERS( 27! THE!VOYAGE!TO!MAGICAL!NORTH! 27! PAUL(GAMBLE( 28! THE!MINISTRY!OF!SUITS! 28! (

! 2! SAM(GARTON( 29! I!AM!OTTER!SERIES! 29! SHEILA(GRAU( 30! THE!BOY!WITH!SEVENTEEN!SENSES! 30! DR.!CRITCHLORE’S!SCHOOL!FOR!MINIONS!SERIES! 31! HEIDI(HEILIG( 32! THE!GIRL!FROM!EVERYWHERE! 32! THE!SHIP!BEYOND!TIME! 32! BONNIEESUE(HITCHCOCK( 33! THE!SMELL!OF!OTHER!PEOPLE’S!HOUSES! 33! DONNA(HOSIE( 34! THE!DEVIL!SERIES! 34! ADITI(KHORANA( 35! MIRROR!IN!THE!SKY! 35! TAYLOR(KITCHINGS( 36! YARD!WAR! 36! THE!TIDINGS!TREE! 36! SARAH(LARIVIERE( 37! THE!BAD!KID! 37! KATHERINE(LOCKE( 38! THE!GIRL!WITH!THE!RED!BALLOON! 38! CASEY(LYALL( 39! HOWARD!WALLACE,!P.I.! 39! BRAD(MCLELLAND(AND(LOUIS(SYLVESTER( 40! THE!LOST!CAUSES! 40! DANA(MIDDLETON( 41! THE!INFINITY!YEAR!OF!AVALON!JAMES! 41! GOLDY(MOLDAVSKY( 42! KILL!THE!BOY!BAND! 42! J.M.M.(NUANEZ( 43! MY!PERFECT!ME! 43! LIANNE(OELKE( 44! HOUSE!OF!ORANGE! 44! KATHRYN(ORMSBEE( 45! LUCKY!FEW! 45! TASH!HEARTS!TOLSTOY! 46! LYGIA(DAY(PEÑAFLOR( 47! UNSCRIPTED!JOSS!BYRD! 47! LIZ(ROSENBERG( 48! HOUSE!OF!DREAMS! 48! ADAM(SILVERA( 49! HISTORY!IS!ALL!YOU!LEFT!ME! 49! ROBIN(STEVENS( 50! MURDER!MOST!UNLADYLIKE!SERIES! 50! STEPHANIE(KATE(STROHM( 51! PRINCE!IN!DISGUISE! 51! PAUL(TOBIN( 52! HOW!TO!CAPTURE!AN!INVISIBLE!CAT! 52!

! 3! SARAH(TOLCSER( 53! RIVERBORN! 53! SHELLEY(TOUGAS( 54! A!PATRON!SAINT!FOR!JUNIOR!BRIDESMAIDS! 54! EMMA(TREVAYNE( 55! HOUSE!OF!MONTHS!AND!YEARS! 55! GAMESCAPE:!OVERWORLD! 56!

FULL(CATALOGUE( 57!

BECKY(ALBERTALLI( 58! SIMON!VS.!THE!HOMO!SAPIENS!AGENDA! 58! RACHAEL(ALLEN( 59! 17!FIRST!KISSES! 59! JUNE(2014( 59! THE!REVENGE!PLAYBOOK! 60! AMANDA(ASHBY( 61! DEMONOSITY! 61! (STEPHANIE(BURGIS( 62! KAT,!INCORRIGIBLE!SERIES! 62! YANGSZE(CHOO( 63! THE!GHOST!BRIDE! 63! SAM(HAY( 64! THE!SCREAMING!SANDS!SERIES! 64! A.G.(HOWARD( 65! SPLINTERED!SERIES! 65! HEIDI(SCHULZ( 66! HOOK’S!REVENGE! 66! HOOK’S!REVENGE:!THE!PIRATE!CODE! 66! ADAM(SILVERA( 67! MORE!HAPPY!THAN!NOT! 67! TRICIA(STIRLING( 68! WHEN!MY!HEART!WAS!WICKED! 68! SHELLEY(TOUGAS( 69! THE!GRAHAM!CRACKER!PLOT! 69! FINDERS,!KEEPERS! 70! EMMA(TREVAYNE( 71! FLIGHTS!AND!CHIMES!AND!MYSTERIOUS!TIMES! 71! THE!ACCIDENTAL!AFTERLIFE!OF!THOMAS!MARSDEN! 72! LISA(TYRE( 73! LAST!IN!A!LONG!LINE!OF!REBELS! 73! SANDRA(WAUGH( 74! LARK!RISING! 74! SILVER!EVE! 74! LYNN(WEINGARTEN( 75! SUICIDE!NOTES!FROM!BEAUTIFUL!GIRLS! 75! FRANCESCA(ZAPPIA( 76! MADE!YOU!UP! 76!

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! 5! KRISTEN!CICCARELLI! ! Askari! Agent:!Heather!Flaherty! Young!Adult! Fall!2017! ! Sweeping,(cinemati! c,(multiEcultural(and(relevant;(an(incredible( YA(fantasy(in(the(vein(of(! Graceling(and(The,Winner’s,Curse.( !! There’s!! one! name! in! Firgaard! more! feared! than! any! other:! Askari.!! Life%taker.! It’s! what! Asha’s! been! called! ever! since! she! summoned!Kovu! —an!ancient!dragon!that!destroyed!her!home! eight!! years! ago.! When! Kovu! reemerges,!! her! father! offers! to! cancel!! Asha’s! arranged! marriage! in! exchange! for! Kovu’s! head.! Only!one!obstacle!stands!in!her!way:!the!slave!she!reluctantly!! saved!! from! her! monstrous! betrothed.! A! slave! that! Asha! has! questionable!fe! elings!for.! ! ! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:(( And! if! there’s! one! thing! deadlier! than! hunting! a! dragon,! it’s! ! US:(Harper!Children’s! falling!in!love!with!a!slave.! UK:(Gollancz! !! France:(Gallimard! Manuscript0available.0 ! Spain:(Nocturna! Germany:(Heyne! Next(in(this(trilogy:! ( Poland:(IUVI! (! Brazil:(Companhia!Das!Letras! Book(2:(! SCRUBLANDER,(to(be(published(in(2018( ! !! Roa,!! an! outlander! queen! suspected! of! treason,! must! sabotage! the! arranged! marriage! that! won! them!peace!in!order!to!save!the!king! —and!her!realm—from!bloodshed.! !! Book(3:(DEATHDANCER,(to(be(published(in(2019( (! In!the!search!for!the!missing!Namsara,!Safire!must!simultaneously!pretend!to!hunt!her!cousin!whil! e! protecting!her!from!hunters! —including!a!dangerous!pirate!thief!who!not!only!threatens!Asha's!life,! but!Safire's!own!heavily!fortified!heart.!! (! Kristen!Ciccarelli! !has!made!her!living!as!an!artisanal!baker,!an!indie!bookseller,!and!a!ceramic!artist.!She! hails!from!Ontario’s!Niagara!Peninsula!where!she!grew!up!on!her!grandfather’s!grape!farm.!There,!she!! spent!her!! days! running! wild! with! her! cousins! and!obsessing!over!books,! dragons,! and! girls! wielding! really!cool!weapons.!She!wrote!ASKARI!for!the!girl!she!used!to!be!(and!sometimes!still!is).!

! 6! STEPHANIE!GARBER! ! Caraval! Agent:!Jenny!Bent! Young!Adult! January!2017!

Full(of(romance,(intrigue,(and(drama:(! CARAVAL(is(The,Night,Circus(meets( Sleep,No,More(for(teens.(( !! Scarlett!Dragna!has!never!left!the!tiny!isle!of!Trisda,!pining!from!afar!for!! the!wonder!of!Caraval,!a!once! gagyear!weekglong!performance!where!the! audience!! plays! along! in! a! deadly! game! of! determining! what's! real! and! what's!fantasy.! ! ! When!! she! is! kidnapped! by! her! wild! younger! sister! Donatella! and! a! dangerous!yet!oh! gsogseductive!sailor!named!Julian!and!taken!to!the!site!of! this!year’s!Caraval,!her!sister!immediately!disappears.!!Scarlett!is!forced!to!! jo! in! forces! with! Julian! and! find! Tella! before! the! evil! Master! of! Caraval! To(be(followed(by(a( does.! !! ! sequel,(DREAMS(MADE( !! A(BEA(Buzz(Book(of(2016( !!OF(DARKNESS(in(2017.! ( Manuscript0available.! 0 ! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( "!With0CARAVAL,0Stephanie0Garber0spins00 US:(Flatiron!Books/Macmillan! UK:(Hodder! th a0spellbinding0tale0of0sisterhood,0love0and! 0 Film:(20 !Century!Fox!! ! Italy:(RCS!Ragazzi( ( 0!betrayal.0Like0her0characters,0I0lost0myself0! 0 Germany:(Piper! ! ! Indonesia:(Noura! ! in0the0dangerous,0enchanting0world0she0! 0 Brazil:(Novo!Conceito(( ( Spain:(Planeta!! ! created—and0never0wanted0to0come0out."0 Finland:(WSOY! ! ! ! Japan:(Kino!Books( —Sabaa(Tahir,(author(of(the(New,York,, France:(Bayard! ! ! Russia:(AtticusgAzbooka! Times! (bestseller(Ember,In,the,Ashes! Israel:(Miskal! ! ! ! Portugal:(Presenca! ,! “!Enchanting0and0mysterious,0Stephanie00 Norway:(Aschehoug! ! ! Hungary:(Libri!! ! Garber's0CARAVAL0is0a0story0rich0with0! 0 Turkey:(Dogan! ! ! Romania:(RAO! sumptuous0detail,0beautifully0written.”0! 0 China:(Booky! ! ! ! Taiwan:(Faces!! ! —! Renée(Ahdieh,(author(of(The,Wrath,, Bulgaria:(BARD! ! ! Poland:(Znak! !!! and,the,Dawn! , Netherlands:(LuitinghgSijthoff!! Czech(Republic:(Egmont !!! ! ! "!Intoxicating.0Darkly0magical.0CARAVAL0walks0the0knife%edge0between0fantasy0and0reality.0Within0mere0pages,0I0 gladly0lost0myself0in0this0perfect0labyrinth0of0a0plot.0Stephanie0Garber0d! oesn't0just0dazzle—she0makes0me0believe."! —Jodi(Meadows,(author(of(The(Incarnate(Trilogy(and(The,Orphan,Queen, ( ! Visit!www.stephaniegarberauthor.com! ! Stephanie!Garber!teaches!creative!writing!at!William!Jessup!University!in!California.!She!volunteers!as!a!! writing!mentor!for!Pitch!Wars!and!is!a!blogger!on!Pub(lishing)!Crawl.!This!is!her!first!novel.! ! ! 7! ALWYN!HAMILTON! ! Rebel!of!the!Sands! Agent:!Molly!Ker!Hawn! Young!Adult! March!2016! ! Fast! Epaced( and( packed( with( charismatic( outlaws,( train( robberies,(and(an(electrifying(love(story,(! REBEL(OF(THE(SANDS( is(the(first(book(of(a(trilogy(and(is(a(Wild! EWestEmeetsEArabian( Nights(YA(fantasy(perfect(for(! fans(of( Shadow, and, Bone, and( The,Girl,of,Fire,and,Thorns! .( !! ! Sixteengyeargold!sharpshooter!Amani!Al’Hiza!never!doubted!she’d! ! escape!the!miserable!oneghorse!desert!town!where!she!was!born.! ! When!she!enters!a!disastrous!shooting!contest!against!Jin,!a!rakish! ! foreigner,! she! has! no! idea! of! his! connection! to! the! ongoing! war! ! between!the!ruthless!Sultan!of!Miraji!and!his!exiled!son,!the!Rebel! ! Prince.! Soon! the! pair! are! fleeing! across! a! desert! crawling! with! Book(2,(TRAITOR(TO(THE( ! vicious! bandits,! terrifying! ghuls,! and! powerful! djinni,! and! the! THRONE,(is(forthcoming(in(2017.( ! Sultan’s!army!is!getting!closer!every!day.!! ! ! ! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( But! the! Rebel! Prince! has! a! secret! weapon,! and! now! he! wants! ! US:(Viking/Penguin! Amani!to!join!his!revolution.!All!Amani!ever!wanted!was!to!escape! ! Audio:(Recorded!Books! ! the!desert!and!find!adventure—but!will!the!desert!let!her!go?! ! ! Germany:(CBT! ! ! Finished0books0available.0 France:(Pocket!Jeunesse! ! ! ! UK:(Faber!Children’s!! ! ! Brazil:(Companhia!Das!Letras! A(Barnes(&(Noble(Most(Anticipated(YA(Fantasy(Selection( ! Spain:(Planeta! ! ! A(Publisher’s(Lunch(Buzz(Book( ! Turkey:(Dogan!Egmont!! ! ! An(American(Booksellers(Assoiciation(Kids’(Indie(Next(Pick( ! Italy:(Giunti! ! ! ! ! Israel:(Modan!! ! PRAISE(FOR(REBEL,OF,THE,SANDS:( ! Holland:(LuitinghgSijthoff! ! (! Bulgaria:(Egmont! “From0the0irresistible0opening0paragraph,0this0rollicking0caper0! 0 Serbia:(Urban!Reads! expertly0! mashes0up0a0gritty0Middle0East0with0a0steampunk0Old0West,00 succeeding0through0the0infectious0voice0of0its0heroine:0brash,0witty,0! 0 ! cynical,0and0fierce,0with0an0aching,0vulnerable0core0and0a0suppressed0streak0of0idealism.”0! 0 —! Kirkus,Reviews,(starred(review0 0! “This0atmospheric0fantasy0combines0magic,0mythology,0and0the0Wild0West0to0create0a0riveting0tale.”0! 0 —Booklist,(starred(review0 ! ! 8! DUSTIN!HANSEN! ! Microsaurs! Book!1:!Follow!that!TinygDactyl! Agent:!Gemma!Cooper! Chapter!Book! January!2017!

Jurassic,! Park( meets( Honey,,I,Shrunk, the, Kids, in(this, series(following( the(! adventures( of( a( scienceEloving( boy( and( his( thrillEseeking( best( ! friend(as(they(discover(that(dinosaurs(didn't(go(extinct! —they(just(got( smaller.! (( !! After!! finding! his! way! to! the! notgsogsecret! lab! of! Professor! Penrod,! dinosaur!addict!Danny!Thatcher!presses!a!big!red!button,!gets!slathered!! with!! orange! ShrinkgOgMatic! goop,! and! finds! himself! shrunk! into! a! microscopic!! land! with! his! best! friend,! Lin! Song,! and! hundreds! of! dinosaurs.!Or!at!least!Danny!thi! nks!they’re!dinosaurs—until!he!and!Lin! meet!Professor!Penrod!who!tells!them!they!are!actually!Microsaurs,!the!! direct!descendants!of!the!massive!reptiles!that!once!covered!the!earth.! ! !! Danny!and!Lin!need!to!ge! t!regsized!and!quickly,!but!the!ExpandgOgMatic! is! broken.! They! venture! across! Microtopia! riding! the! Microsaurs,! but! ! ! can!they!fix!the!machine!in!time?! ! ! ! Manuscript0available0April02016.0 ! ! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( ! World(English:!Feiwel!&!Friends/Macmillan! ! ! FOLLOW(THAT(TINYEDACTYL(is(the(first( ! in(the(sixEbook(Microsaurs,series.( ! ! ! ! ! Author/illustrator! Dustin! Hansen! is! currently! the! art! director! at! ! virtual! reality/video!game! developer! The! Void.! Previously,! he! was! ! creative! director! at! the! world’s! largest! video! game! publisher,! Electronic! Arts,! where! he! has! worked! on! projects!targeted! at! the! ! MG!audience!for!20!years.!He!has!also!worked!as!a!concept!artist! ! and!background!painter!for!the!games!and!film!industries,!working! ! with!clients!like!Disney,!Sony!and!Warner!Brothers.!He!lives!in!Utah,! with!his!wife!and!children.! ! ! 9! HARRIET!REUTER!HAPGOOD! ! The!Square!Root!of!Summer! Agent:!Gemma!Cooper! Young!Adult! May!2016! ! THE(SQUARE(ROOT(OF(S! UMMER(will(appeal(to(fans(of(The,Sky, Is,! Everywhere, and( Before, I, Fall—YA( contemporary( with( a( twist.! ( !! A!! seventeengyeargold! physics! prodigy! navigates! a! summer! of! grief,!! worldgstopping! kisses! and! rips! in! the! spacegtime! continuum,!as!! she!tries! to! reconcile! her! first! heartbreak! with! her!last.! ! ! ! ! Manuscript0available.0 ! P! RAISE(FOR(THE,SQUARE,ROOT,OF,SUMMER:( (! An(American(Booksellers(Association( “!A0story0of0complex0grief,0love,0and0growth,0best0for0 “Indies(Introduce”(selection( 0!intellectual0romantics.”!—Kirkus,Reviews, ! , RIGHTS(SOLD:( “An0emotional0roller! %coaster0ride0worth0taking.”00 US:(Roaring!Brook/Macmillan! ! —! School,Library,Journal,(starred(review! ( ( ! Audio:(Audible! ! “!Liberally0sprinkled0with0references0to0quantum0 UK:(Macmillan! ! ! ! mechanics,0this0sophisticated,0magic! %realism%tinged0 Brazil:(Intrinseca! debut0considers0some0big0questions0while0keeping0its0! France:(Pocket!Jeunesse! ! ! feet0firmly0planted0in0the0realities0of0human0! Spain:(Urano!! ! emotion…Hapgood’s0novel0will0lodge0in0the0hearts0of0! Italy:(Rizzoli!Ragazzi/RCS!Libri! readers0looking0for0a0brainier0! take0on0romance.”!! Germany:(Fischer! ! ! —Booklist( Russia:(AST!License!Ltd.! ! ( Turkey:(Pegasus!Yayincilik! Visit!www.harrietreuterhapgood.com! ! ! ! Harriet!! Reuter! Hapgood! is! a! freelance! journalist,! and! has! worked! as! the! chief! subgeditor! of! fashion! periodical!! Marie! Claire! Runway,! helped! launch! ELLE! Wedding,! and!contributed! to! InStyle! and! the! Independent! .!THE!SQUARE!ROOT!OF!SUMMER!was!inspired!by!her!German!mathematician!grandfather! and!a!lifelong!obsession!with!YA! !romance!—!from!her!firstgever!article!in!J17!to!a!thesis!on!"Dawson’s! Creek",!via!a!dissertation!on!romantic!comedies!at!Newcastle!University.!The!winner!of!Hot!Key!Books’! inaugural! Unlocked! romance! writing! competition,! her! egnovella! Last0 Christmas! was! published! in! December!2013.!Harriet!lives!in!Brighton.!!

! 10! A.G.!HOWARD! ! ! RoseBlood! Agent:!Jenny!Bent! Young!Adult! January!2017!

Rune!Germaine!moves!to!a!boarding!school!outside!of!Paris,!! only!! to! discover! that! at! this! operaShouseSturnedSmusicS conservatory,! phantoms! really! do! exist.! ROSEBLOOD! is! a! Phantom'! of' the' Opera–inspired! retelling! in! which! Rune’s! biggest!! talent—her! voice—is! also! her! biggest! curse.! Fans! of! Daughter' of' Smoke' and' Bone! and! the! Splintered! series! will! find!themselves!captivated!by!this!pulse! Spounding!spin!on!a! classic!tale.!! !! ! Manuscript'available.! ' ! RIGHTS$SOLD:$ ! World$English:$Amulet/Abrams! PRAISE$FOR$A.G.$HOWARD’S$SPLINTERED:$ $ $ ! $! “Alyssa'is'one'of'the'most'unique'protagonists'I've'come'! ' across'in'a'while.'SPLINTERED'is'dark,'twisted,'entirely'riveting,'and'a'truly'romantic'tale.”'—USA*Today' ' ! “…a'deft,'complex'metamorphosis'of'this'children’s'fantasy'made'more'enticing'by'competing'romantic' interests,'a'! psychedelic'setting,'and'more'mad'violence'than'its'original.”'—Booklist' '! “Madder'than'the'Hatter’s'tea'party'and'way'more'fun,'A.G.'Howard’s'SPLINTERED'is'a'beautifullyO evoked,'lush,'wild'tale'of'illus! ions,'hysteria,'magic'and'love.”$—Lauren$Oliver,$New*York* Times>bestselling$author$of$Before*I*Fall* !! "!SPLINTERED'is'a'delicious,'mad,'wonderful'read.'I'can't'recommend'it'highly'enough."!—Melissa$Marr,$ author$of$the$! New*York*TimesTbestselling*Wicked*Lovely*series'' ! ! ! Visit!www.aghoward.com! Foreign$publishers$of$A.G.$Howard$include:$ ! Brazil:$Novo!Conceito!! Turkey:$Pegasus!Yayinlari! Israel:$Korim! ! ! Taiwan:$Wisdom!Distribution!Corp! A.G.$Howard’s$Splintered* ! Czech:$Albatros!Media! Croatia:$Lumen! series$is$a$New*York*Times* ! Italy:$Newton!Compton! Germany:$Bertelsmann!Juvenile!! bestselling$series$that$has$ ! Spain:$Oz!Editorial$ $ Japan:$Take!Shobo$ $ sold$over$300,000$copies!$ Vietnam:!1980Books! ! ! ! ! 11! JULIE!ISRAEL! ! Juniper!Lemon’s!Happiness!Index! Agent:!Susan!Hawk! Young!Adult! Summer!2017! ! A(contemporary(YA(novel(about(loss,(where(happiness(comes( from,(and(just(how(brave(a(pair(of(! rubber(boots(can(make(you( feel.! (!It’s( perfect( for( fans( of( Sara( Zarr’s( novels( and( Jandy( Nelson’s(The,Sky,is,Everywhere.( !! Sixty! gfive!days!after!the!death!of!her!older!sister,!sixteengyearg old!Juniper!Lemon!discovers!the!breakgup!letter! addressed! to! “You”!! Camilla! wrote! the! day! she! died.! Juni! is! shocked! –! she! knew!nothing!of!this!You,!and!now!the!gaping!hole!in!her!life!! that!was!her!sister,!feels!that!much!bigger.!She’s!determined!to! uncover!the!identity! !of!You!and!deliver!the!letter.!Maybe!that! would!help!fill!the!hole,!even!if!only!a!bit.! ! ! ! But!what!Juniper!doesn’t!expect!is!that!in!searching!for!You!she! ! will! unearth! other! notes! and! secrets! –! and! that! may! be! just! what!sh! e!needs!to!sort!out!her!own!mess.!!! !! ! Manuscript0available.! 0 ! ! ! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( ! World(English:(Kathy!Dawson!Books/Penguin!BFYR! ! ! Visit!www.julieisrael.com! ! ! Debut!author!Julie!Israel!lives!in!Portland,!Oregon!and!holds!a!BA!in!Creative!Writing.!After!a! ! stint!teaching!English!in!Japan,!she!returned!to!her!native!state!to!indulge!in!real!cheese!and! write!fiction.!When!not!writing,!she!is!likely!reading,!making!art,!or!learning!one!of!too!many! languages!to!keep!straight.!! !

! 12! ADAM!SILVERA! ! They!Both!Die!at!the!End! Agent:!Brooks!Sherman! Young!Adult! Fall!2017! ! THEY%BOTH%DIE%AT%THE%END! %will%appeal%to%fans%of%I’ll$Give$You$ the$! Sun% and% the% author’s% New$ York$ TimesCbestselling% debut% More$Happy$Than$Not! .% !! Set!! in! a! near?future! New! York! City! where! a! service! alerts! people!on!the!day!they!will!die,!the!story!follows!teens!Mateo!! Torrez!and!Rufus!Emeterio,!who! !have!both!received!notice!that! they!will!die!in!the!next!24!hours,!and!who!end!up!connecting!! ! with!one!another!through!the!Last!Friend!app!on!their!phones.! ! Now,! with! each! of! them! coming! to! terms! with! their! own! ! RIGHTS%SOLD:% mortality!! in! very! different! ways,! they! are! faced! with! the! World%English:%!HarperTeen! challenge!of!living!a!lifetime!together!on!their!End!Day.! ! ! ! Manuscript!available.! ! ! Adam%Silvera’s%MORE%HAPPY%THAN%NOT%is:% ! A New York Times Bestseller ! A New York Times Editors’ Choice Book ! A Booklist Top 10 Novel for LGBTQ Youth Visit!www.adamsilvera.com! ! An ABA Indie Next Selection ! A B&N Most-Anticipated YA Debut Foreign%publishers%of%Adam%Silvera%! A Huffington Post Most-Anticipated YA Debut include:! % UK:%! Simon!&!Schuster!UK! A YALSA 2016 Best Fiction for Young Adults Pick Spain:%! Urano!! ! ! A Kirkus Best Book of 2015 Taiwan:%! Global! An ALA Rainbow Book List Selection Turkey:%! Pegasus!Yayincilik! ! A Pop Crush Top 10 YA Pick Brazil:%! Rocco! A Paste Magazine Top 30 YA Selection Denmark:%! Gyldendal! A B&N 2015 Best YA Choice ! ! A Booklist Editor’s Choice for 2015 ! Adam! Silvera! has! worked! in! the! publishing! A Bustle Top 10 YA Pick ! industry! as! a! children's! bookseller,!marketing! A NYPL Top 10 Fave for Teens Selection assistant!! at! a! literary! development! company,! A CCBC Best of Year Selection and! book! reviewer! of! children's!and! young! adult!novels.! A Children’s Choice Book Awards Finalist % ! 13! ANGELA!THOMAS! ! The!Hate!U!Give! Agent:!Brooks!Sherman! Young!Adult! Spring!2017! ! THE( HATE( U( GIVE( by( Angela( Thomas(is( an( extraordinary,( ! important(novel,(set(in(the(gritty(world(of(! The,Wire(with(the( moral(! complexity( of( Spike( Lee’s, Do, the, Right, Thing.( Accessible(and(engaging,(it(deftly(blends(tragedy(with(hope,(! humor,(! and( heart,( generously( welcoming( readers( to( put( stereotypes(aside(and(consider(what(prejudice(looks(like(in(! the(21st(century.! (( ! Sixteen! gyeargold! Starr! inhabits! two! worlds:! the! poor! black! n! eighborhood! where! she’s! always! lived,! and! her! posh! high! school!in!the!suburbs.!The!uneasy!balance!between!them!is!! shattered!when!Starr!witnesses!the!fatal!shooting!of!her!best!! frien! d,!Khalil,!by!a!police!officer.!And!when!Starr!has!to!testify! ! in!court!about!the!terrifying!night!that!changed!her!life,!what! ! she!does!or!doesn’t!say!could!destroy!her!community.!! ! ! It!could!also!get!her!killed.! ! !! Manuscript0available.0 ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( ! US:(HarperCollins/Balzer!&!Bray! ! UK:(Walker! ! ! Germany:(CBT! ! France:(Nathan!Jeunesse! Turkey:(Indigo!Kitap!Yayinlari! ! ! Spain:!Oceano! ! Visit!acthomaswrites.blogspot.com! ! ! Angela!Thomas!was!born,!raised,!and!still!resides!in!Jackson,!Mississippi!where!she!works!for! ! ! a!local!church.!She!is!a!former!teen!rapper!whose!greatest!accomplishment!was!an!article!in! ! Right%On0 Magazine.! She! holds! a! BFA! in! Creative! Writing! and! can! still! rap! if! needed.! THE! ! HATE!U!GIVE!is!her!first!novel.! ! !

! 14! EMILY!TRUNKO! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( Dear!My!Blank! US:(Crown!Books!for!Young! Agent:!Heather!Flaherty! Readers/Random!House( YA!Crossover! Germany:(Loewe! November!2016! Russia:(AST!Publishers! ! ! Have!you!ever!written!a!letter!that!you!never!intended!to!send?!! You’re!not!alone.! !! !! Over!65,000!anonymous!letters!have!been!sent!to!! DEAR!MY!BLANK0 (!www.dearmyblank.tumblr.com)! the! Tumblr! Cosmopolitan! called! “an!! addictive! site! full! of! stranger’s! secrets.”! These! letters! are! an! incredible!! reminder! that! no! matter! how! alone! we! feel,! there! is! always!! someone!who!will!understand.!! ! With!36,000!new!notes!every!month,!and!posts!gaining!views!in!the!hundredsgofgthousands,!the!blog! ! garnered!international!media!attention,!going!viral!on!sites!like!Buzzfeed,!Bustle,!Distractify,!and!Hello0 ! Giggles.!! ! ! ! The!book!will!offer!favorite!letters!of!the!Tumblr,!as!well!as!brand!new!ones!never!before!seen,!and!is! ! being! illustrated! by! the! fantastic! Lisa( Congdon( (http://lisacongdon.com),! whose! clients! include! ! MoMA,!Simon!&!Schuster,!Harper! Collins,!Random! House,! Martha! Stewart! Living,!Chronicle! Books,! ! Running!Press,!Urban!Outfitters.!Early!samples!for!the!book!can!be!seen!below.! ! ! Proposal0available.! 0 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! 15! The!Last!Message!Received! Agent:!Heather!Flaherty! YA!Crossover! January!2017! ! How!many!messages!from!loved!ones!have!you!saved?!! What!if!one!of!those!messages!was!the!last!one?! !! !! Within!! just!months! of! being!launched,!Fifteengyeargold! Emily!! Trunko’s! Tumblr,! THE! LAST! MESSAGE! RECEIVED0 (!www.thelastmessagereceived.tumblr.com),! has! gained! close!to!100,000!followers!and!is!growing!rapidly.! ! !! Featured!! in! the! 0 New0 York0 Times,0 the0 Guardian,0 the0 Telegraph,0! the0Independent,0the0Daily0Mail,!and!on!BBC! and!Buzzfeed!and!so!many!more!media!spots,!THE!LAST! MESSAGE!! RECEIVED! now! has! over! 20,000! new! ! submissions!waiting!eagerly!to!be!posted.!! ! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( THE!! LAST! MESSAGE! RECEIVED! is! a! collection! of! US:(Crown!Books!for!Young! endings.!Last!words!from!people!the!recipients!never! Readers/Random!House( saw!! again—whether! or! not! the! separation! was! Germany:(Loewe! voluntary.!! These! messages! and! the! stories! that! Russia:(AST!Publishers! accompany!them!are!both!heartbreaking!and!inspiring.! Each!one!is!a!tale!of!love,!loss,!and!hope,!reminding!us!! that!life!should!never!be!taken!for!granted.!The!book!! ! will!be!similar!in!layout!to!Dear0My0Blank,0but!the!style! will!be!very!different!as!Random!House!is!seeking!out!! a! different! illustrator.! Approximately! 150! messages! will!be!highlighted!! g!both!fan!favorites!and!brand!new! messages!! never! before! seen!! Repeating! borders! and! illustrations! will! be! used! throughout! the! book,! and! certain!letters!will!get!individual!artist!attention.! ! !! Proposal0available.! 0 !

Fifteengyeargold!Emily!Trunko!started!her!blogs!only!months!ago,!and!they!have!accrued!over! 120,000! followers! and! have! been! featured! by! the0 New0 York0 Times,! the0 Times! of! London,! Cosmopolitan,!Buzzfeed,!and!Bustle,!as!well!as!many!others.!

! 16! CECILIA!VINESSE! ! Seven!Days!of!You! Agent:!Molly!Ker!Hawn! Young!Adult! March!2017! Part(! Before,Sunrise,(part(Lost,in,Translation,(SEVEN(DAYS(OF( YOU! , is( a( romantic,( wistful,( and( witty( YA( contemporary( novel( perfect(for(fans(of(Stephanie(Perkins(and(Jennifer(E.( Smith.! ( ! Seventeengyeargold! Sophia! Wachowski! has! one! week! left! in! Tokyo,!! and! she’s!determined! to!enjoy! every!second! of!it— until!! Jamie! FostergCollins! comes! back! to! Japan! and! ruins! everything.!He!left!for!boarding!school!in!America!three!years! ago,!and!as!far!as!Soph! ia’s!concerned,!he!should!have!stayed! there.!The!last!thing!she!wants!to!deal!with!is!the!heartbreak! of!their!history!together.! ! !! The!more!she!sees!Jamie!struggle!to!fit!back!in!with!his!old! life,!the!more!she’s!drawn!to!him.!Exploring!the!city!together,!! th! ey! forge! a! lastgminute! connection! neither! of! them! anticipates.! But! can! their! one! short! week! of! Tokyo! adventures!end!in!anything!but!goodbye?! ! !! Manuscript0available.0 !! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( World(English:(Little,!Brown!BFYR! ! Italy:(Piemme! ! Germany:(DTV( France:(Pocket!Jeunesse! ! Spain:(Urano! ! Brazil:(Globo! ! Visit!www.ceciliavinesse.com! ! Cecilia!Vinesse!is!a!28gyeargold!dual!citizen!of!the!US!and!the!UK,!and!like!Sophia,!she!went!to!the! international!school!in!Tokyo.!She!is!a!graduate!of!Barnard!College!in!New!York!and!holds!an!M.A.! in! creative!writing!from!the!University!of!St.!Andrews.! She! lives!in! England!with!her!partner,!a! small!pug,!and!extensive!collections!of!tea!and!books.!

! 17! FRANCESCA!ZAPPIA! ! Eliza!and!Her!Monsters! Agent:!Louise!Fury! Young!Adult! Fall!2017! ! Rainbow( Rowell’s( Fangirl( meets( Scott( Westerfeld’s( Afterworlds(in(a(story(about(creating(art,(sharing(fandom,(and( fighting(monsters.( ! ! By! day! she! is! Eliza,! a! quiet,! lonely! student.! By! night,! she! is! LadyConstellation,! the! famous! and! anonymous! creator! of! Monstrous! Sea,! the! wildly! popular! online! comic.! By! day! he! is! Wallace,!the!new!boy!at!school!who!doesn't!talk.!By!night!he!is!! the!most!popular!Monstrous!Sea!fanfiction!writer!in!the!world.! !! Wallace!doesn’t!know!Eliza!is!LadyConstellation,!but!he!thinks!! she’s!! a! fan,! and! he’s! determined! to! be! her! friend.! As! their! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( friendship!grows!stronger,!secrets!grow!bigger!until!everything! World(English:( she’s!built—her!story,!her!relationship!with!Wallace,!and!even! Greenwillow/HarperCollins! her!sanity—begins!to!crumble!around!her.! !! ! The! narrative! is! structured! in! a! unique! way! that! includes! the! Foreign(publishers(of( notes! from! Wallace,! online! conversations,! and! transcripts,! as! Francesca(Zappia(include:! well!as!art!and!comic!book!pages!of!the!real!Monstrous!Sea.! Germany:(DTV! ! !! France:(R!Collection/Laffont! Manuscript0and0art0available.0 Brazil:(Verus! ! ! ! Czech(Republic:(Euromedia! PRAISE(FOR(FRANCESCA(ZAPPIA’S(MADE,YOU,UP:( Slovakia:(Ikar!! ! (! “This0debut’s0talented0author0creates0interesting0characters0and0a00 Turkey:(Pegasus!Yayincilik! suspenseful0plot0to0draw0readers0in…”!—Kirkus,Reviews0 Taiwan:!Ecus!! !(! ! !!“Zappia0sets0a0fast0pace0that0she0maintains0throughout.0Readers0will0be0kept0on0their0toes0with0quick% witted0dialogue…as0well0as0plot0twists0and0big0reveals.0Zappia0tackles0some0big0issues0in0her0debut,0 creating0a0messy,0hopeful,0even0joyful0book.”!—School,Library,Journal, ! ! Visit!www.francescazappia.com! Francesca!Zappia!is!the!author!of!Made0You0Up!(Greenwillow/HarperCollins)!and!is!a!gifted!artist!and! college!student.!She!was!the!recipient!of!the!University!of!Indianapolis’!Presidential!Full!Scholarship.!! ! ! 18! ! ! ! Frontlist! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! 19! PAUL!ACAMPORA! ! How!to!Survive!Extinction! Agent:!Susan!Hawk! Middleggrade! Fall!2016! ! An(! intergenerational( road( trip( story( in( the( tradition( of( Joan( Bauer(and(Gary(Schmidt.! ( (! Leo’s!grandfather!died!one!year!ago,!and!nothing!has!been!the!! same!! since.! Now,! with!! the! anniversary! coming! up,! his! grandmother!plans!! a!road!trip!to!see!the!dinosaur!bones!she! never!! saw! while! her! husband! was! alive.! So! Leo,! his! cousin! Abbey,!! their! dog! Kermit,! and! Gram! head! across! country! to! Utah,!where!they!intend!to!visit!the!Cleveland!Lloyd!Dinosaur!! ! Quarry.!Except!that!Gram!decides!to!take!off!on!her!own!and! ! Leo’s!got!to!find!his!missing!grandparent—he!can’t!lose!both!of! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( them!! ! World(English:(Scholastic! !! HOW!TO!AVOID!EXTINCTION! 0is!a!middleggrade!roadgtrip!story! about!! growing! up,! getting! old,! and! figuring! out! all! the! things! we!can! —and!can’t—leave!behind.! !! Manuscript0available.! 0 Visit!www.paulacampora.com! ! PRAISE(FOR(! HOW,TO,SURVIVE,EXTINCTION:( (! "!With0a0compelling0plot,0sparkling0dialogue,0and0pitch%perfect0narrative,0readers0will0dig0this0 masterfully0crafted0novel0about0life,0families,0and0friendship! ."!—David(Lubar,(author( of! (Hidden,Talents(and(Sleeping,Freshmen,Never,Lie! !!! "!HOW0TO0AVOID0EXTINCTION0unearths0a0complex0story0of0heart,0humor,0and0hope.0I0laughed.0I0 ! cried.0I0may0have0to0get0an0allosaurus!tattoo.0And0definitely0eat0a0donut."!—Erin(Dionne,( ! author(of(the(14(Day(Mystery(series! ( ! ! Paul! Acampora! writes! novels! and! short! stories! for! teens,! middleggrade,! and! elementary! ! school!readers,!including!I0Kill0the0Mockingbird,!Rachel0Spinelli0Punched0Me0in0the0Face,!and! ! Defining0 Dulcie.! Paul! was!! born! and! raised! in! Bristol,! Connecticut,! and! now! lives! in! Pennsylvania’s!Lehigh!Valley.!! 0 ! 20! FRED!ACEVES! ! The!Closest!I’ve!Come! Agent:!Louise!Fury! Young!Adult! Fall!2017! ! James(! Howe’s( The, Misfits( meets( The, Perks, of, Being, a, Wallflower! .( !! A! ! poor! Hispanic! teen! surrounded!by! gang! violence! must! choose!! between! the! short! game,! stay! and! support! his! family,!or!the!long!game! —finish!school!and!get!out.! !! When!he!is!placed!in!an!! aftergschool!program!for!troubled! teens,!! he! meets! two! teens! who! are! nothing! like! him.! A! free! gspirited! girl! with! electricgblue! hair! and! a! gay! boy! ! obsessed! with! vintage! clothes.! His! two! new! friendships! ! change!the!way!he!sees!the!world!and!give!him!hope!that!! he!! can! escape! an! abusive! home! life,! finish! school,! and! avoid!becoming!an!inner!city!statistic.!But!then!everything!! spirals!out!of!control…! ! !! Funny!and!heartbreaking,!this!is!a!stunning!literary!debut! ! novel.! ! !! Manuscript0available.! 0 !! RIGHTS(SOLD:( ! World(English:(HarperTeen! ! ! ! Fred!Aceves!is!Hispanic!and!was!born!in!New!York.!He!grew!up!in!a!community!like!the! ! one! described! in! THE! CLOSEST! I’VE! COME,! a! tough,! workinggclass! neighborhood! filled! ! with!single!moms.!He!attended!five!high!schools!and!worked!two!jobs,!before!eventually! ! dropping!out!of!school.!He!later!earned!his!GED!and!traveled!around!the!world.! ! ! ! His! script! Urbania! was! a! semifinalist! in! the! FOX! Comedy! Script! Contest.! He! lives! in! ! Mexico!(his!father’s!native!land)!and!teaches!English!as!a!Second!Language.! ! !

! 21! STEPHANIE!BURGIS! ! The!Dragon!with!a!Chocolate!Heart! Agent:!Molly!Ker!Hawn! Middleggrade! Spring!2017!

THE(! DRAGON( WITH( A( CHOCOLATE( HEART, is( a( sparkling( middle! Egrade( fantasy,( part( Ella, Enchanted,( part( Patricia( Wrede’s(! Dealing,with,Dragons,(and(entirely(delicious.( !! When!! the! young! dragon! Aventurine! is! tricked! into! drinking! enchanted!hot!chocolate,!she!finds!herself!transformed!into!a!! twelve! gyeargold!human!girl.!But!she’s!still!the!fiercest!creature! in!! these! mountains—and! now! she’s! found! her! true! passion:! chocolate.!All!she!has!to!do!is!walk!on!two!feet!to!the!human!! city!! to! find! herself! an! apprenticeship! (whatever! that! is)! in! a! chocolate!! house! (which! sounds! delicious),! and! she’ll! ! be!conquering!new!territory!in!no!time…won’t!she?! RIGHTS(SOLD:( !! ! World(English:( Wild!and!reckless!young!Aventurine!brings!havoc!to!the!human! ! Bloomsbury!Children’s!! city! —but! she! finds! real! friendship! there,! too,! along! with! Germany:!Fischer! betrayal,!deception,!scrumptious!chocolate,!and!a!startling!new!! understanding!of!what!it!means!to!be!a!human!(and!a!dragon).!! ! !! Man! uscript0available.! To(be(followed(by(a(sequel,(to(be(published(in(2018.( ! ! Visit!www.stephanieburgis.com! PRAISE(FOR(STEPHANIE(BURGIS’(! KAT,,INCORRIGIBLE:, ,! “Burgis’0debut0title0rides0on0its0swift0pace0and0the0delightfully0feisty0Kat,0whose! 0fearless0and0frequently0 impulsive0actions0will0have0readers0cheering0her0on.”0! —Booklist0 ,! “Romance,0humor0and0magic0mark0this0brisk0debut0novel,0the0first0of0a0trilogy0set0in0! an0alternative0 Regency0England…! Burgis’0command0of0the0conventions0of0the0genre0is0evident0in0characterization0and0 plot,0putting0every0element0in0place0for0a0genteel0romp.”0—Kirkus,Reviews0 ! ! Stephanie!! Burgis’! middleggrade! fantasy! trilogy,! Kat,0 Incorrigible,! was! published! in! the! US! by! Simon! &! Schuster!and!in!the!UK!by!Templar.!The!first!book!in!the!trilogy!was!an!ABA!Indie!Next!selection!and!a!Bank! ! Street!Best!Book!for!Children.!Stephanie!is!a!dual!citizen!of!the!US!and!the!UK!and!lives!in!South!Wales!with! her!husband,!the!author!Patrick!Samphire,!and!their!two!children.!

! 22! SARAH!CANNON! ! Oddity! Agent:!Brooks!Sherman! Middleggrade! Fall!2017! ! A(middle! Egrade(Welcome,to,Night,Vale.! !! Eleven! gyeargold! Ada! Roundtree! was! born! and! raised! in! Oddity,!a!small!New!Mexico!town!where!the!dumpsters!can!! be!carnivorous,!aliens!big!and!small!walk!the! !streets,!and!the! local!! Protection! Committee! defends! inhabitants! from! the! Blurmonster! ,!a!giant!destructive…thing!that!roams!the!town! outskirts.!After!Ada's!twin!sister!Pearl!wins!the!town's!annual!! Sweepstakes!and!(like!all!previous!winners)!! disappears,!Ada! distracts!! herself! by! taking! newgkidgfromgChicago! Cayden! under!her!wing,!who!(for!som! e!reason)!is!having!a!hard!time! ! adjusting! to! Oddity’s! oddities.! Along! with! Ada's! best! friend! ! Raymond,!! they! amuse! themselves! exploring! the! oddities! of! Oddity…until!the!day!they!discover!the!secret!purpose!of!the!! Sweepstakes,!! and! they! realize! there! is! something! not! quite! right!! with! Oddity…something! that! just! might! explain! what! really!happened!to!Pearl.! ! !! Manuscript0available0June02016.! 0 ! ! ! ! ! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( ! World(English:(Feiwel!&!Friends! ! ! ! ! Sarah!Cannon!holds!a!bachelor's!degree!in!Education,!specializing!in!children!with!emotional! ! disturbance.!She!taught!in!public!schools!for!seven!years!and!continues!to!tutor!students!at! ! all!grade!levels!in!a! variety!of! subjects,! from!early!reading!to!SAT!preparation.! Sarah!is!a! founding!member!of!a!genre!fiction!critique!group!based!out!of!her!local!indie!bookstore.!

! 23! TERA!LYNN!CHILDS!AND!TRACY!DEEBS! ! The!Hero!Agenda!series! Agent:!Jenny!Bent! Young!Adult! June!2015!and!June!2016! Just(right(for(fans(of(! Vicious,by(V.E.(Schwab.( !! POWERLESS! is! about! Kenna,! an! ordinary! girl! in! a! superhero! world! whose!! life! flips! upsidegdown! when! villains! break! into! her! mother's! top! secret! lab!and!open! her! eyes! to!the!real!agenda! at!superhero! central,!! an! agenda! she! must! derail! before! her! mother,! her! best! friends,!! and! the! general! populationgvillains! and! ordinaries! alikeg become!its!ultimate!victims.! !! In!POWERLESS,!Kenna!learned!some!of!the!deepest!darkest!secrets!of!! the! superhero! world—and! in! doing! so,! loses! her! mother,! her! best! friend!! and! her! boyfriend! to! the! fight.! In! RELENTLESS,! she’s! determined!to!get!them!back,!no!matter!what!the!cost.!! !! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( ! World(English:!Sourcebooks! ! Visit!! www.teralynnchilds.com!and!www.tracygdeebs.blogspot.com! ! “The0! conflict0is0well0woven0throughout0the0book,0and0I0loved0the0overall0 creativity.0I0found0it0fascinating0that0two0authors0could0blend0together0! the0word0of0Marvel0and0DC0Comics0into0the0modern! %day0version0of0 superhero0and0villain! %filled0streets…! I0thought0POWERLESS0was0 awesome…This0book0could0become0the0next0! Hunger!Games!”00 —! School,Library,Journal,Teen,Review0 (! Tera!Lynn!Childs!is!the!award! gwinning!author!of!the!Oh.0My.0Gods.!series,!the!Fins! series,!and!the!Sweet0 Venom! !trilogy.!Her!books!have!been!named!to!the!Georgia!Peach!Book!Award!for!Teen!Readers,!the!Texas! Tayshas!High!School!Reading!List,!the!Pennsylvania!Young!Reader!Choice!Award,!and!the!Texas!Lone!Star!! Reading!List,!and!have!been!translated!into!a!dozen!langua! ges.! !! New0York0Times! g!and!USA0Today%bestselling!author!Tracy!Wolff/Tracy!Deebs!collects!books,!English!degrees! and!lipsticks!and!has!been!known!to!forget!where—and!sometimes!who—she!is!when!immersed!in!a!great! novel.!Now!an!English!professor!at!her!local!community!college,!she!writes!tales!of!romance!and!adventure! for!young!adults!and!adults.!! ! ! 24! JESSICA!CLUESS! ! A!Shadow!Bright!and!Burning! Agent:!Brooks!Sherman! Young!Adult! Fall!2016! ! A(! SHADOW( BRIGHT( AND( BURNING( is( the( first( novel( in( a( young! (adult( fantasy( trilogy( that( will(thrill( fans(of( Jonathan, Strange,&! ,Mr.,Norrell(and(Shadow,and,Bone.( !! ! In! a! world! where! women! with! magic! are! considered! ! dangerous,!Henrietta!Howel!can!burst!into!flames.! !Forced!to! reveal!her!power!to!save!a!friend,!Henrietta!is!shocked!when! ! instead!! of! being! executed,! she! is! declared! the! prophesied! one! —the! girl! who! will! defeat! the! monstrous! Ancients! terrorizing!! humanity—and! recruited! to! train! as! one! of! Her! Majesty’s!! royal! sorcerers.! But! Henrietta! is! not! what! she! seems,!and,!as!she!plays!a!dangerous!game!of!deception,!she!! RIGHTS(SOLD:( discovers!! that! the! sorcerers! have! their! own! secrets! to! US:(Random!House!Children’s! protect.! ! Brazil:(Galera! !! Spain:(Editorial!Hidra! Manuscript0available.! 0 ! PRAISE(FOR(! A,SHADOW,BRIGHT,AND,BURNING:( Jessica! Cluess! is! a! graduate! of! (! Northwestern! University! and,! “!I0was0transfixed0from0start0to0finish.”!—Victoria(Aveyard,(#1(( more! recently,! the! Clarion! New,York,Times! Rbestselling(author(of(Red,Queen,and(Glass,Sword0 Writers’! Workshop.! A! SHADOW! !! BRIGHT! AND! BURNING0 is! her! “!Unputdownable.0I0loved0the0monsters,0the0magic,0and0the0teen00 debut!novel.!! warriors0! who0are0their0world’s0best0hope!0Jessica0Cluess0is0an00 ! awesome0storyteller!”! !—Tamora(Pierce,(New,York,TimesRbestselling(author(of(the(Circle,of,Magic,series, ! ! ! “!A0fun,0inventive0fantasy.0I0totally0have0a0book0crush0on0Rook.”!—Sarah(Rees(Brennan,(bestselling(author( of(! Unspoken,and(the,Demon’s,Lexicon,trilogy! !! "!A0glorious,0fast%paced0romp0of0an0adventure.0Jessica0Cluess0has0built0her0story0out0of0my0favorite0 ingredients:0sorcery,0demons,0romance0and0danger! .”!—Kelly(Link,(author(of(Stranger,Things,Happen,and( Magic,for,Beginners! 0 (! A(SHADOW(BRIGHT(AND(BURNING(is(the(first(book(in(the(Kingdom,on,Fire,trilogy.(

! 25! JEN!SWANN!DOWNEY! ! The!Ninja!Librarians!series! Agent:!Susan!Hawk! Middleggrade! April!2014!and!April!2016!

THE(! NINJA( LIBRARIANS( is( middleEgrade( fantasy,( rich( with( mystery,( action,(! and( swordEplay;( just( right( for( fans( of( The, Escape,! from, Mr., Lemoncello’s,Library,! and(the(Mysterious,Benedict,Society.( (! Book(1:(The(Accidental(Keyhand! ( The!first!in!a!series!about! !Dorrie,!a!twelvegyeargold!girl!who!stumbles!on! Petrarch’s!! Library,! the! headquarters! of! a! secret! society! of! warrior! librarians!! who! use! their! mysterious! library! to! travel! time,! protecting! ! those! whose! words! have! exposed! them! to! danger.! She! longs! to! join! ! their!battle,!but!when!she!lea! rns!that!a!traitor!hides!within,!she!knows! that!! saving! Petrarch’s! Library! could! mean! erasing! herself! from! its! history! —forever.! ! Finished0books0available.! 0 Book(2:(Sword(in(the(Stacks( A!! traitor! has! stolen! Petrarch’s! Star,! a! powerful! artifact! capable! of! opening!a!passage!into!Petrarch’s!Library!against!the!librarians’!will,!and! only! !Dorrie!knows!where!in!time!he’s!gone.!To!find!him,!Dorrie!will!risk! never!! returning! to! the! Library! again,! betting! with! her! life! against! her! deepest!fear.! ! 0! PRAISE(FOR(THE,NINJA,LIBRARIANS:( 0! “[Downey]0shows0a0rare0gift0for0crafting0scrambles0so0madcap0that0! it's0hard0to0turn0the0pages0fast0enough0to0keep0up.0Well0worth0a0spot0 on0library0shelves...but0it0won't0stay0there0long.”0! —Kirkus,Reviews,( starred(! review( RIGHTS(SOLD:( 0! World(English:(Sourcebooks! “…the0melding0of0fantasy,0adventure,0and0history0is0enlightening.0! ! Dorrie0is0a0smart,0observant0wannabe0sword0fighter,0[and]0the0! Library0is0a0vivid,0well%drawn0world…Readers0who0miss0the0collegial,0 magical0setting0of0Hogwarts0will0enjoy0exploring0! Petrarch’s0Library.”, —! School,Library,Journal, ! ( Jen! Swann! Downey’s! nongfiction! writing! has! appeared! in!New0York0Magazine,!the0Washington0Post,!Women's0 Visit!www.jenswanndowney.com! Day,!and!other!publications.!! ! ! 26! CLAIRE!FAYERS! ! The!Voyage!to!Magical!North! Agent:!Gemma!Cooper! Middleggrade! July!2016! ! THE(VOYAGE(TO(MAGICAL(NORTH(is(a(rip! Eroaring(middleE( grade(! fantasy( adventure,( reminiscent( of( the( classic( storytelling(! of( Diana( Wynne( Jones’( Chrestomanci, series,( but(! with( the( humor( of( Jasper( Fforde’s( The, Last, Dragonslayer! ,series.! ! Twelve! gyeargold! Brine! Seaborne! is! a! girl! with! a! past!—!if! only!! she! could! remember! what! it! is.! Found! alone! in! a! rowboat! as! a! child,! clutching! a! shard! of! the! rare! starshell! needed!for!spell! gcasting,!she's!spent!the!past!years!keeping! house!! for! an! irritable! magician! and! his! obnoxious! apprentice,!Peter.! ! When!Brine!and!Peter!get!themselves!into!a!load!of!trouble!and!flee,!they!blunder!into!the!path!! of!! the!legendary!pirate!ship!the!Onion.!Before!you!can!say!"pieces!of!eight,"!they're!up!to!their! necks!in!the!pirates'!quest!to!find!Magical!North,!a!place!so!shrouded!in!secrets!and!myth!that!! most!people!don't!even!think!it!exists.!If!Brine!is!lucky,!she’ll! !find!her!place!in!the!world.!And!if! she's!unlucky,!everyone!on!the!ship!will!be!eaten!by!sea!monsters.!It!could!really!go!either!way.! ! !! Manuscript0available.! 0 ! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( ! World(English:(Holt/Macmillan! ! ! Visit!www.clariefayers.wordpress.com! ! ! A(sequel(continuing(Brine(and(Peter’s(adventures(will(follow(in(2017.( ! Claire!Fayers!was!born!and!brought!up!in!South!Wales,!an!area!of!the!country!sadly!deficient!in!! dragons.!! She! studied! English! at! Canterbury! University! and! then! built! a! successful! partgtime! freelance!career!writing!short!stories!for!women’s!magazines!until!t! he! lure! of! swashbuckling! and!magic!became!too!much.!She!now!lives!in!Cardiff!with!her!husband!and!two!rambunctious! cats.!The0Voyage0to0Magical0North0was!a!2014!British!SCBWI!Undiscovered!Voices!winner.! ! ! 27! PAUL!GAMBLE! ! The!Ministry!of!SUITs! Agent:!Gemma!Cooper! Middleggrade! July!2016! ! For(! fans( of( Artemis, Fowl( and( A, Hitchhiker's, Guide, To, The, Galaxy.! , ! ! ! Something!sinister!is!going!on,!and!twelve! gyeargold!Jack!sets! out!to!investigate!why!all!the!oddball!children!at!his!school!! are!! going! missing.! After! all,! he’s! the! newest! recruit! to!the! top! gsecret! Ministry! of! Strange,! Unusual! and! Impossible! Things!(M! gSUITs).!Together!with!his!prickly!partner!Trudy,!the! most!dangerous!girl!in!school,!Jack!must!battle!rogue! !pirates,! a!! thuggish! tooth! fairy! and! a! herd! of! dinosaurs.! This! is! one! madcap!adventure!that!may!change!him!forever!! ! 0 ! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( Manuscript0available.! US:(Feiwel!&Friends/Macmillan! !! ! UK/Commonwealth:(Little!Island! ! ! ! ! ! THE(MINISTRY(OF(SUITS(is(the(first(book(in(a(trilogy.( ! ( ! ! Paul!Gamble!was!born!and!brought!up!in!Belfast.!He!currently!works!in!the!Department!of! ! Culture,! Arts! and! Leisure,! which! involves! working! closely! with! a! range! of! institutions! ! throughout!Northern!Ireland.! ! !! ! Alongside!his!job,!Paul!has!also!written!for!television!and!radio!for!the!last!twenty!years.!He! ! has!worked!on!topical!comedy!sketch!shows!with!many!actors!and!standgup!comedians.! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! 28! SAM!GARTON!! !

I!Am!Otter!series! An(American(Booksellers(Association( Agent:!Brooks!Sherman! “Indie(Next”(selection( Picture!Book! April!2014,!May!2015!and!June!2016! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Fans(of(Curious(George(and(Olivia(will(fall(in(love(with(Otter( and(her(! antics!( RIGHTS(SOLD:( World(English:(Balzer+Bray/! ! ! Follow!the!adventures!of!the!curious,!charming,!playful,!and! HarperCollins! ! Israel:(Aryeh!Nir! internet! gfamous!Otter!as!she!makes!way!from!starting!a!toast! restaurant! to! venturing! into! outer! space.! Otter's! utterly! China:(CITIC! winning!! voice! and! Sam! Garton’s! classic! yet! fresh! artwork! Turkey:(Alfa!Yayin!Grubu! ! combine!to! !create!a!truly!hilarious!and!unforgettable!blend!of! ! mischief!that!you!won’t!want!to!miss.! ! !! Finished0books0available.0 ! Visit!www.samgarton.co.uk! PRAISE(FOR(! I,AM,OTTER:( !! “!A0bright0and0hilarious0escapade0about0an0otter0who,0bored0while0[her]0owner’s0at0work,0opens0a0toast0 restaurant.0Hysterical.”! !—Kirkus,Reviews,(starred(review! (! ! Sam!Garton!began!writing!and!illustrating!stories!about!Otter!and!her!world!on!the!blog!I0Am0Otter:0 The0Unheard0Ramblings0of0a0Modern0Day0Domestic0Otter!in!2009.!He!lives!in!London.!He!met!a!real! otter!once.!It!bit!him.! ! ! 29! SHEILA!GRAU! ! The!Boy!With!Seventeen!Senses! Agent:!Molly!Ker!Hawn! Middleggrade! Fall!2016! ! Perfect(for(fans(of(! A,Tale,Dark,and,Grimm(and(The,Land,of, Stories! ,( THE( BOY( WITH( SEVENTEEN( SENSES( is( a( surprising( ! and( engaging( retelling( of( Jack( and( the( Beanstalk,( full( of( ! Sheila’s(trademark(wit(and(warmth.! ( !! Every!single!resident!of!Yipsmix!has!synesthesia! —they!don’t! just!! hear! sounds,! they! see! and! taste! them,! too.! Yipsmixers! view!! numbers! as! having! color! and! personality.! They! hear! their!! emotions.! It’s! an! unusual! planet,! and! on! this! unusual! planet,!young!Jaq!Rollop’s!family!is!in!trouble.! ! !! The!! Rollops’! neighbor,! Ripley! Vilcot,! is! convinced! Jaq’s! grandfather!! swindled! him,! and! he! won’t! rest! until! he’s! evicted!the!Rollops!from!their!home.!Meanwhile,!a!Yipsmixer!! ! is! stuck! on! a! strange,! giantgfilled! place! called! Earth.! He’s! ! promising!! riches! to! anyone! who! can! follow! his! map! to! a! wormhole,!come!to!Earth,!and!rescue!him.! ! !! Can!! Jaq! find! the! courage! to! journey! to! Earth! and! save! the! poor!! lost! Yipsmixer! who! holds! the! solution! to! his! family’s! problems?! ! !! Manuscript0available.! 0 RIGHTS(SOLD:( !! World(English:(Amulet/Abrams! ! ! ! Sheila! Grau! is! a! middleggrade! writer! ! and! mother! of! four.! She! lives! in! the! ! San!Francisco!Bay!Area.! ! ! ! ! Visit!www.sheilagrau.com! ! ! !

! 30! Dr.!Critchlore’s!School!For!Minions!series! Agent:!Molly!Ker!Hawn! Middleggrade! March!2015!and!March!2016! ! Dr.(Critchlore’s(School(For(Minions! ! ( ! I!deal( for( fans( of( Stephanie( Sanders’( Villain, School( series( and( ! Eva(Ibbotson’s(books(for(younger(readers( !! A( !young!werewolf!uncovers!a!plot!to!sabotage!the!world’s!finest! training!! program! for! aspiring! minions!to! Evil! Overlords;! he! and! his!( friends! save! their! school,! but! he! learns! a! devastating! truth! about!his!family!in!the!process.! !( Finished0books0available.! 0 0! RIGHTS(SOLD:( World(English:(Amulet/Abrams! ( ! ! Dr.(Critchlore’s(School(For(Minions:(Gorilla(Tactics( ( ! Someone! cursed! Runt! Higgins! to! die! on! his! sixteenth! birthday,! but!no!one!seems!to!know!who!cursed!him!or!why.!Runt!needs!! to!find!! the! Great!Library,! where!all! true! knowledge! is! hidden.! Unfortunately,!! the! only! people! who! know! the! location! of! the! Great!! Library! are! a! covert! network! of! librariangspies! who’d! rather!! die!than! give! up!the! Library’s! secrets.!And! when!one! of! Runt’s!professors!is!attacked,!it!soon!becomes!clear!that!others! are!also!out!to!find!the!Library!at!any!cost…! ! !! Finished0books0! available.0 !

PRAISE(FOR(DR.,CRITCHLORE’S,SCHOOL,FOR,MINIONS:( ,! “In0her0debut,0Grau0introduces0a0contemporary0fantasy0world0that0 is0a0perfect0blend0of0Hogwarts0and0Monsters0University…! 0 RIGHTS(SOLD:( Recommended0for0advanced0elementary0school0readers0and0! 0 World(English:(Amulet/Abrams! reluctant0middle0graders,0this0will0appeal0to0a0wide0! audience.”0 ! —! School,Library,Journal, , ! “A0droll0addition0to0the0magical0school0genre,0worthy0of0a0seat0toward0the0front0of0the0(Harry)0Potter% wagon.”0—Kirkus,Reviews0 0 0 ! 31! HEIDI!HEILIG! ! The!Girl!from!Everywhere! T H E Agent:!Molly!Ker!Hawn! Young!Adult! February!2016! ! G I R L In(a(debut(teen(fantasy(for(fans(of(! Outlander,and(Rae(Carson’s(The, Girl,! of, Fire, and, Thorns,( Heidi( Heilig( blends( fantasy,( history,( and( a( modern(! sensibility( with( witty,( fastEpaced( dialogue,( breathless( F R O M adventure,(and(enchanting(romance.! !! ! ! She is myth. She is history. She is gone. From!! moderngday! New! York! City! to! nineteenthgcentury! Hawaii! to! places!of!myth!and!legend,!sixteen! gyeargold!Nix!has!swept!across!the! EVERYWHERE globe!! and! through! centuries! about! her! timegtraveling! father’s! ship.! But!when!! he!gambles!with!her!very!existence,!it!may!all!be!about!to! HEIDI HEILIG end.! ! !! Finished0books! 0available.0 RIGHTS(SOLD:( ! US:(Greenwillow!Books/!HarperCollins! ! An(American(Booksellers(Association( UK:(Hot!Key!Books! “Indies(Introduce”(selection( ! Russia:(AST!Publishers! PRAISE(FOR(THE,GIRL,FROM,EVERYWHERE:( Brazil:(Editora!Morro!Branco! 0! “As0narrated0by0Nix,0it's0a0skillful0mashup0of0science0fiction0and0eclectic0mythology,0enlivened0by0vivid0sensory0! detail0and0moments0of0emotional0and0philosophical0depth0that0briefly0resonate0before0dissolving0into0the0 next0swashbuckling0adventure.0A0nonst! op0time%travel0romp.”0—Kirkus,Reviews0 , “History0and0mythology0fans0will0love0this0fast! %moving0ride0through0time…This0must%have0fantasy0adventure0 will0appeal0to0fans0of0Rick0Riordan’s0“Kane0Chronicles”0and0Amie0Kaufman0and0Meagan0Spooner’s0 “Starbound0Trilog! y.”!—School,Library,Journal,(starred(review! 0! Visit!www.heidiheilig.com!

The!Ship!Beyond!Time! Like!Nix,!author!Heidi!Heilig!is!a!native!of!Hawaii.!She!has! Agent:!Molly!Ker!Hawn! an!MFA!from!NYU's!Writing!for!Musical!Theatre!program! Young!Adult! and!lives!in!Brooklyn,!and!this!is!her!first!novel.! 2017! !

Now!that!her!father!has!abandoned!his!quest!to!undo!the!past,!Nix!is!t! hrilled!to!face!her!own!future— until!she!learns!that!future!includes!the!loss!of!her!charming!friend!Kashmir.!Determined!to!! save!him,! she!travels!to!the!mythical!city!of!Ker! gYs!only!days!before!its!doom!to!meet!a!man!who!claims!he!can! alter!history.!But!what!kind!of!person!can!be!trusted!with!such!power?!To!save!herself,!her!friends,! and!the!city,!Nix!will!need!to!take!fate!in!her!own!hands.!

! 32! BONNIEgSUE!HITCHCOCK! !

An(Indies(Introduce(Pick( The!Smell!of!Other!People’s!Houses! ! Agent:!Molly!Ker!Hawn! Young!Adult! February!2016! ! THE(! SMELL( OF( OTHER( PEOPLE’S( HOUSES( is( a( keenly( observed( novel(! about( navigating( adolescence( in( hostile( environments;( think(Louise! (Erdrich(meets(Sherman(Alexie.( !! Alaska,!1970:!Four!teenagers!are!in!desperate!circumstances,!and!! they!won’t!realize!how!much!they!need!each!other!until!they!put!! their!stories!together.!Because!being!a!teenager!in!Alaska!isn’t!like!! being!! a! teenager! anywhere! else.! Up! here! near! the! Arctic! Circle,! there!! are! rules:! Know! your! place.! Don’t! get! too! big! for! your! britches.!And!never,!never!think!that!life!is!going!to!be!easy.!! ! !! Finished0books0available.! 0 An(American(Booksellers(Association( ! ! “Indies(Introduce”(selection( PRAISE(FOR(THE,SMELL,OF,OTHER,PEOPLE’S,HOUSES:( !! ( ! “Hitchcock’s0debut0resonates0with0the0timeless0quality0of0a0classic.0This0is0a0fascinating0character0study—a0 poetic0interweaving0of0rural0isolation0and0coming! %of%age.”!—John(Corey(Whaley,(Printz(AwardEwinning( author(of(! Where,Things,Come,Back! 0 0! "The0physical0landscape0of0Bonnie! %Sue0Hitchcock’s0Alaska0is0raw,0beautiful0and0wholly0unfamiliar,0but0the0true0 wonder0of0this0thrilling,0arresting0debut0novel0is0that0the0emotional0l! andscape0feels0just0as0powerful—and0just0 as0untrammeled.! 0I0loved0it.”0—Gayle(Forman,,New,York,TimesEbestselling(author(of,If,I,Stay,and,I,Was,Here0 0! “!Less0a0narrative0and0more0a0series0of0portraits,0this0is0an0exquisitely0drawn,0deeply0heartfelt0look0at0a0time0and0 place0not0often0addressed.0Hitchcock’s0measured0prose0casts0a0gorgeous,0almost0otherworldly0feel0over0the0! ! text,0resulting0in0a0quietly0lovely0look0at0the0various0sides0of0human0nature0and0growing0up0in0a0difficult0world.”0! —! Booklist,,starred(review( RIGHTS(SOLD:( (! US:(Wendy!Lamb!Books/Random!House! ! ! UK:(Faber! ! Visit!www.hitchcockbs.com! ! Germany:(Königskinder! ! ! Bonnie! gSue!Hitchcock!earned!an!MFA!in!Writing!for!Children!and!Young!Adults!from!Hamline!University.! Born! and! raised! in! Alaska! and! a! longtime! journalist! for! Alaska! Public! Radio,! she! spent! ten! years! fishing! commercially!and!raised! her! children!on! a! boat! in! Southeast! Alaska,! bringing! a! rare! authenticity! to! her! writing!about!America’s!last!frontier.!She!now!lives!in!Lyons,!Colorado.!

! 33! DONNA!HOSIE! ! The!Devil!series! RIGHTS(SOLD:( US:(Holiday!House! Agent:!Beth!Phelan! Turkey:(Marti!Yayin!Grubu! Young!Adult! ! September!2014,!July!2015!and!July!2016!! An(! actionEpacked( adventure( that( will( appeal( to( fans( of( Neal( Shusterman’s( Skinjacker, trilogy( and( Rysa( Walker’s( Chronos, Files, series! ., !! THE( DEVIL’S( INTERN! chronicles! a! seventeengyeargold’s! quest! to! break!free!of!his!truly!hellish!desk!job!in!order!to!discover!how!he!! got!to!the!underworld!in!the!first!place.! ! ! In!! THE(DEVIL’S(DREAMCATCHER,!a!sixteengyeargold!girl!attempts!to! retrieve!a!stolen!piece!of!property!belonging!to!The!Devil,!uncovers!! a!sinister!plot!in!the!process,!and!ultimately!comes!to!terms!with!her!! own!past.! !! In!the!trilogy’s!conclusion,!! THE(DEVIL’S(BANSHEE,!Alfarin!the!Viking! leads!! Team! DEVIL! into! the! nine! circles! of! Hell! to! find! the! Devil’s! Banshee,!! his! wife! and! original! Dreamcatcher.! If! they! succeed,! his! beloved! Elinor! will! be! spared! a! terrible! fate.! But! the! journey! is! deadly!and!it!brings!out!the!darkness!withi! n!themselves!and!in!each! other.! !! P!!RAISE(FOR(THE(DEVIL,SERIES:( A(Kirkus,Teen(Book(of(the(Year(2014( , YALSA’s(Best(Books(of(2015(list( “A0comic,0time! %traveling0trip0to0 A(Kirkus(Prize(2014(nominee( Hell0and0back…Just0outstanding00 fun0for0those0who0enjoy0snarky0comedy0and0suspense.”! —Kirkus,Reviews,( starred(review! ( ( “Hosie0has0written0a0! book0that0will0not0only0entertain0but0maybe0even0 enlighten…Interesting0characters,0nonstop0adventure,0and0humor0with0a0 touch0of0heart0will0not0disappoint0teens0looking0for0a0dark0comedy.0! Glimpses0of0the0afterlife0could0also0spark0discussion0among0readers.”! 00 —School,Library,Journal,(starred(review( ,! Donna!Hosie!is!an!English!writer!living!in!Australia.!She’s!the!author!of!the!YA! ! Camelot! trilogy! (Searching0 for0 Arthur,0 the0 Fire0 of0 Merlin,0 and! The0 Spirit0 of0 Nimue.0and!has!written!extensively!for!Harry!Potter!fandom!

! 34! ADITI!KHORANA! ! ! Mirror!in!the!Sky! Agent:!Jenny!Bent! Young!Adult! A(B&N(Most(Anticipated(( June!2016! Sci(Fi(of(2016( ! An(evocative(debut,(perfect(for(fans(of(Tommy(Wallach's(! We,All, Looked,Up,(about(the(discovery(of(a(mirror(planet(to(Earth(and( ! how(it(dramatically(changes(the(course(of(one(IndianEAmerican( girl's(junior(year.! ( !! The!! recent! discovery! of! Terra! Nova,! a! planet! showing! signs! of! intelligent!life,!is!creating!chaos!around!the!world.!Sixteen! gyearg old!Tara!Krishnan!is!fascinated!by!the!science!behi! nd!the!finding,! but!doesn’t!think!her!life!will!be!affected…until!she!is!suddenly,!! inexplicably! drawn! into! the! inner! circles! of! the! most! popular! RIGHTS(SOLD:( group!at!Brierly,!her!posh!high!school!in!tony!Greenwich!CT.!! ! ! US:(Razorbill/Penguin! Are!the!changes!in!her!life!because!of!Terra!Nova?!Tara!doesn’t!know.!!But!when!her!mother!leaves! ! home!to!join!a!cult!dedicated!to!communicating!with!the!new!planet,!she!finds0herself!feeling!more! alone!than!ever!before.!! Soon!she!is!caught!in!a!spiral!of!lies!and!betrayal,!not!sure!who!she!can! trust!among!her!new!friends,!not!sure!if!she!is!the!person!she!once!thought!she!was.!When!the!dust! settles,!nothing!on!Earth—and!for!Tara—will!ever!be!the!same!again.! ! !! ! Manuscript0available.0 Visit!www.aditikhorana.com! ! “Beautifully0written,0surprising0and0poignant,0Mirror!in!the!Sky0is0a0 ! 0book0you0will0not0soon0forget.0If0there0is0an0alternate0Earth,0another0you0 ! has0probably0already0read0this0and0loved0it.”!—Lynn(Weingarten,(New,York,TimesEbestselling(author(of( Suicide,Notes,from,Beautiful,Girls! , ! (! “!Khorana0weaves0a0story0with0nail%biting0tension,0mind%bending0mystery,0and0stunning0complexity.0Rarely0 have0I0found0myself0so0attached0to0such0deeply0flawed0characters0or0so0in0love0with0those0I0once0hated.0! Chilling,0powerful,0and0real,0! Mirror0in0the0Sky0will0have0you0thinking0about0all0the0tiny0decisions0that0have0 shaped0you0and0thrumming0with0the0question,0‘What0if?’”! !—Emily(Henry,(author(of(The,Love,That,Split,the, World! 0 ,! “Elegantly0crafted0and0emotionally0rich,0Mirror!in!the!Sky! 0is0a0dazzling0gift0of0a0novel.”—Nina(LaCour,(author( of(Hold,Still,,The,Disenchantments,and,Everything,Leads,to,You! ! (! Aditi! Khorana! received! her! B.A.! from! Brown! University! and! her! M.A.! from! the! Annenberg! School! of! Communication,!! and! has! worked! at! CNN,! ABC! News,! and! TIME.!For!the!past!eight!years,!she!has!had!a! career!in!marketing!research!for!many!major!film!studios!including!SONY,!Paramount,!Dreamworks,!and!Fox.! ! ! 35! TAYLOR!KITCHINGS! ! Yard!War! Agent:!Molly!Ker!Hawn! Middleggrade! August!2015! ! For(fans(of(Christopher(Paul(Curtis’(Bud,,Not,Buddy., !! Trip!! Westbrook! has! spent! his! first! twelve! years! far! from! the! ! struggle!for!civil!rights!going!on!in!Mississippi.!The!one!black!person! he!! knows! well! is! Willie! Jane,! the! family! maid,! who! has! been! a! second! mother! to! him.! When! Trip! invites! her! son,! Dee,! to! play! football!! in! the! yard,! he! discovers! the! ugly! side! of! his! smiling! neighbors.!Trip’s!old!pals!stop!coming!by.!He!is!bullied,!his!house!is!! defaced,!! and! his! family! is! threatened.! The! Westbrooks! will! be! forc! ed!to!choose!between!doing!the!right!thing!or!losing!the!only! home!Trip!has!ever!known.!Who!knew!that!playing!football!in!the!! ! yard! could! have! such! consequences?! This! engaging,! honest,! and! ! hopeful!novel!is!full!of!memorable!characters,!and!brings!the!civil! ! rightsgera!South!alive!for!young!readers.! ! !! RIGHTS(SOLD:( Finished0books! 0available.0 US:(Wendy!Lamb!Books/Random!House! ! PRAISE(FOR(! YARD,WAR:, ,! “Trip’s0journey0is0a0sensitive0account0about0how0one0person0can0slowly0make0a0difference.”0—Booklist0 ,! “Trip!is!a!fine!character.!1964!Mississippi!leaps!to!life!in!this!book.”!—Gennifer(Choldenko,(Newbery( Honor! Ewinning(author(of(Al,Capone,Does,My,Shirts! ! The!Tidings!Tree! Agent:!Molly!Ker!Hawn! RIGHTS(SOLD:( Middleggrade! US:(Wendy!Lamb!Books/Random!House! Fall!2016! ! ! The!Westbrooks’!story!continues!as!Trip’s!younger!sister,!Farish,!confronts!a!changing!world.!! It’s!1967!and!the!civil!rights!movement!is!in!full!swing!as!Farish!learns!that!not!all!prejudice!is!! based!on!race.!

! 36! SARAH!LARIVIERE! ! The!Bad!Kid! Agent:!Susan!Hawk! Middleggrade! September!2016! ! THE(! BAD( KID, is( a( middle( grade( mysteryEcomedy( set( in( Brooklyn,(New(York:(a(modern! Eday(Harriet,the,Spy!! ,! Claudeline!! LeBernardin! is! only! eleven,! but! her! gangster! grandfather!! picked! her! to! take! over! the! family! business.! After! all,! Claude! is! the! one! with! the! street! smarts.! No! ! matter! the! obstacles,! when! he! dies,! she’s! determined! to! ! figure! out! how! to! handle! the! business! on! her! own.! But! ! when! she! investigates! a! moneygmaking! scam! launched! in! ! her!! neighborhood,!and!the!clues!lead! in! the! last! direction! she’s!! guessed,! Claude! gets! a! brandgnew! perspective! on! what!it!means!to!be!bad.! ! !! Manuscript0available.! 0 ! ! ! ! ! Visit!www.sarahlariviere.blogspot.com! ! ! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( World(English:(Simon!&!Schuster! ! ! Debut! author! Sarah! Lariviere’s! poetry! has! been! published! in! many! prominent! journals! including! Fence,0 Vertebrae! and! The0 White0 Review.! Sarah! lives! in! San! Francisco! with! her! husband!and!son.! ! ! ! ! !

! 37! KATHERINE!LOCKE! ! The!Girl!With!the!Red!Balloon! Agent:!Louise!Fury! Category:!Young!Adult! Fall!2017! ! Code,Name,Verity(with(a(fantasy(element.( !! A!! girl! lost! in! time,! a! magic! red! balloon! and! a! Cold! War! conspiracy.! ! A! red! balloon! sends! sixteengyeargold! Ellie! Baum! back!! in! time! to! 1988! East! Berlin.! More! time! travelers! soon! fo! llow,!but!this!time!they’re!all!dead.!! ! ! ! She!! meets! Kai,! an! intriguing! tattooed! Runner! of! the! magical! balloons.!! He! suspects! someone! is! manipulating! the! balloons’! magic!and!with!his!help,!Ellie! !races!to!prevent!more!deaths.!! !! Ripples!! of! morally! gray! decisions! rest! at! the! heart! of! the! balloons! ’!!magic,!binding!together!her!family!history.! The!only! way!! to! stop! more! people! from! dying! may!be! to!destroy!her! only!way!home…! !! Manuscript0available.! 0 ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( PRAISE(FOR(! THE,GIRL,WITH,THE,RED,BALLOON:( World(English:(Albert!Whitman!&!Co.! ( ! "Katherine0Locke0expertly0captures0the0intense0 paranoia0and0repression0of0Soviet! %controlled0East0 Katherine! Locke! is! a! freelance! editor! and! Berlin…Through0interlocking0timelines,0she0inspires0us0 writes! from! a! small! town! outside! of! with0the0hope0written0! into0every0magician’s0balloon,0 Philadelphia.! She! moderates! the! monthly! and0a0tender,0aching0romance.”!—Lindsay(Smith,( Twitter! chats! for! The! Gay! YA! Book! Club! author(of(! Sekret, and! is! a! contributor! to! Queer! Girl! Café,! ,! and! a! reviewer! for! Disability! in! Kidlit.! PRAISE(FOR(KATHERINE’S(OTHER(WORK:( Katherine! writes! New! Adult! romance! for! !! Harlequin’s! Carina! Press! and! THE! GIRL! (!“The0author’s0storytelling0skills0are0strong…readers0 WITH! THE! RED! BALLOON! is! her! debut! will0be0drawn0to0her0protagonists0and0their0need0to0! Young!Adult!novel!with!Albert!Whitman.!! succeed0in0love0! and0life.”(—Library,Journal( ! ( Visit!www.katherinelockebooks.com!

! 38! CASEY!LYALL! ! Howard!Wallace,!P.I.! Agent:!Molly!Ker!Hawn!

Middleggrade! by Casey Lyall Fall!2016! ! HOWARD(! WALLACE,( P.I.( is( a( GordonEKormanEmeetsE Dashiell! EHammett( middleEgrade( mystery,( crackling( with( banter(and(sly(observations(about(friendship(and(family.! , 0! Rule0number0one:0Work0with0what0you’ve0got.! 0 !! Twelve! gyeargold! selfgstyled! private! investigator! Howard! Wallace!doesn’t!have!much,!! —just!a!rookie!partner,!the!new! kid,!Ivy!Mason,!begging!him!to!show!her!the!ropes.!He!plans!! to!! start! her! off! easy,! but! a! hot! case! of! blackmail! has! other! ideas.! ! ! ! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( Rule0number0six:0A0bad0plan0is0better0than0no0plan.! ! World(English:(Sterling! ! ! ! Howard!can!see!the!job!slipping!through!his!fingers!when!his!! client’s!! nerves! start! to! get! the! best! of! her.! Determined! to! solve!the!case!or!tank!his!business!trying,!Howard!takes!the!! road!less!legal!to!get!the!job!do! ne.! !! Rule0number0ten:0Don’t0get0caught.! 0 !! Rules!are!more!like…guidelines,!right?! !! !! ! Manuscript0available.0 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Visit!www.caseylyall.com!

Casey!Lyall!is!a!popgculture!addict,!a!library!staffer,!and!a!Canadian.!This!is!her!first!novel.!

! 39! BRAD!MCLELLAND!AND!LOUIS!SYLVESTER! ! The!Lost!Causes! Agent:!Brooks!Sherman! Middleggrade! Fall!2017! ! Pitched(! as( The, Dark, is, Rising( set( in( the( Wild( West,( this( fantasy( adventure(! is( the( first( in( a( fourEbook( series( that( will( appeal( to( younger(fans(of(! Miss,Peregrine’s,Home,for,Peculiar,Children.! !! It!! is! the! autumn! of! 1855.! Thirteengyeargold! Keech! Blackwood! has! lived!! with! the! ghost! of! his! parents’! death! since! he! was! three.! His! only!family!now!is!the!motley!group!of!orphans!who!live!together!in!! Carson’s!! Home! for! Lost! Causes,! a! sprawling! farmhouse! on! the! Missouri!! frontier.! Abner! Carson,! their! foster! father,! is! a! stern! but! kind!man!who!tries!to! !shield!them!from!his!violent!past...!until!the! day!! his! past! comes! calling,! in! the! form! of! an! outlaw! named! Bad! Whiskey!! Nelson.! Carson! chases! Bad! Whiskey!off! his! land,!but! the! RIGHTS(SOLD:( bandit!returns!with!a!posse!of! !men—men!who!should!be!resting!in! the!ground.!A!hor! rific! firefight! ensues,! from! which! Keech! emerges! World(English:(Henry!Holt! the!sole!survivor,!once!again!without!a!family.! !! Books!for!Young!Readers! ! ! Then!he!encounters!four!young!riders!on!the!road,!and!they!discover!they! !share!a!bond:!they!have!all! been!orphaned!by!the!same!monster.!They!agree!to!join!forces!to!hunt!down!Bad!Whiskey!and!make!! him!pay.!Together,!! they! will! face!cursed! forests,!the! risen!dead,!and! the! truth! behind! their!families’! connection!to!the!murdering!o! utlaw.!Bad!Whiskey!is!searching!for!a!mysterious!and!powerful!Native! American!artifact,!and!he’ll!stop!at!nothing!to!get!it.!But!neither!will!Keech’s!gang!of!Lost!Causes.! !! !! Manuscript0available.! 0 !! ! ! ! ! Brad!McLelland!went!to!college!in!the!Ozark!Mountains!and!spent!several!years!as!a!crime!journalist! ! in!the! South.! He! obtained! his! MFA! in! Creative! Writing! in! 2011! from! Oklahoma! State! University! in! ! Stillwater.! ! !! ! Louis! Sylvester! holds! a! PhD! in! Creative! Writing! from! Oklahoma! State! University! and! is! an! associate! ! professor! of! English! in! the! LewisgClark! State! College! Humanities! Division! in! Lewiston,! Idaho.!He! has! published!stories!in!Confrontation0and!Thin0Air.!

! 40! DANA!MIDDLETON! ! The!Infinity!Year!of!Avalon!James! Agent:!Susan!Hawk! Middleggrade! Fall!2016! ! THE( INFINITY( YEAR( OF( AVALON( JAMES( is( a( contemporary( middle! Egrade(novel(with(a(touch(of(magic;(perfect(for(fans( of(Sharon(Creech(or(Gennifer(Choldenko.! ( ! Avalon!James!and!her!best!friend!Atticus!are!finally!! ten!years! old.!! They’ve! been! waiting! for! this—their! Infinity! Year—! forever.!This!is!year!they’ll!each!develop!a!magical!power!that! will!disa! ppear!the!day!they!turn!eleven.!The!strength!of!the! magic!! lies! in! their! friendship! and! they’ve! been! friends! forever,!so!it!should!be!good.! !! But!this!year,!for!the!first!time,!things!are!different.!Avalon!! and!Atticus!are!in!separate!classes,!Avalon!has!a!teacher!she! hates,!! and! the! school! spelling! bee! looms.! Then,! Avalon! accidentally!! reveals! Atticus’s! deepest! secret! and! he! stops! talking! to! her.! Avalon! is! desperate! for!things! to! return! to! ! normal,!but!Infinity!Magic!is!the!only!power!that!can!fix!this.! Of!c! ourse,!without!their!friendship!in!place,!Infinity!Magic!is! impossible…or!is!it?! ! ! Manuscript0available.! 0 ! ! ! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( ! World(English:(Feiwel!&!Friends/Macmillan! ! ! ! ! Debut!author!Dana!Middleton!grew!up!in!the!North!Georgia!Mountains!before!moving!to! ! Los! Angeles,! where! she! worked! in! film! and! theatre.! She! produced! the! AcademygAward! ! nominated!short!film!Down0on0the0Waterfront!and!was!part!of!the!awardgwinning!ensemble! cast!of!La0Gioconda,!while!all!the!time!nurturing!her!real!passion!of!writing!for!children.!! ! ! 41! GOLDY!MOLDAVSKY! ! Kill!the!Boy!Band! Agent:!Jenny!Bent! Young!Adult! February!2016! ! For(fans(of(the(films(Heathers,and(Jawbreaker.( ! ! When!fifteengyeargold!Harley!and!her!three!best!friends!kinda! accidentally!kidnap!their!least!favorite!member!of!their!most! ! favorite!boy!band—!they!must!deal!with!the!fall!out!when!he! ! ! sorta!(accidentally?)!ends!up!dead.!! ! ! ! KILL!THE!BOY!BAND!is!a!60,000gword!YA!contemporary!dark! ! comedy!that!takes!place!over!the!course!of!one!night.0 ! ! ! Finished0books0available.0 ! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( ! US:(Scholastic! ! UK:(Macmillan! ! ! ! An(American(Booksellers(Association(“Indies(Introduce”(and(“Indie(Next”(selection( ! Featured(on(Entertainment,Weekly’s,Must(List( ! PRAISE(FOR(! KILL,THE,BOY,BAND:( “A0sendup0of0the0artificiality0of0the0fame! %making0machine0from0both0sides,0the0novel's0humor0is0 mercilessly0black,0and0no0one0comes0up0smelling0like0roses.”0! —Kirkus,Reviews0 ! “Moldvasky’s0debut0novel0is0filled0with0dark0humor0and0pop0culture0references0and0w! ill0have0readers0 laughing0until0the0end…0A0hilarious0read0to0satisfy0readers’0inner0fangirls.0A0must! %have0for0high0school0 and0teen0library0collections.”0! —School,Library,Journal0 0! “!Fangirls0can0be0ferocious…the0group0of0teen0girls0in0Moldavsky’s0sharp,0shocking0debut0is0like0no0 other…resulting0in0some0eye! %opening0commentary0on0fandom.”0–Entertainment,Weekly0 ! ! Goldy!Moldavsky!has!a!B.A.!in!journalism!from!Brooklyn!College.!Her!nongfiction!work!has!most! ! recently!appeared!in!MovieMaker0magazine!and!she!has!interviewed!such!former!teen!dreams! as!Katie!Holmes,!Kristen!Bell,!and!Sarah!Michelle!Gellar.! ! ! 42! J.M.M.!NUANEZ! ! My!Perfect!Me! Agent:!Susan!Hawk! Middleggrade! Spring!2017! ! MY(PERFECT(ME(is(a(contemporary(middleEgrade(novel(about( identity,(! secrets,( and( the( happiness( of( birthday( cake,( just( right(for(fans(of(! Wonder,,Counting,by,Sevens,,and(George.! ( Jack!knows!she’s!a!left! gbrain!kind!of!girl—her!leftgbrain!keeps! track!of!the!! facts.!Facts!like:!we!don’t!talk!about!Moose!Day!or! why!Mama’s!gone.!Facts!like:!we!have!no!home!except!Uncle! Patrick’s!! house,! so! don’t! blow! it.! Facts! like:! Birdie! prefers! to! wear!! girl! clothes! instead! of! boy! clothes,! and! that’s! best! kept! secret!in!their!small!town.! !! But! when! Birdie’s! secret! begins! to! show,! all! those! facts! get! scrambled!and!begin!to!slip!from!Jack's!grasp.!Forced!to!listen!! to!her!intuitive!right! gbrain,!Jack!begins!navigating!the!confusing! waters!of!what!it!means!to!support!her!brother,!crossing!paths! with! !allies! and! enemies! alike.! And! finally,! Jack! will! have! to! wrestle!with!the!fact!that!standing!with!her!brother!may!cost!! them!the!only!home!they've!ever!known.!! !! Manuscript0available.! ! ! ! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( US:(Kathy!Dawson!Books/Penguin! ! UK:(Simon!and!Schuster! Israel:(Miskal! ! Visit!www.yellowinkling.com! ! ! J.M.M.!Nuanez!holds!a!B.A.!in!English.!For!two!years,!she!and!her!husband!lived!in!South! ! Korea!and!taught!English!in!the!public!school!system!there.!Now!back!in!the!US,!when!she! ! isn’t!writing,!she!can!be!found!reading,!gardening,!or!eating!pizza!in!her!hometown!of!San! ! Diego,!California.!

! 43! LIANNE!OELKE! ! House!of!Orange! Agent:!Brooks!Sherman! Young!Adult! Fall!2017! ! Lianne(Oelke's(debut(HOUSE(OF(ORANGE,(pitched(as(! It's,Kind, of,a,Funny,Story...! (if(it(were(narrated(by(Aubrey(Plaza.( ! In!! the! book,! 17gyeargold! Jane! Sinner,! recently! expelled! from! high!school,!attends!a!diploma!program!at!the!local!community!! college!college,!creatively!solving!her!housing!woes!by!joining!a! student! gproduced!Big!Brothergesque!web!series,!but!when!she! is!! also! expelled! from! the! house! she! decides!to! prove! she! has! what!it!takes!to!win.! !! Manuscript0available.! 0 RIGHTS(SOLD:( ! World(English:(Clarion! ! ! PRAISE(FOR(HOUSE,OF,ORANGE:, (! “Every0! author0has0a0book0they0wish0they0had0written.0This0one0is0mine.”00—Becky(Albertalli,( author(of(! Simon,vs.,the,Homo,Sapiens,Agenda0 ! ! ! ! ! Visit!www.! lianneoelke.tumblr.com!! ! L!ianne!Oelke!holds!a!BA!in!philosophy!and!works!in!the!film!industry.!She!resides!in!Vancouver,! where!she!currently!laments!the!lack!o! f!cats!in!her!life!to!fill!both!her!author!bio!and!the!gaping! hole!in!her!heart.! !

! 44! KATHRYN!ORMSBEE! ! Lucky!Few! Agent:!Beth!Phelan! Young!Adult! June!2016! ! Charming,(! poignant( and( bittersweet,( LUCKY( FEW( is( perfect(! for( readers( who( loved( Harold, &, Maude,, Jesse( ! Andrews’(! Me, and, Earl, and, the, Dying, Girl( and, John( Hughes’(films.! ( !! Stevie!Hart’s!life!gets!shook!up!when!she!meets!a!strange!! ! boy,!! Max,! who! survived! a! school! stabbing! and! is! now! obs! essed!with!death.!He!enlists!her!and!her!best!friend,! ! Sanger,!! to! help! him! complete! his! absurd! “23! Ways! to! Fake!My!Death!Without!Dying”!checklist.!What!starts!off!! as!fun!begins!spiraling!downward!when!Stevie’s!diabetes!! sabotages!! her! fumbling! romance! with! Max,! Sanger! announces!she’s!moving!out!of!state,!and!then!death! — real!death! —cuts!close!to!home.!! ! ! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( Manuscript0available.0 World(English:(Simon!&!Schuster! ! ! PRAISE(FOR(LUCKY,FEW:( (! "Whip%smart0dialogue,0top%notch0writing,0and0truly0unique0characters0make0for0the0perfect0reading0 combination:0quick! %pacing0and0heart%aching.0This0book0is0alive0in0so0many0ways.”0—David(Arnold,, bestselling(author(of(! Mosquitoland, ! ! “Ormsbee0writes0with0an0occasionally0tongue%in%cheek0tone0that0manages0to0be0authentically0emotional0 while0delivering0a0realistic0picture0of0a0population0that0rarely0gets0much0scrutiny0in0fiction0for0young0! adults:0home%schoolers.0The0smart,0efficient0language0features0dialogue0that0pops.0A0sweet0story0told0with0 intelligence,! 0humor,0and0just0the0right0amount0of0kissing.”0—Kirkus,Reviews,(starred(review( ,! "!LUCKY0FEW0swings0between0a0wholly0immersive0search0for0a0hand0to0hold0in0the0midst0of0fear0and0loss,0 and0navigating0the0vulnerable0joy0of0true0friendship0and0first0love0! –0a0totally0unique,0beautifully0crafted0 story0at0once0hilarious0and0heartbreaking,0exhilarating0as0the0waters0of0Barton0! Springs.0This0book0 absolutely0sings,0without0forsaking0the0honesty0of0loneliness0and0self! %doubt0–0and0the0bravery0it0takes0to0 become0who0we0truly0are.”!—Jennifer(Longo,(author(of(Six,Feet,Over,It,and(Up,to,This,Pointe( ( ! 45! Tash!Hearts!Tolstoy! Agent:!Beth!Phelan! Young!Adult! Summer!2017! ! For(readers(who(loved(! Fangirl,and(Girl,Online.( ! Natasha!(Tash)!Zelenka,!with!best!friends!Jac! klyn! and!Paul! Harlow,!! finds! sudden! internet! fame! when! their! modern! web! series! adaptation! of! Tolstoy’s! Anna0 Karenina0is! nominated!! for! a! prestigious! award! (by! web! series! standards,!! anyway).! Meanwhile,! the! rest! of! Tash’s! life! crumbles,! making! way! for! the! critics! and! Tash’s! own! self! doubt.!As!she!better!acquaints!herself!and!those!around!her!! with!her!asexuality,!Tash!prepares!for!the!upcoming!awards!! ceremony! where! she’ll! finally! meet! her! longtime! internet! crush! —and!find!out!if!the!award!and!the!guy!make!up!for! those!she!steamrolled!to!get!there.! !! Manuscript0available.! 0 ! ! ! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( ! World(English:(Simon!&!Schuster! Visit!www.keormsbee.com! ! ! ! Kathryn!(K.E.)!Ormsbee!writes!middleggrade!and!young!adult!books.!Her!debut!novel,!The0 Water0&0the0Wild,!is!a!middleggrade!fantasy!published!by!Chronicle!Books!in!April!2015.!It! ! was! a! Spring! Indie! Next! Pick! and! 2015! Parents’! Choice! Award! Winner.! The! sequel,! The0 ! Doorway0&0the0Deep,!will!be!published!in!Fall!2016!and!a!standalone,!The0House0in0Poplar0 Wood,!is!slated!for!Fall!2017,!both!by!Chronicle!Books.!! ! ! ! ! ! !

! 46! LYGIA!DAY!PEÑAFLOR! ! Unscripted!Joss!Byrd! Agent:!Molly!Ker!Hawn! Young!Adult! August!2016! ! The! ,Real,Real,meets(Brooke(Shields’(memoir.( !! UNSCRIPTED!! JOSS! BYRD0 is!the!story!of!a!young! actress— billed!! as! the! Tatum! O’Neal! and! Jodie! Foster! of! her! ! generation—struggling! to! meet! the! demands! of! an! ! ambitious!director!and!his!edgy!script,!not!to!mention!her!! pushy!mother! .! !! An!affecting,!poignant!young!adult!novel,!! UNSCRIPTED!JOSS! BYRD! 0 is! packed! with! authentic! moviegset! details! and! features!a!gutsy!heroine!young!readers!will!love.! ! !! Manuscript0available.! 0 ! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( ! US:(Roaring!Brook!Press/Macmillan! ! ! Lygia! Day! Peñaflor! attended! the! Sarah! Lawrence! College! Writers! Seminar! and! received! a! scholarship! to!Southampton!Writers! Conference!based!on!this!manuscript.!A! graduate! of! Boston! University! and! Columbia! Teachers! College,! she! is! a! private! academic! teacher! for! young! Hollywood! stars.! Her! students! have! included! the! young! casts! of! Gossip0 Girl! and! Boardwalk0Empire!as!well!as!JaygZ’s!reboot!of!Annie.!She!lives!on!Long!Island,!New!York.!

! Visit!www.lygiadaypenaflor.com! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! 47! LIZ!ROSENBERG! ! House!of!Dreams! Agent:!Jenny!Bent! Nongfiction! Spring!2018! ! HOUSE! OF! DREAMS0 is! a! brandgnew! biography! of! L.M.! ! Montgomery,! the! perennially! beloved! Canadian! author! of! ! Anne0 of0 Green0 Gables,! by! awardgwinning! author! Liz! ! Rosenberg,!showing!a!new! side!to!the!gifted,! complex!and! ! oftengtormented!writer!who!succeeded!against!all!odds.!! ! ! ! This! book! will! deal! with! her! troubled! childhood,! her! ! ! abandonment!at!a!young!age!to!elderly!and!undemonstrative! ! grandparents;! her! surprisingly! stormy! romantic! life;! her! ! Visit!www.lizgrosenberg.com! lifelong! struggle! against! depression,! and! always,! her! ! dedication!to!telling!wonderful!stories.!! ! ! ! Montgomery's!books!are!read!all!over!the!world—her!books! ! have! sold! more! than! 50! million! copies! and! have! been! ! translated!into!36!languages.! ! ! ! Manuscript0available.0 ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( ! !! World(English:(Candlewick!Press! ! ! ! Author!Liz!Rosenberg!has!published!award! gwinning!books!for!young!readers,!as!well!as!three! prize! gwinning!books!of!poems.!She!has!served!as!Chair!of!the!National!Book!Awards!for!Young! People!and!as!a!judge!for!the!! Los0Angeles0Times!Book!Awards!in!Poetry,!and!has!written!a! review! column! for! the0 Boston0 Globe! for! the! past! 15! years.! Her! first! husband! was! the! late! novelist!John!Gardner.!She!is!a!professor!at!the!State!University!of!New!York!at!Binghamton.!

! 48! ADAM!SILVERA! !

History!Is!All!You!Left!Me! Adam(Silvera’s(MORE(HAPPY(THAN( Agent:!Brooks!Sherman! NOT(is(a(New,York,Times,Bestseller!( Young!Adult! January!2017! ! Chronicling(! the( destructive( relationship( between( two( boys( grieving( the( death( of( a( prodigy( each( believed( to( be( their( true( love,(this(story(will(appeal(to(fans(of(Jandy(Nelson’s(! The,Sky,Is, Everywhere! (and(E.(Lockhart’s(We,Were,Liars.( !! Told!! from! the! point! of! vie! of! OCDgafflicted! seventeengyeargold! Griffin,!the!story!chronicles!the!aftermath!of!the!tragic!drowning! of!his!ex! gboyfriend!and!first!love,!Theo.!To!learn!more!about!the! person!Theo!was!becoming,!Griffin!befriends!Theo's!most!recent!! boyfriend,!whom!he!pr! eviously!wanted!nothing!to!do!with.!What! becomes!a!destructive!relationship!between!the!grieving!pair!will!! ! ! ! have!readers!questioning!Griffin's!own!version!of!the!truth! —both! in!terms!of!what!people!are!willing!to!hide!and!what!love!really!! means.! ! !! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( Manuscript0available.0 ! US:(Soho!Press! ! UK:(Simon!&!Schuster!UK! PRAISE(FOR(! MORE,HAPPY,THAN,NOT:( (! “!A0beautiful0debut0novel0[that]0manages0a0delicate0knitting0of0class0politics0through0an0ambitious0 narrative0about0sexual0identity0and0! connection0that0considers0the0heavy0weight0and0constructive0value0 of0traumatic0memory…Aaron’s0Bronx0universe0[is0captured]0with0a0precision0that0feels0at0once0dreamy0! and0c! asually0reportorial…Mandatory0reading.”!—The,New,York,Times,Book,Review! !! “[! Silvera]0throws0in0a0hugely0rewarding,0whiplash%worthy0twist0in0the0last0third0of0the0novel.0A0bold,0 inventive,0raw0look0at0male0sexuality0in0an0irresistible0sci! %fi0package.”!—The,Globe,and,Mail! !! “[An]0important0addition0to0speculative0fiction0for0young0adults…Silv! era’s0tale0combines0the0best0 features0of0science0fiction0with0social0justice0in0this0engaging0read,0as0Aaron0finds0a0place0where0he0! belongs.”! 0—Los,Angeles,Times0 ! Visit!www.adamsilvera.com! ! Adam!Silvera!has!worked!in!the!publishing!! industry!as!a!children's!bookseller,!marketing!assistant!at!a! literary!development!company,!and!book!reviewer!of!children's! !and!young!adult!novels.!

! 49! ROBIN!STEVENS! !

Murder!Most!Unladylike!series! The(Murder,Most,Unladylike,series(is(a( Agent:!Gemma!Cooper! Waterstones(Children’s(Book(Prize(winner( Middleggrade! that(has(sold(over(125,000(copies!( ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! S!et(in(the(1930s,(this(bestselling(middle(grade(series(is( RIGHTS(SOLD:( pitched(as(Enid(Blyton(meets(Agatha(Christie.( US:(Simon!&!Schuster! !!!!!!!! (! UK:(Penguin!Random!House!!! Meet!Daisy!Wells!and!Hazel!Wong!! g!pupils!at!Deepdean! Film/TV(option:(Pilot!Media! ! School!for!Girls,!and!founding!me! mbers!of!the!Detective! France:(Flammarion!Jeunesse! !!!!!!!! ! Society.!!From!their!first!case!in!which!Hazel!discovers!a! Taiwan:(Eastern! ! !!!!!!!! dead!boy!in!the!school!gym,!to!their!own!Orient!Express!! Germany:(Von!Dem!Knesebeck! !!!!!!!! murder,!! these! schoolgirl! detectives! are! the! ultimate! Italy:(Mondadori! crimegsolving!duo.! Vietnam:!Huy!Hoang! ! ! “There0! are0clues,0red0herrings0and0 Waterstones(Children’s(Book(Prize(Winner(for(Best(Young(Fiction( suspenseful0chases0galore,0as0well0as0 Nominated(for(the(Carnegie(Medal( ! heaps0of0boarding0school0trivia00 Oxfordshire(Book(Award(Winner(for(Best(Primary(Novel( that0amuse0and0delight.”0! —Kirkus,, A(Times,of(London,Children’s(Book(of(the(Week( Reviews,,starred(review( An(American(Booksellers(Association(Indies(Introduce(Pick( ! ! An(American(Library(Association(Notable(Book(for(2016( "A0sharp%witted0debut0for0Stevens,0 one0that0will0leave0readers0eagerly! 00 A(Bookseller,Editors’(Pick(and(Children’s(Bestseller! ( awaiting0subsequent0installments.”0—Publishers,Weekly,(starred(review0 ( !! "!Stevens0perfects0her0take0on0the0British0murder0mystery0in0the0second0book0in0the0Wells0&0Wong0series…Though0 Stevens0handles0the0mystery0element0to0perfection0(the0house0diagrams0are0a0nice0touch,0too),0what0! really0shines0 is0the0depiction0of0her0characters,0especially0bossy,0egocentric0Daisy,0and0loyal,0smart0Hazel,0a! ! lways0aware0that0! she0is0‘other.’! 0A0smashing0good0time.”!—Booklist,(starred(review! Robin!Stevens!was!born!in!California!but!grew!up!in!an!Oxford!college,!across!the!road!from!the!house!where!the! real!Alice!in!Wonderland!lived.!She!has!been!making!up!stories!all!her!life.!She!studied!crime!fiction!at!university! and!previously!worked!as!an!assistant!editor!in!children’s!publishing,!but!now!writes!fullgtime.! ! ! 50! STEPHANIE!KATE!STROHM! ! Prince!in!Disguise! Agent:!Molly!Ker!Hawn! Young!Adult! Fall!2017! ! PRINCE(IN(DISGUISE! ,is(full(of(hilarity,(romance,(and(realityETVE worthy( surprises—part( The, Real, Real,( part( Sweet, Home, Alabama! .( ! Life!! is! real! enough! for! Dylan—especially! as! the! ordinary! younger! sister!of!Dusty,!former!Miss!Mississippi!and!the!most!perfect,!most!! popular! girl! in! Tupelo.! But! when! Dusty! wins! the! hand! of! the! handsome!! Scottish! lairdgtogbe! Ronan! on! the! TRC! television! network’s! crown! jewel,! “Prince! in! Disguise,”! Dylan! has! to! face! a! different!kind!of!reality:!reality!TV.! ! !! The!camera!crew!whisks!them!off!to!Scotland!to!film!the!wedding,! and!the!producers!are!full!of!surprises! —including!old!family!secrets,! RIGHTS(SOLD:( longglost! relatives,! and! a! hostile! future! motherginglaw! who! thinks! World(English:(Disneyg Dusty!and!Dylan’s!family!isn’t!good!enough!for!her!only!son.!At!least!! Hyperion! there’s!! Jamie,! an! adorably!bookish!groomsman!who!might! just! be! Germany:(CBJ! the!perfect! antidote! to!all! Dylan’s!stress…if! she!just!can! keep!TRC! ! from!turning!her!into!the!next!television!sensation.! ! !! Manuscript0available.0 ! Stephanie! Kate! Strohm! is! the! author! of0 Pilgrims0 Don’t0 Wear0 Pink! and! Confederates0 ! Don’t0 Wear0 Couture,! both! published! by! Visit!www.stephaniekatestrohm.com! Houghton! Mifflin! Harcourt,! and! the! spring! ! 2016!title!The0Taming0of0the0Drew.!! PRAISE(FOR(STEPHANIE’S(! PILGRIMS,DON’T,, WEAR,PINK:( !!! “Strohm0has0a0good0sense0of0slapstick0and0an0ear0for0one! %liners.”!—Kirkus,Reviews0 !!! ! “Interesting0historical0facts0are0woven0throughout,0but,0mostly,0Strohm’s0debut0is0breezy0beach0 reading—it’ll0go0down0as0easily0as0Libby’s0Colonial0Caramel0Apple0Pie.”!—Booklist0! !! “[Strohm]0turns0a0strong0heroine0and0a0few0surprises0into0a0clever,0tightly0written0book0that0will0keep0 readers0wondering0who0will0become0Libby’s0Mr.0Darcy.”0—Publishers,Weekly!

! 51! PAUL!TOBIN! ! How!to!Capture!an!Invisible!Cat! Agent:!Brooks!Sherman! Middleggrade! March!2016! ! HOW( TO( CAPTURE( AN( INVISIBLE( CAT( by( Paul( Tobin( is( a( 40,000! Eword( humorous( middleEgrade( adventure( that( mixes( the(! Sherlock/Watson( dynamic( with( the( zaniness( of( the( film( Cloudy,with,a,Chance,of,Meatballs.( (! Sixthggrade!genius!and!inventor!extraordinaire!Nate!Bannister! recruits!his!best!(and!only)!friend!Delphine!to!help!him!reverse!! one!! of! his! many! experiments—in! this! case,! a!dinosaurgsized,! invisible! cat—while!foiling!the!schemes!of!the!Red!Death!Tea! Society,!! a! dastardly! organization! infamous! for! its!criminal! activity,!killer!tactics,!and!impressive!tea!brewing!skills.! ! ! Finished0books0available.! 0 ! This(is(the(first(in(the(fiveEbook(Genius,Factor,series.( PRAISE(FOR(! HOW,TO,CAPTURE,AN,INVISIBLE,CAT:( ( “This0winning,0consistently0funny,0smartly0silly0adventure0could0be0one0of0Nate’s0kooky0gadgets,0a0! middle! %grade0reading0attractor.”!—Kirkus,Reviews! , “!This0odd0couple0prove0that0teamwork0works,0and0news0of0a0sequel0will0likely0be0met0with0applause.”(( —Booklist( (! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( World(English:(! Bloomsbury!Children’s! Italy:!! !Piemme! ! Visit!www.paultobin.net! ! Paul!Tobin!lives!in!Portland,!Oregon,!and!is!the!Eisner!Award! gwinning!author!of!a!multitude!of!comics! for!such!! publishers!as!Marvel,!Dark!Horse,!DC!Comics,!Top!Shelf,!Fantagraphics,!as!well!as!the!novel! Prepare0to0Die!! !Most!recently,!Paul!and!his!wife,!artist!Colleen!Coover,!won!an!Eisner!Award!for!their! ongoing!series!! Bandette.!Paul!is!one!of!the!two!head!writers!for!the!Angry0Birds!comics,! and! is!also! writing! episodes! for! the! upcoming! season! of! Angry0 Birds! cartoon! shorts.! His! awardgwinning! horror! series!Colder0has!been!nominated!for!both!an!Eisner!Award!and!a!Bram!Stoker!Award.! ( ! 52! SARAH!TOLCSER! ! Riverborn! Agent:!Susan!Hawk! Young!Adult! Spring!2017! ! Perfect(for(fans(of(Graceling,(The,Girl,of,Fire,and,Thorns,(and( ! Tamora(Pierce.! ( ! Caroline!Oresteia!has!only!ever!wanted!to!be!a!smuggler!and! ! dreams!of!one!day!captaining!the!family!riverboat.!That!day! ! comes!too!soon!when!Caro’s!father!is!arrested!for!refusing!to! ! transport! a! mysterious! crate.! In! exchange! for! his! freedom,! ! Caro!will!make!the!delivery!instead.! ! ! ! ! After! pirates! attack! in! search! of! her! cargo,! Caro's! curiosity! ! gets!the!best!of!her.!She!opens!the!crate!and!finds!the!last! ! thing!she!expected:!a!boy.!Markos!is!the!missing!heir!to!the! ! neighboring! Kingdom,! and! he! isn’t! interested! in! being! ! delivered!to!safety.!Instead,!he!wants!to!go!on!a!mad!quest!to! ! save!his!little!sister.! ! ! ! But!Caro!doesn’t!take!orders!from!anyone,!especially!on!her! ! own!boat.!She’s!an!Oresteia,!after!all.!Nothing's!going!to!get! ! in!her!way,!especially!not!Markos,!who’s!rude!and!spoiled— ! and! might! just! change! her! fate,! if! she! doesn’t! throw! him! ! overboard!first.! ! ! ! ! Manuscript0available0June02016.0 ! ! ! ! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( ! Visit!www.sarahtolcser.com! World(English:(Bloomsbury!Children’s! ! ! ! ! Debut! author! Sarah! Tolcser! lives! in! New! Orleans,! where! she! is! an! elementary! ! technology! teacher.!! A! graduate! of! St.! Lawrence! University,! she! double! majored! in! writing! and! philosophy.! After! working! as! a! sailing! instructor! and! sports! blogger,! she! returned!to!writing!fiction.!

! 53! SHELLEY!TOUGAS! ! A!Patron!Saint!for!Junior!Bridesmaids! Agent:!Susan!Hawk! Middleggrade! October!2016! ! A(bully,(a(wedding,(and(a(larger! EthanElife(family(add(up(to(a( hilarious(! and( heartfelt( contemporary( middleEgrade( novel,( just(right(for(fan! s(of(Kate(Messner(and(Pam(Muñoz(Ryan.( !! Mary!Margaret!Miller!is!g! oing!to!be!a!junior!bridesmaid—that! is,!if!she!isn't!grounded!for!the!rest!of!her!life.!!She's!feuding!! with!! school! bully! Brent! Helzinski,! and! her! cousin! Eden,! aka! The!Bride,!is!clashing!with!her!mother!about!wedding!plans.!! ! Mary!knows!it's!her!job!as!a!junior!bridesmaid!to!make!the!! day!! run! smoothly,! but! she! sure! could! use! a! little! help! from! ! above.! ! !! Manuscript0available0April02016.0 ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( ! World(English:(Roaring!Brook!Press/Macmillan! ! ! ! ! Visit!shelleytougas.wordpress.com! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Shelley!Tougas!is!an!awardgwinning!writer!of!nonfiction!for!children,!including!Little0Rock0Girl0 1957,! and! the! author! of0 The0 Graham0 Cracker0 Plot,! her! debut! novel.! She! lives! in! Hudson,! Wisconsin.!

! 54! EMMA!TREVAYNE! ! House!of!Months!and!Years! Agent:!Brooks!Sherman! Middleggrade! Spring!2017! ! Fans(! of( The, Spiderwick, Chronicles( and( Coraline( will( delight( in( this( atmospheric( story( of( secrets,( shadows,( and(bogeymen.! ( !! Tengyeargold!Amelia!Howling!doesn't!feel!at!home!in!her! new!! house! or! with! her! newlygenlarged! family,! but! her! parents'!preoccupation!with!her!orphaned!cousins!at!least! allows!her!the!time!to!uncover!the!dwelling's!secrets.!The!! house!! is! a! calendar! house—an! architectural! oddity! designed!to!reflect!lengths!of!time! —but!within!the!twelve! rooms,! behind! the! fiftygtwo! windows,! Amelia! and! her! RIGHTS(SOLD:( family!are!not!alone…something!else!is!lurking.!!! World(English:(Simon!&! !! Schuster!Children’s!Books! Manuscript0available0 ! ! PRAISE(FOR(! THE,ACCIDENTAL,AFTERLIFE,OF,THOMAS,MARSDEN:, ! ! “The0spiritualist0element0and0the0graveyard0settings0conjure0a0macabre0atmosphere0for0this0unusual0 ! tale0of0unexpected0origins0and0extraordinary0loyalties.0Readers0will0find0that0this0darkly0intriguing0 ! faery0story0has0an0appealingly0grounded0hero.”0—Kirkus,Reviews0 ! ! ! “Full0of0mystery0and0suspense,0this0fantasy0adventure0presents0a0likable0main0character,0an0eye0into0 historica! l0London,0and0an0opportunity0to0recognize0that0sometimes0it0is0our0very0ordinariness0that0 makes0us0special.0VERDICT:0A0first0purchase.”0—School,Library,Journal,(starred(review( ,! ! ! Foreign(publishers(of(Emma(Trevayne(include:! ! Visit! Israel:(Matar! www.emmatrevayne! .wordpress.com! Brazil:(Companhia!das!Letras!! ! ! ! Emma!Trevayne!is!a!full! gtime!writer,!an!avid!music!collector,!a!lover!of!programming!languages,! and!a!photographer.!She!lives!in!London.!

! 55! Gamescape:!Overworld! Agent:!Brooks!Sherman! Young!Adult! September!2016! ! GAMESCAPE:(OVERWORLD(! by(Emma(Trevayne(is(the(first( book( of( a( YA( duology( that( will( appeal( to( fans( of, Good, Omens! (and(Ready,Player,One., !! A!dying!boy!on!a!dying!earth!plays!a!complex!and!addictive! video!! game! that! could! save! his! life—if! it! doesn't! kill!him! f!irst.!Miguel!Anderson!isn’t!the!only!one!who!plays,!but!he! has! more! reason! than! most:! When! players! leave!their! gaming!Cubes!for!the!day,!the!upgrades!and!enhancements!! they’ve!earned!for!their!virtual!characters!leave!with!them.!! Miguel! needs! a! new! heart—and! soon—so! when! the! RIGHTS(SOLD:( mysterious!! Gamerunners! announce! a! competition! with! World(English:( greater! rewards! and! faster! progression! than! ever! before,! Greenwillow/HarperCollins! Miguel!! thinks! his! prayers! have! been! answered.! But! the! stakes!of!the!game!could!be!higher!than!life!and!death.! ! ! Manuscript0a! vailable.0 ! PRAISE(FOR(EMMA(TREVAYNE’S(CODA:( !! "Atmospheric0and0emotionally0rich,0this0intense0story0practically0sings0with0defiance,0swaggering0! like0the0rock0and0punk0of0old.0A0strong0! debut0from0an0author0to0watch.”!—Publishers,Weekly,( starred(review! ! !! "!The0story0hums0with0tension.0Plot0twists0and0lots0of0action0make0for0a0riveting0read…The0music0 ! seems0almost0alive,0as0if0it0were0itself0a0character.”!—School,Library,Journal,(starred(review! ! ! ! “Trevayne0renders0a0nearly0unrecognizable0dystopian0future0with0her0imaginative0world0of0! technological0advancements0and0cyber0addictions…She0skillfully0orchestrates0the0action0scenes,0! and0ramps0up0the0stakes0of0this0rebellion! —including0a0heartbreaking0betrayal—until0the0very0 end.”! !—Shelf,Awareness! Foreign(publishers(of(Emma(Trevayne(include:! Visit! Israel:(Matar! www.emmatrevayne.wordpress.com! Brazil:(Companhia!das!Letras! ! ! 56! ! ! ! Full!Catalogue! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

! 57! BECKY!ALBERTALLI! ! Simon!vs.!the!Homo!Sapiens!Agenda! Agent:!Brooks!Sherman! Young!Adult! April!2015! ! Simon’s(story(is(a(journey(toward(selfEacceptance( wrapped(in( a(geek( romance:(! imagine( an( updated( You've, Got, Mail( starring( gay( teenage( boys(with(good(grammar,( with(the(addictive(nature(of(Anna, and,the, French,Kiss! (by(Stephanie(Perkins.( (! When!a!private!email!falls!into!the!wrong!hands,! a! notgsogopenly! gay! teen’s!sexual!identity!is!at!risk!of!being!thrust!into!the!spotlight! .! ! Finished0books0available.! 0 !! Longlisted(for(the(National(Book(Award( “I0love0you,0SIMON.0I0LOVE0YOU!0And0I0love0this0fresh,0funny,0live%out%loud0 Winner(of(the(Morris(YA(Debut(Award( book”0—Jennifer(Niven,(bestselling(author,of(All,the,Bright,Places0 ! Nominated(for(the(Carnegie(Medal( , An(Oprah(Editor’s(Pick( “Adults0who0read0this0coming%out/coming%of%age0novel0will0probably0wish0 ! A(PW(Best(Book(of(2015( 0it0had0been0around0when0they0were0kids…Albertalli0paints0a0stunningly0 An(Amazon(Best(Book(of(2015( three! %dimensional,0cliché%free0world0for0Simon0that0bursts0with00 unforgettable0characters.0Savor0it,0because00you’ll0read0it0for0the0first00 A(NYPL(Best(Book(of(2015( time0only0once.0Worthy0of0! Fault!in!Our!Stars%level0obsession.”0—Entertainment,Weekly0 0 “[The]0! plot0is0both0hilarious0and0heartbreaking.0Debut0novelist0Albertalli0writes0believable0in0the0voice0of0a0confused,0 openhearted016%year%old…Page%turning0tension0comes0from0the0anonymous0quality0of0Simon’s0emails0with0Blue0which0 are0interspersed0with0chapters! ! ! 0written0in0Simon’s0first! ! ! %person0voice0that0chronicle0Simon’s0increasing0frustration0with0! ! ! Blue’s0reluctance0to0divulge0his0identity,0as0well0as0the0depending0nature0of0the0boys’0relationship.00Blue0may0hesitate,0but0 readers0will0fall0madly0in0love0with0Sim! on.”!—Publishers,Weekly,(starred(review0 !! “Simon's0social0landscape0is0carefully0and0seemingly0effortlessly0drawn.0Through0light0and0often0humorous0detail,0readers0! see0clearly0not0only0each0individual0character,0but0also0the0complex0set0of0group0dynamics0at0play0in0Simon’s0loving0family0 and0circle0of0friends.0While0Simon0is0focused0on0Blue,0other0characters0go0on0journeys0of0their0own,0and0the0author0is0! careful0not0only0to0wrap0up0Simon's0story,0but0to0draw0attention0to0the0stories0the0romance0plot0might0ove! rshadow0in0 lesser0hands.0Funny,0moving0and0emotionally0wise! .”!—Kirkus,Reviews,(starred(review! ! Visit!www.beckyalbertalli.com! RIGHTS(SOLD:(( ( ( US:!Balzer+Bray/HarperCollins( ! Film/TV:(Fox!2000! ! UK:(Puffin! ! China:(Sunshine!Media! ! Romania:(Epica! Germany:(Carlsen! ! Brazil:(Intrinseca!! Poland:(Papierowy!Ksiezyc( Israel:(Matar! ! France:(Hachette!Romans! Italy:(Mondadori! Netherlands:(Blossom!Books! Spain:(Urano! Sweden:(Raben!&!Sjogren! Turkey:(Pegasus!! Czech(Republic:(Euromedia! Hungary:(Libri! Indonesia:(Spring/Haru! ! Denmark:(Rosinante! Korea:(Dolbegae!Publishers! Vietnam:(1980Books! Japan:(Iwanami!Shoten! ! Norway:(Kagge! ! Taiwan:(Global! ! ! Finland:(Otava! Thailand:(The!Reading!Room! ! ! 58! RACHAEL!ALLEN! ! 17!First!Kisses! Agent:!Susan!Hawk! Young!Adult! June!2014! ! Perfect(for(fans(of(Kody! (Keplinger,(Sarah(Ockler,(and(Sarah( Dessen.( !! A!! seventeengyeargold! and! her! best! friend! compete! for! the! attention!of!the!new!boy!in!town—and!find!out!if!his!secrets! are!worth!the!drama.!T! old!in!chapters!that!alternate!between! senior!year!and!the!past,!revealing!losses,!the!history!of!this! knotty!! bestgfriendship,! and! the! moment! that! everything! ! changes.! ! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( ! Finished0books0available.0 World(English:(Harper!Teen,!2014! ! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( ! ! World(English:(Harper!Teen! ! ! PRAISE(FOR(! 17,FIRST,KISSES:, ,! “!170FIRST0KISSES0is0full0of0the0best0ingredients:0savory0and0sweet0at0the0same0time!”!—Terra(McVoy,( author(of(! After(the,Kiss(and(Being,Friends,With,Boys0 0! “Yes,0there’! s0plenty0of0kissing0(awesome0kissing),0but0this0story’s0true0highlight0is0the0complex0and0real0 friendship0between0Claire0and0Megan.0170FIRST0KISSES0is0a0sunny0and0thoughtful0debut0with0characters0 you0won't0soon0forget.! ”—Lindsey(Leavitt,0author(of,Going,Vintage0 0 “!With0perfect0pitch,0170FIRST0KISSES0delivers0laughter,0tears,0and0hopefulness0in0equal0measure.0A0sincere,0 emotional0journey0that0will0stay0with0readers0long0after0the0last0kiss.! ”0—Sarah(Ockler,(bestselling(author( of(! #scandal(and(Twenty,Boy,Summer0 , ! ! ! Visit!www.rachaelallenwrites.blogspot.com! ! Rachael!Allen!lives!in!Atlanta,!GA!where!she!works!in!neuroscience.!When!she’s!not!doing! science!or!writing!YA,!you!can!find!her!chasing!after!her!toddler!and!her!two!sled!dogs.!

! 59! The!Revenge!Playbook! Agent:!Susan!Hawk! Young!Adult! June!2015! ! Just(right(for(fans(of(! Sarah(Dessen,(Lauren(Morrill,(and(Jenny( Han.! ! (! In!the!town!of!Ranburne,!high!school!football!rules!and!the!! players!are!kings.!How!they!treat!the!girls!around!them!is!a!! ! different!story.!Liv,!Peyton,!Melanie!Jane,!and!Ana!each!have! ! a!reason!to!teach!the!team!! a!lesson—but! it’s! only! together! that!they!! come! up!with!the!plan!to!steal!the!one! thing!the! boys!! hold! sacred.! All! they! have! to! do! is! beat! them! at! their! own!game.! ! !! Finished0books0available.! 0 ! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( ! World(English:(Harper!Teen! ! ! PRAISE(FOR(! THE,REVENGE,PLAYBOOK:, ,! “!This0loose0readalike0to0E.0Lockhart’s0The!Disreputable!History!of!Frankie!LandaugBanks0(Disney% Hyperion,02008),0celebrates0girl0power0and0focuses0on0challenging0“old0boys’0clubs”0traditions…It’s0a0! book0about0high0school,0bullying,0popularity,0and0finding0your0own0voice0while0doing0what0is0right.0 VERDICT:0A0fun0YA0title0that0challenges0sexist0attitudes0in0modern! %day0high0school0culture.”—School, Library,Journal0 !! “!While0the0initial0setup0feels0comic,0the0book0takes0a0hard0look0at0real0difficulties.0Written0in0chapters0 featuring0each0of0the0girls,0their0different0personalities0add0a0nice0level0of0complexity0to0the0story.0A0 deceptively0light0look0at0the0dark0side0of0football0culture! .”0—Kirkus,Reviews, !! “The0novel0deftly0and0gracefully0explores0many0difficult0themes,0ranging0from0sexual0assault0to0hazing,0 expertly0balancing0weighty0issues0with0the0more0lighthearted0struggles0of0high0school.0This0timely0novel0! provocatively0shines0a0light0on0the0power0that0many0high! %school0football0players0can0wield0and0 sometimes0abuse.”0—Booklist( ! ! !

! 60! AMANDA!ASHBY! ! Demonosity! Agent:!Susan!Hawk! Young!Adult! August!2013! ! Perfect(for(fans(of(Sarah(Mlynowski(and(Lindsay(Leavitt.( !! ! ! A!sixteen! gyeargold!girl’s!life!is!turned!upside!down!when!she! has!to!protect!an!ancient!alchemist’s!relic!from!two!demon! knight!brothers,!one!of!whom!is!good!and!one!of!them!bad:!! the!problem!is!she!has!no!idea!which!is!which.! !! Finished0books0available.! 0 PRAISE(FOR(! DEMONOSITY:, , “!Ashby’s0frothy0romp0percolates0with0lighthearted0humor0and0droll00 dialogue,0while0an0involving0plot0and0themes0exploring0friendship0and0self! %reliance0add0satisfying0 substance.”0—School,Library,Journal( (! “With0interesting0characters0and0a0fresh0plot,0this0absorbing0read0addresses0everything0from0peer0 pressure0to0intelligent0guy0pals0to0self! %reliance,0with0just0enough0paranormal0activity0to0maintain0an0 edge.0The0message0never0overwhelms0the0fun0in0this0frothy0paranormal0romp.! ”0—Kirkus,Reviews( , ! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( ! World(English:!Puffin/Penguin! ! Visit!www.amandaashby.com! ! ! Amanda!Ashby!was!born!in!Australia!and!after!spending!sixteen!cold!winters!dividing!her!time! between!England!and!New!Zealand!she!has!finally!moved!home.!She!has!a!degree!in!English!and! ! journalism!from!the!University!of!Queensland!and!is!married!with!two!children.!Her!debut!book,! ! You0Had0Me0at0Halo,! was!nominated!for!a!Romantic!Times!Reviewers!Choice!award,!and!her! first!young!adult!book,!Zombie0Queen0of0Newbury0High,!was!a!New!York!Public!Library!Stuff!for! the!Teen!Age!selection!in!2010.! !

! 61! !STEPHANIE!BURGIS! ! Kat,!Incorrigible!series! RIGHTS(SOLD:( US:(Atheneum/Simon!&!Schuster( Agent:!Molly!Ker!Hawn! UK:(Templar! ! France:(Seuil!Jeunesse! Middleggrade! ( April!2012,!March!2013!and!March!2014! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! PRAISE(FOR(KAT,, ! INCORRIGIBLE:, ! , ! “Romance,0humor0and0magic0 KAT,(INCORRIGIBLE(is(a(sparkling(blend(of(Jane(Austen( ! mark0this0brisk0debut0novel,0 and(! middleEgrade( fantasy( perfect( for( younger( YA( the0first0of0a0trilogy0set0in0 readers.! ( an0alternative0Regency0 !! England….0Burgis’0command0of0 In!Regency!England,!magic!is!the!greatest!scandal!of!all…! ! the0conventions0of0the0genre0is0 ! evident0in0characterization0and0 Follow!! Kat! Sthephenson! and! her! loveably! odd! family!as! plot,0putting0every0element0in0 they!! travel!about!the!country.!Kat!seems!to!have!a!knack! place0for0a0genteel0romp.”00 for!getting!into!magical!trouble,!and!the!rest!of!her!family!! —Kirkus,Reviews0 isn’t!! far! behind.! With! smugglers,! romance,! and! an! astonishingly!interfering!older!brother!in!the!mix,!Kat!will!! Stephanie! Burgis! is! a! dual! have!to!use!all!her!wits! —and!her!magic—to!protect!both! citizen! of! the! US! and! the! UK! her!f! amily!and!her!country!from!ruin.! and!lives!in!South!Wales!with! ! her! husband,! the! author! ! Patrick! Samphire,! and! their! Finished0books0available.0 two!children.!

! 62! YANGSZE!CHOO! Visit!www.yschoo.com! ! The!Ghost!Bride! Agent:!Jenny!Bent( Young!Adult! August!2014! Based(on(a(historic(custom(amongst(the(Chinese(in(Mal! aysia(called(a( spirit(! marriage,( THE( GHOST( BRIDE( combines( the( detailed( historical( accuracy(! of( a( Lisa( See( novel( with( the( playful( literary( fantasy( of(A, Discovery,of,Witches! .( !! A!young!woman!in!1890s!Malaya!is!asked!to!marry!a!dead!man;!caught! between!! the! world! of! the! living!! and! the! Chinese! afterlife,! she! must! uncover! her! dead! suitor’s! secrets! before! she! is! forced! to! become! his! spirit!bride.! ! Finished0books0available.0 ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( A(New,York,Times,Bestseller(( ( A(USA,Today,Bestseller( US:(William!Morrow! Nominated(for(the(Carnegie(Medal( ( An(Indie(Next(Pick( UK:(Hot!Key! A(Vroman’s(Bookstore(Bestseller! ! #6(MPH(Bestseller(! Spain:(Editorial!Hidra! The,Bookseller,Editor’s(Pick! ! ! An(iBooks(Bestseller! China:(Grand!China! #10(on(the(Kinokuniya(Bestseller(list(in(Singapore! Turkey:(Dogan!Egmont! A(Barnes(&(Noble(Discover(Great(New(Writers(selection! Indonesia:(Mizan!Publishing! ! Brazil:(Darkside!Books! “Unlike0any0book0I’ve0ever0experienced,0with0its0meld0of0historical0fiction0coupled00 Vietnam:(IPM! with0a0fascinating0culture,0murder0mystery,0the0wandering0of0spirits0of0the0dead00 and0not%so%dead,0romance,0and0adventures0in0the0afterworld0.0.0.0one0revelatory00 experience0after0another.”0—The,Bookreporter, 0 “Choo’s0clear0and0charming0style0creates0an0alternate0reality0where0the0stakes0are0just0as0high0as0in0the0real0world,0 combining0grounded0period0storytelling0with0the0supernatural.”00—Publishers,Weekly0 0 “Captivating0epic0.0.0.0[this]0impressive0first0novel0takes0readers0on0one0of0the0wildest0rides0since0Alice0fell0down0the0 rabbit0hole.”0—San,Jose,Mercury,News0 0 “Choo’s0remarkably0strong0and0arresting0first0novel…is0sure0to0garner0much0well%deserved0attention.”!—Booklist! ( “Choo’s0 fascinating0 debut…is…rich0 in0 Chinese0 folklore,0 mores0 and0 the0 supernatural…intriguing0 and0 enlightening.0 A0 haunting0debut.”0—Kirkus,Reviews0 ( "What0makes0all0this0work0is0the0sumptuous0world0of0Chinese0émigré0culture0and0the0love0story0that0flows0under0it0all— the0kind0so0full0of0longing,0the0pages0practically0sigh0as0you0turn0each0one."!—Book(of(the(Week,(Oprah.com( ( “Delicate0and0thought%provoking…sure0to0be0a0hit0with0supernatural0and0historical0fiction0fans0alike.”!—Library,Journal, ! ! 63! SAM!HAY! ! The!Screaming!Sands!series! RIGHTS(SOLD:( Agent:!Gemma!Cooper! World(English:(Catnip! Middleggrade! 2013—2014! ! Paranormal(comedy(for(middle! Egrade(readers,(for(fans(of(Goosebumps(and(Undead,Pets.( ! Welcome!! to! Screaming! Sands,! the! ghastliest! ghost! town! in! the! world!! Whether! you! are! a! witch!looking!for!a!place!to!sleep,!a!DIY!fanatic!looking!to!fix!a!magic!carpet,!or!a!ghost!bride!! looking!for!a!bridesmaid,!Screaming!Sands!has!it!all.!0 !! Finished0books0a! vailable.0 Visit!samhayauthor.com! ! ! Sam’s! first! book! for! children! was! published! in! 2005.! Since! then! she! has! written! more! than! ! twenty!books,!including!the!Undead0Pets!series,!published!by!Stripes!in!the!UK!and!Penguin!in! ! the! US;! the! Screaming0 Sands! trilogy,! published! by! Catnip,! and! Bumble0 the0 Brave0 Kitten,! published! by! Macmillan.! Undead0 Pets0 has! also! been! translated! into! French,! South! Korean,! Danish,!and! Swedish.!Sam!was!longglisted! for!the!! UKLA!award! for!her!2009!novel!Billy0Angel,! ! published!by!A&C!Black/Bloomsbury.! ! ! ! ( “A0ghoulishly0 !funny0story0for0 older0children0who0 like0things0that0go0! ! bump0in0the0 night!”(( ! —First(4(Dads( ! ( ! “Spookily0funny,0 ! this0is0a0great0read0 ! for0children0who0 want0their0books0 just0a0little0bit0 scary0but0not0too0 much0so!”!! –Parents(in(Touch(

! 64! A.G.!HOWARD! ! The(Splintered,series(is(a( Splintered!series! New,York,Times,bestselling( Agent:!Jenny!Bent! series(that(has(sold(over( Young!Adult! 300,000(copies!( 2013—2015! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! A(! gothic( retelling( of( Alice’s, Adventures, in, Wonderland,( in( the( Visit!www.aghoward.com! vein(of(Victoria(Aveyard(and(Marissa(Meyer! .!! !! RIGHTS(SOLD:( A!! sixteengyeargold! descendant! of! Alice! Liddell! (the! realglife! World(English:(Amulet/Abrams! inspiration!for!the!Lewis!Carroll!novel)!realizes!the!story!was!true!! Audio:!Blackstone!Audio! when!she!is!pulled!into!the!darker!side!of!Won! derland!to!fix!the! Brazil:(Novo!Conceito! things!! her! greatggreatggreat! grandmother! Alice! put! wrong.! Turkey:(Pegasus!Yayinlari! Follow!Alyssa!on!her!journey!as!she!encounters!love,!magic,!evil! ! Israel:(Korim! ! queens,! and! alternate! dimensions.! Nothing! is! what! it! seems! ! Taiwan:(Wisdom!Distribution!Corp.! when!you’re!in!Wonderland.! ! Czech:(Albatros!Media! ! ! Croatia:(Lumen! Finished0books0available.0 ! Italy:(Newton!Compton! Germany:(Bertelsmann!Juvenile!! ! PRAISE(FOR(THE(SPLINTERED(SERIES:( Spain:(Oz!Editorial( ( ( Japan:(Take!Shobo( ( “Alyssa0is0one0of0the0most0unique0protagonists0I've0come0across0in0a0! 0 Vietnam:!1980Books! while.! 0SPLINTERED0is0dark,0twisted,0entirely0riveting,0and0a0truly00 romantic0tale.”0! —USA,Today0 ! 0! “Madder0than0the0Hatter’s0tea0party0and0way0more0fun,0A.G.0! Howard’s0SPLINTERED0is0a0beautifully%evoked,0lush,0 wild0tale0of0illusions,0hysteria,0magic0and0love.”! (—Lauren(Oliver,(New,York,TimesRbestselling(author(of(Before,I,Fall! !! “!Howard0excels0in0sensory0and0sensuous0descriptions…Readers0who0appreciate0a0Gothic0love0triangle,0eerie0art0and0 brooding! %artist0types0will0enjoy0this0colorful0but0creepy0offering0and0await0the0next0installment.”(—Kirkus,Reviews( ( Visit!www.aghoward.com!

! 65! HEIDI!SCHULZ! ! Hook’s!Revenge! A(New,York,Times,Bestseller( Agent:!Brooks!Sherman! Middleggrade! September!2014! ! For(readers(who(loved(Lemony(Snicket…if(Lemony(Snicket(were( an(irritable(! retired(pirate(who(disliked(children!! ( ! The!! daughter!! of! Captain! Hook! must! travel! to! the! Neverland! to! avenge!her!father's!death!in!a!tale!of!adventure!and!wonder.! !! ! Finished0books0available.! 0 ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( US:(DisneygHyperion! ! UK:(Chicken!House! ! ! Hook’s!Revenge:!The!Pirate!Code! Agent:!Brooks!Sherman! Middleggrade! September!2015! ! Fresh! off! a! fearsome! encounter! with! the! Neverland! crocodile,! Jocelyn!Hook!decides!the!most!practical!plan!is!to!hunt!down!her!! father's! !famous!fortune.!But!the!map!her!father!left!her!proves!to! be!hard!to!crack,!and!Jocelyn!must!also!contend!with!rival!pirate!! Captain!! Krueger,! whose! general! policy! is! that! no! deed! is! too! dastardly!when!it!comes!to!stealing!Hook's!treasure.! ! !! Finished0books0available.! ! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( ! US:(DisneygHyperion! PRAISE(FOR(HOOK’S,REVENGE:( ! ! ! Visit! ( ! “Jocelyn0is0spunky,0flawed0and0endearing.”0—Kirkus, www.heidischulzbooks.com! ! ! ! “Schulz’s0debut0novel0is0a0rollicking0page%turner0that’s0more0than0just0an0action%packed0adventure…0 ! Whether0a0fan0of0J.M.0Barrie’s0classic0tale0or0new0to0Neverland,0readers0will0be0clamoring0for0more0 ! from0this0enchanting0world.”—School,Library,Journal,,starred(review0 ! ! Heidi!Schulz!is!a!writer,!reader,!and!giraffe!suspicioner.!She!lives!in!Salem,!Oregon!with!her!husband,! cogcaptaining!a!crew!made!of!their!teen!daughter,!a!terrible!little!dog,!and!five!irascible!chickens.!

! 66! ADAM!SILVERA! ! ! More!Happy!Than!Not! Agent:!Brooks!Sherman! Young!Adult! June!2015! ! A(YA(! Eternal,Sunshine,of,the,Spotless,Mind(for(readers(who(loved( Aristotle,and, Dante, Discover,the, Secrets,of, the,Universe,!which! follows!a!sixteen! gyeargold!boy!growing!up!in!the!Bronx!just!after! the!advent!of!a!procedure!that!folds!memories!to!soften!the!blow!! ! of!traumatic!experiences.! ! !! Finished0bo! oks0available.( 0 (! ! A(New,York,Times,Bestseller( ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( ! A(New,York,Times,! Editors’(Choice(Book! ( World(English:(Soho!Press! ! A(Booklist,! Top(10(Novel(for(LGBTQ(Youth( ! An(ABA(Indie(Next(Selection( Spain:(Urano!! ! ! Taiwan:(Global! ! A(Kirkus,Best(Book(of(2015( Turkey:(Pegasus!Yayincilik! ! Brazil:(Rocco! ! A(Booklist,Editor’s(Choice(for(2015! Denmark:(Gyldendal! ! ! PRAISE(FOR(MORE,HAPPY,THAN,NOT:( ! ( “!A0beautiful0debut0novel0[that]0manages0a0delicate0knitting0of0class0politics0through0an0ambitious0narrative0about0 sexual0identity0and0connection0that0considers0the0heavy0weight0and0constructive0value0of0traumatic0! memory…Aaron’s0Bronx0universe0[is0captured]! 0with0a0precision0that0feels0at0once0dreamy0and0casually0 reportorial…Mandatory0reading.”0! —The,New,York,Times,Book,Review0 !! "[! Silvera]0throws0in0a0hugely0rewarding,0whiplash%worthy0twist0in0the0last0third0of0the0novel.0A0bold,0inventive,0raw0 look0at0male0sex! uality0in0an0irresistible0sci%fi0package.”0—The,Globe,and,Mail! !! “[An]0important0addition0to0speculative0fiction0for0young0adults…Silvera’s0tale0combines0the0best0features0of0! science0fiction0with0social0justice0in0this0engaging0read,0as0Aaron0finds0a0place0! where0he0belongs.”0—Los,Angeles, Times0 ! ! “!Heartfelt…The0futuristic0twist,0with0its0poignant0repercussions,0drives0home0a0memorable,0thoroughly0 ! contemporary0theme:0who0you0are0inside0is0not0something0that0can0or0should0be0erased…Lose0your0memories,0! lose0your0! pain,0lose0yourself.”!! —! Chicago,Tribune! ! “!This0is0definitely0at0the0top0of0my0YA0list.0There’s0a0realness0to0its0main0character,0Aaron0Soto,0and0his0struggle0to0 be0who0he0really0is.0It0confronts0race0and0sexuality0in0a0way0I0haven’t0seen0in0the0genre0before.”!—Latina, Magazine! ( ! 67! TRICIA!STIRLING! ! When!My!Heart!Was!Wicked! Agent:!Molly!Ker!Hawn! Young!Adult! February!2015! ! When0My0Heart0Was0Wicked! !is!a!powerful!young!adult!novel! about!a!sixteen! gyeargold!whose!unstable!mother!will!stop!at! nothing,! not! even! dark! magic,! to! keep! control! of! her! daughter's!! heart! and! soul—think! Francesca! Lia! Block! meets! Glimpse! .! ! Finished0books! 0available.0 ! ! Visit!www.triciastirling.com! ! ! Tricia!Stirling!earned!her!master’s!degree!! in!creative!writing!and! has!! been! published! in! Literary! Mama,! the! Angler,! and! Syntax.! RIGHTS(SOLD:( She!lives!in!Sacramento,!California,!with!her!husband!and!their!! World(English:(Scholastic! three! children.! WHEN! MY! HEART! WAS! WICKED0 is! Tricia's! first! ! ! novel.! ! !! ! PRAISE(FOR(WHEN,MY,HEART,WAS,WICKED:( (! “Unexpected,0uncanny,0unforgettable.”!—Kirkus,Reviews! 0! “Cue0the0lightning0and0thunder0as0you0enter0a0world0of0dark0arts,0where0terrible0tricks0can0be0played0on0! the0mind0and0heart.00Every0page0of0this0taut0thriller0rings0with0emotional0truth.”0 —! Judy(Blundell,(National(Book(AwardEwinning(author(of,What,I,Saw,and,How,I,Lied0 0 “Compact0and0intense,0it’s0a0bravura0examination0of0neglect,0abuse,0and0survival.”0! —Publishers,Weekly, !! “Debut0novelist0Stirling0has0written0a0delightfully0dark0and0twisty0story0for0those0who0never0quite0 outgrew0fairytales…This0enigmatic0novel0will0keep0readers0guessing0from0the0first0page0to0the0last.0Are0! there0supernatural0forces0at0work,0or0is0Cheyenne0delusional0and0psychotic?0Does0Lacy0have0the0ability0 to0cause0the0accident0that0put0her0would! %be0seducer0in0the0hospital,0or0was0he0just0drinking0too0much0 that0night?0Was0Lacy’s0heartlessness0actual0or0metaphysical?0No0clear0answers0will0frustrate0and0delight0! readers.0Stirling0is0an0author0to0watch.”!—School,Library,Journal! (

! 68! SHELLEY!TOUGAS!

The!Graham!Cracker!Plot! Agent:!Susan!Hawk! Middleggrade! September!2014!

Perfect(for(fans(of(! Three,Times,Lucky(by(Shelia(Turnage.! (! Daisy!Bauer!is!eleven.! Her!dad!is!in!prison.! ! But!if!Daisy’s!got!anything!! to!do!with!it,!not!for!long.! !! This! !funny,!nailgbiter!of!a!novel!is!the!story!of!Daisy!and!her! sometimes! gbest!friend,! Graham,!as! they!plan! a!prisongbreak! and!! escape! to! Canada.! What! they! don’t! account! for! is! a! rainstorm,!a!mini! gpony,!and!a!falling!refrigerator—and!that’s! just!to!start.! ! !! Finished0books0available! .0 !! !! ! ! Visit!shelleytougas.wordpress.com! ! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( ! World(English:(Roaring!Brook/Macmillan! ! ! ! ! PRAISE(FOR(THE,GRAHAM,CRACKER,PLOT:, ! 0 ! “Twelve%year%old0Daisy0Bauer0is0in0trouble—big0trouble,0but0just0how0she0and0her0friend0Graham0got0in0 ! such0a0mess0unfolds0through0Daisy’s0telling0of0the0events0interspersed0with0her0letters0to0Judge0Henry."0 ! —School,Library,Journal0 ! 00 ! “Readers0will0find0themselves0rooting0for0Daisy0and0Graham.”0—Kirkus,Reviews0 ! , ! “Quite0touching.”0—The,Bulletin,of,the,Center,for,Children’s,Books0 ! , Shelley!Tougas!is!an!awardgwinning!writer!of!nonfiction!for!children,!including!Little0Rock0Girl0 1957.!She!lives!in!Hudson,!Wisconsin.!

! 69! Finders,!Keepers! Agent:!Susan!Hawk! Middleggrade! September!2015! ! Perfect(for(fans(of(the(! Al,Capone,Does,My,Shirts(books,(Blue( Balliett’s(! Chasing,Vermeer,(and(Wendy(Maas’s(writing.( !! Christa! has! spent! every! summer! at! Whitefish! Lake,! Wisconsin—in! her! opinion,! the! best! place! in! the! world.! But! this!year!will!be!the!last,!because!Christa’s!Dad!lost!his!job.! So,!while!they!enjoy!one!last!summer,!the!For!Sale!sign!hangs!! out! front,! a! constant! reminder! that! its! goodbye! Whitefish! Lake.! ! But! Christa’s! next! door! neighbor! may! know! about!a! hidden! fortune! left! behind! by! gangster! Al! Capone.!So! Christa! figures…if!! she! and! Alex!can!find! Capone’s!loot,!! she!can! pay! RIGHTS(SOLD:( her! parents’! bills,! and! save! the! cabin!! Because! everyone! World(English:(Roaring! knows!it’s!finders!keepers,!right?! Brook/Macmillan! ! ! Finished0books0available.! 0 !!

Shelley!Tougas!is!an!award! gwinning!writer!of!nonfiction!for!children,!including!Little0Rock0Girl01957,!and! the!author!of! 0The0Graham0Cracker0Plot,!her!debut!novel.!She!lives!in!Hudson,!Wisconsin.! PRAISE(FOR! ,FINDERS,,KEEPERS:, , “More0thoughtful0than0most0mysteries,0this0novel0addresses0serious0issues0without0bogging0down0the0! narrative,0and0its0resolution0is0both0rewarding0and0poignant.0Christa0and0Alex0prove0a0wi! nning0duo,0whose0 quest0for0Capone’s0lost0loot0will0keep0readers0glued0to0the0page.”0! —Booklist,,starred(review0 0! “Readers0will0enjoy0the0tongue%in%cheek0humor0and0fast%paced0story0that0revels0in0outdoor0summertime0 fun.0Family0issues0drive0the0heart0of0the0narrative,0and0Christa,0described0as0immature0by0her0family,0must0! face0events0as0they0unfold.0Lovable0and0prone0t! o0a0modest0amount0of0mishaps,0Christa0learns0about0the0 angst0a0struggling0family0must0endure0and0the0dynamics0of0true0friendship0from0young0and0old.0Lighter0 Visit!shelleytougas.wordpress.com! than0Gennifer0Choldenko’s0Al!Capone!Does!My!Shirts,0this0is0an0entertaining0middle%grade0mystery.”00 —School,Library,Journal0 ( “The0premise0will0cause0inevitable0comparisons0to0Gennifer0Choldenko's0Alcatraz0tales,0but0the0story0stands0 on0its0own.0Entertaining0and0humorous;0good0light0fare0for0middle0graders."!—Kirkus,Reviews0 ( ! 70! EMMA!TREVAYNE! ! Flights!and!Chimes!and!Mysterious!Times! Agent:!Brooks!Sherman! Middleggrade! May!2014!

Fans(of(books(like(Splendors,and,Glooms,and(Doll,Bones,will( ! find( FLIGHTS( AND( CHIMES( AND( MYSTERIOUS( TIMES( irresistible!( ! ! ! A!boy!accidentally!travels!from!his!home!in!Victorian!London!to! a!fairygpopulated,!steamgclogged!version!of!the!city,!only!to!be! ! caught!in!a!web!of!dangerous!politics.! ! ! Finished0books0available.0 ! ! PRAISE(FOR(FLIGHTS,AND,CHIMES,AND,MYSTERIOUS,TIMES:, RIGHTS(SOLD:( ,! US:(Simon!&!Schuster! “So0full0of0verve0and0imagination0that0the0sinister0steampunk0! 0 Israel:(Matar! world0practically0pops0off0the0page.0The0prose0sparkles,0the00 Brazil:(Companhia!das!Letras! inventions0astonish,0and0the0characters0are0ones0you'll0root0for00 ! ! from0the0moment0you0meet0them.0Loved0it,0beginning0to0end.”!!! —! Stefan(Bachmann,(author!of!The0Peculiar0(2012!New0York0Times0Notable!Children’s!Book! and! !Publishers0Weekly0Best!Book!of!the!Year)! ! “!The0richly0drawn0world0and0inventive0steampunk0elements0help0this0novel0stand0out0from0the0pack0of0 middle%grade0fantasy.”0—School,Library,Journal, ,! “!Trevayne’s0well%wrought0prose0and0characters0like0Dr.0Snailwater,0who0fixes0those0his0city0wounds,0and0 Lorcan,0whose0villainy0is0tempered0with0a0sad0desperation0to0be0loved,0will0keep0readers0invested.”! 0 —! Publishers,Weekly, ! , “The0no! vel’s0strength0lies0in0worldbuilding0and0vivid0descriptions,0and0Anglophiles0will0likely0enjoy0the0 historical! %cultural0references.”0—Kirkus,Reviews0 (! !! ! Visit!www.emmatrevayne.com! ! Emma!Trevayne!is!a!full! gtime!writer,!an!avid!music!collector,!a!lover!of!programming!languages,!and!a! photographer.!She!lives!in!London.!

! 71! The!Accidental!Afterlife!of!Thomas!Marsden! Agent:!Brooks!Sherman! Middleggrade! July!2015!

Fans(of(Neil(Gaiman’s(The,Graveyard,Book(will(love(this(atmospheric,( gothic(fantasy.( ! Gravegrobbing!is!a!messy!business.!A!bad!business.! ! And!for!Thomas!Marsden,!on!what!was!an!unremarkable!spring!night! in! London,! it! becomes! a! very! spooky! business.! For! lying! in! an! unmarked!grave!and!half!covered!with!dirt!is!a!boy!the!spitting!image! of!Thomas!himself.! ! This!is!only!the!first!clue! that! something!very!strange!is!happening.! Others!follow,!but!it!is!a!fortune!teller’s!frightened!screams!that!lead! Thomas!into!a!strange!world!of!spiritualists,!death,!and!faery!folk.! ! Faery!folk!with!whom!Thomas’s!life!is!bizarrely!linked.!Faery!folk!who! need!his!help.! ! Desperate! to! unearth! the! truth! about! himself! and! where! he! comes! from,! Thomas! is! about! to! discover! that! sometimes,! just! sometimes,! the!things!that!make!a!boy!ordinary!are!what!make!him!extraordinary.! ! Finished0books0available.0 RIGHTS(SOLD:( US:(Simon!&!Schuster!BFYR! PRAISE(FOR(! THE,ACCIDENTAL,AFTERLIFE,OF,THOMAS,MARSDEN:, ! !! “!The0spiritualist0element0and0the0graveyard0settings0conjure0a0macabre0atmosphere0for0this0unusual0 tale0of0unexpected0origins0! and0extraordinary0loyalties.0Readers0will0find0that0this0darkly0intriguing0faery0 story0has0an0appealingly0grounded0hero.”! 0—Kirkus,Reviews0 !! “!Full0of0mystery0and0suspense,0this0fantasy0adventure0presents0a0likable0main0character,0an0eye0into0 historica! l0London,0and0an0opportunity0to0recognize0that0sometimes0it0is0our0very0ordinariness0that0 makes0us0! special.0VERDICT:0A0first0purchase.”0—School,Library,Journal,,starred,review, ,! “This0highly0suspenseful0story0will0have0readers0hooked0by0the0end0of0the0first0sentence.! ”0—School, Library,Connection! , !

! 72! LISA!TYRE! ! Last!in!a!Long!Line!of!Rebels! Agent:!Susan!Hawk! Middleggrade! September!2015! ! LAST(IN(A(LONG(LINE(OF(REBELS(is(a(hilarious(contemporary( ! ! middleEgrade( novel( about( family,( the( past,( and( feisty( grandmothers;( just( right( for( fans( of( Three, Times, Lucky( and( Savvy.( ! A!twelvegyeargold,!determined!to!save!her!family’s!house!from! the!meddling! county,! uncovers! an! ancestor’s! diary!that! holds! clues! to! the! location!of! a!cache!of! Civil!War! era!gold,!a! thief! who!might!be!her!own!greatggreatggreat!grandfather,!and!the! hidden!history!of!the!Underground!Railroad!in!her!town.! ! Selected(as(a(MiddleEGrade( Finished0books0available.0 Buzz(title(at(BEA(2015!(( 0 ! Visit!www.lisalewistyre.com! PRAISE(FOR(LAST,IN,A,LONG,LINE,OF,REBELS:, , “Strong0secondary0characters,0including0Lou’s0thrice%divorced0flirtatious0grandmother,0help0build0the0strong0sense0of0 small%town0community.0Tyre0masterfully0weaves0historical0details0into0Lou’s0discoveries0in0ways0that0never0feel0 facile,0while0deftly0and0satisfyingly0resolving0past0and0present0puzzles.”—Publishers,Weekly,,starred(review0 ( “Louise0Duncan0Mayhew’s0perspective0in0the01860s0is0an0intriguing0contrast0to0Lou’s0modern0narration0at0the0turn0 of0the021st0century.0.0.0.0The0story0addresses0injustice0in0plain0language0that0is0accessible0to0young0readers0who0enjoy0 whodunits.”0—Kirkus,Reviews0 , “The0characters0are0true0to0life0and0the0younger0children0and0Isaac0grow0and0mature0over0the0summer.0In0the0midst0 of0solving0a0Civil0War%era0mystery,0Lou0and0her0friends0confront0racism0in0their0own0time.0Lou0feels0deeply0and0is0 single%minded0in0her0pursuit0of0justice.0A0solid0debut0novel0for0middle0graders0who0enjoy0a0blend0of0history0and0 mystery.”0—School,Library,Journal0 , RIGHTS(SOLD:( World(English:(Nancy!Paulsen!Books/Penguin! ! Lisa!Tyre!grew!up!in!the!tiniest!of!towns!in!Tennessee,!and!now!lives!in!Atlanta,!Georgia,!where!she!provides! PR/social!media!consulting.!As!a!child,!she!heard!the!story!of!brothers!who!found!gold!in!their!field,!enough!to! pay!off!the!family!farm.!Legend!claimed!it!was!Civil!War!gold.!Whatever!the!truth,!Lisa!and!her!friends!spent! many!hours!searching!their!own!backyards!for!treasure.!! ! ! 73! SANDRA!WAUGH! ! Lark!Rising! RIGHTS(SOLD:( World(English:(Random!House! Agent:!Jenny!Bent! Spain:(Oz!Editorial! Young!Adult! ! September!2014! ! In(the(tradition(of(Susan(Cooper’s(The,Dark,Is,Rising.(( ! !! Evie!Carew,!a!clairvoyant!sixteengyeargold,!is!charged!to!rescue!her! village!! from! attack,! only! to! discover! she! is! destined! for! a! far! greater!purpose! —to!save!the!Earth!from!utter!destruction—which! she!bravely!attempts!with!the!help!of!a!gnome,!a!white!horse,!and! a!young!man!she!loves!but!is!fated!to!kill!her.! ! !! Finished0books0available.0 ! Silver!Eve! Young!Adult! September!2015! In!the!next!installment!of!the!! Guardians0of0Tarnec!series,!SILVER! EVE! finds! seventeengyeargold! Evie! Carew! running! from! the! evil! threat!! that! has! claimed! her! village.! The! vast! wilderness! of! Rood! Marsh!makes!a!good!hiding!place,!but!Evie!soon!realizes!she!is!not!! alone.!A!seer,!a!lone!Rider,!and!Breeders!of!Chaos!all!hunt!her!f! or! though!! opposed! in! purpose,! her! seekers! share! knowledge! she! does!not:!Evie!is!one!of!the!four!Guardians!of!Tarnec,!one!who!can!! help!save!the!world!from!the!coming!destruction.!But!whether!she!! meets!true!love!or!brutal!death!is!a!matter!of!who!finds!her!f! irst.! (! Finished0books0available.! 0 ! Visit!www.sandrawaugh.com! PRAISE(FOR(! LARK,RISING:( ,! “The0refreshingly0original0magical0system0of0this0world0allows0for0images0of0aching0beauty,0describing0 Lark's0connection0to0the0Earth0and0all0its0! creatures...[and]...accelerates0into0an0exciting0climax0filled0with0 lurid0torture,0grisly0violence0and0genuine0courage.”0! —Kirkus,Reviews, ,! Author!Sandra!Waugh!graduated!from!Bryn!Mawr!College!with!a!bachelor’s!degree!in!English.!An!actress!and!a! writer,!she!founded!Echo!Repertory,!a!women’s!theater!company.!Her!father!was!the!awardgwinning!mystery! writer!Hillary!Waugh.!! ! ! 74! LYNN!WEINGARTEN! ! Suicide!Notes!from!Beautiful!Girls! Agent:!Jenny!Bent! Young!Adult! July!2015! ! Visit!lynnweingarten.com! Gone,Girl,meets(Thirteen,Reasons,Why.,, 0 Even! before! Delia! commits! suicide,! June! misses! her! best! friend.!After!their!falling!out,!she!always!thought!they!had! plenty!of!time!to!reconcile,!but!now!Delia's!life!has!been!cut! tragically! short.! June! barely! has! time! to! mourn! before! Delia's!exgboyfriend!convinces!her!Delia!was!murdered,!and! June!is!quickly!swept!into!a!tangle!of!lies!and!deceit—and!a! conspiracy! she!never!could! have! anticipated.0Stylish,!sexy,! and! atmospheric,! SUICIDE! NOTES! FROM! BEAUTIFUL! GIRLS0 ! has!so!many!twists!and!turns,!it!will!leave!you!breathless.!! ! A(New,York,Times,Bestseller( ! ! Finished0books0available.0 ! Visit!www.lynnweingarten.com! ! RIGHTS(SOLD:( ! ! US:(Simon!&!Schuster! ! ! UK:(Egmont! ! Spain:(Océano!de!México! ! Germany:((Fischer!Sauerlånder!Verlag! Russia:(AST! ! Turkey:(Pegasus!Yayincilik! ! PRAISE(FOR(! 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! 75! FRANCESCA!ZAPPIA! ! Made!You!Up! Agent:!Louise!Fury! Young!Adult! May!2015! ! This(! is( a( compelling( and( provoking( literary( debut( that( will( appeal(! to( fans( of( Wes( Anderson,( Silver, Linings, Playbook,( and(! Liar.( !! The!ultimate!unreliable!narrator,!a!schizophrenic!teenage!girl!! unable!! to! tell! the! difference! between! reality! and! delusion! who!! discovers—thanks! to! her! Magic! 8gBall,! her! little! sister! and!a!boy!she!thought!was!imaginary! —that!sometimes!there! really!is!someone!out!to!get!you.!! ! ! ! Finished0books0available.0 RIGHTS(SOLD:( ! World(English:(Greenwillow/HarperCollins! ! Germany:(DTV! France:(R!Collection/Laffont! ! Brazil:(Verus! ! ! PRAISE(FOR(MADE,YOU,UP:( (! Czech(Republic:(Euromedia! “!This0debut’s0talented0author0creates0interesting00 Slovakia:(Ikar!! ! characters0and0a0suspenseful0plot0to0draw0readers00 Turkey:(Pegasus!Yayincilik! in…! ”!—Kirkus,Reviews0 Taiwan:!Ecus!! ! !!! “Zappia0has0created0one0of0the0most0memorable00 couples0I’ve0read0in0YA,0couched0in0a0beautifully0written0look0at0mental0illness0that’s0equal0parts! 0 humorous0and0heartbreaking.! ”!—Dahlia(Adler,(Barnes(and(Noble0 (( !!“Zappia0sets0a0fast0pace0that0she0maintains0throughout.0Readers0will0be0kept0on0their0toes0with0quick% witted0dialogue…as0well0as0plot0twists0and0big0reveals.0Zappia0tackles0some0big0issues0in0her0debut,0! creating0a0messy,0hopeful,0even0joyful0book.”!—School,Library,Journal, !! ! Visit!www.francescazappia.com! ! ! Francesca! Zappia! is! a! gifted! artist! and! college! student.! She! is! the! recipient! of! the! University!of!Indianapolis’!Presidential!Full!Scholarship.! !

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