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COE 4 PAT CUMMINGS 5 DAVID KREIZMAN 6 KRISTIN KLADSTRUP 7 DANA ALISON LEVY 9 EMILY WHITMAN 10 SOPHIE BLACKALL 11 BEN CLANTON 18 NINA CREWS 19 MIKE DUTTON 20 CYNTHIA LEONOR GARZA 21 DARIA PEOPLES 22 ANDY RASH 24 JENNIFER BLACK REINHARDT 25 KATE SAMWORTH 26 JENNIFER THERMES Nancy Gallt 28 RICK RIORDAN Marietta Zacker THE TRIALS OF APOLLO – 28 Agents MAGNUS CHASE AND THE GODS OF ASGARD – 30 GREEK GODS & GREEK HEROES – 32 273 Charlton Avenue, South Orange, NJ 07079 CROSSOVER SHORT STORIES – 34 [email protected] • [email protected] THE KANE CHRONICLES – 35 THE HEROES OF OLYMPUS – 37 PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS – 41 Ellen Greenberg 44 MARY AMATO International Rights Director 45 STEPHANIE BARDEN 46 NORA RALEIGH BASKIN 273 Charlton Avenue, South Orange, NJ 07079 47 BETTY BIRNEY [email protected] 49 PAIGE BRITT 50 ISAIAH CAMPBELL www.galltzacker.com 51 JEANNE DUPRAU 53 STEPHANIE GREENE Follow our blog and sign up for alerts: 54 CAROLYN HENNESY http://gzlarights.blogspot.com 55 JOSANNEY LA VALLEY 56 LAURA MCCAFFREY 57 JIM MURPHY RIGHTS KEY 58 RANDI PINK 59 ARTHUR SALM I INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS D DRAMATIC RIGHTS UK UK RIGHTS 60 JANNI LEE SIMNER 61 MEGAN JEAN SOVERN 62 HILARY WAGNER 63 SUZANNE WEYN Victoria J. Coe I D UK 3FENWAY AND HATTIE UP TO NEW TRICKS (January 2018, Putnam/Penguin Random House, 192 pp) Fenway’s life is pretty great, except for the strange stripey chipmunks that have suddenly appeared in the Dog Park behind his house. He’s determined to catch them but one of their hiding places contains some stinging insects. Ouch! Fenway thinks he can take care of this injury himself, but his humans don’t let him. They take him to the Place of Fear and then Hattie doesn’t even help him take off the Cone of Doom! FENWAY AND HATTIE AND THE EVIL BUNNY GANG (January 2017, Putnam/Penguin, 192 pp) When evil bunnies invade the Dog Park, Fenway’s hot on their trail. Hattie seems understandably alarmed, though she clearly doesn’t appreciate his efforts. She shoos him out of the garden and fills in holes as fast as he can dig them! Fenway wonders if his beloved Hattie could be working against him, until she brings home a cage with a bunny inside. He can hardly control his excitement - she captured one of the intruders! But when Fenway realizes Hattie actually likes the bunny, he’s crushed. Is his heart big enough to accept that Hattie can love another pet, too? FENWAY & HATTIE (February 2016, Putnam/Penguin, 176 pp) Told from the perspective of Fenway, Hattie’s dog, the story focuses on the pair’s adjustments to the changes that come with their move from the city to the suburbs. PRAISE FROM PUBLISHERS WEEKLY This perky, pet-centered tale takes readers inside the head of Fenway, an energetic and perpetually hopeful Jack Russell terrier with a deep love for food, intense hatred of squirrels, and undying adoration of his “small human,” Hattie. A fun, fresh frolic that animal-loving kids are sure to enjoy. Follow our blog and sign up for alerts Ellen Greenberg | Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency – International Rights Director 3 http://gzlarights.blogspot.com 273 Charlton Avenue, South Orange, NJ 07079 • [email protected] • www.galltzacker.com Pat Cummings I D UK TRACE (December 2018, HarperCollins) When 13 year-old Trace stumbles into a ghost story born in the turmoil of New York City’s 1863 Draft Riots, he finds that the past is more fluid, and more forgiving, than he knew. This riveting and soulful middle grade novel was sold at auction. ABOUT PAT CUMMINGS Pat is the author and/or illustrator of over 35 books for young readers. She also edited the award-winning series, Talking With Artists, which profiles prominent children’s book illustrators. Her children’s book illustration classes at Pratt Institute and Parsons, the New School for Design, list a growing number of notable illustrator/authors among their graduates. In addition to her presentations and workshops at schools, universities and organizations, she also conducts a Children’s Book Boot Camp that brings new writers and illustrators together with top editors and art directors from major publishing houses. Currently serving on the boards of SCBWI, The Authors Guild, the Authors League Fund and The Authors Guild Foundation, Pat is also Chair of the Founders Award for The Original Art Show and Brooklyn Public Library’s 2016 Artist in Residence. Follow our blog and sign up for alerts Ellen Greenberg | Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency – International Rights Director 4 http://gzlarights.blogspot.com 273 Charlton Avenue, South Orange, NJ 07079 • [email protected] • www.galltzacker.com David Kreizman I D UK THE YEAR THEY FELL (September 2019, Imprint/Macmillan) THE YEAR THEY FELL tells the story of five very different teenagers: Dayana, Harrison, Archie and twins Josie and Jack. They were the Sunny Horizons Pre-School class of 2005, “bestest friends to the end.” Twelve years later, they are virtual strangers to each other. Until the day their parents fall out of the sky. Told in five voices, this is a mesmerizing tale. ABOUT DAVID KREIZMAN David Kreizman is an award-winning showrunner, writer and producer known for leading large creative teams and telling serialized stories across television and digital media platforms. David is a co-creator and head writer of the hit middle-grade audio program, “The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel”, winner of a 2016 Peabody Award and named one of the year’s top podcasts of 2016 by The Guardian. As Executive in Charge of Original Content at Gen-Z Media, he oversees the development and production of more than a dozen original scripted audio projects. David was head writer for the long-running daytime drama, Guiding Light, where David led his team to both an Emmy and Writers Guild Award before moving on to be co-headwriter of All My Children and As the World Turns. David also served as head writer for World Wrestling Entertainment, overseeing a team of twenty writers and producers that created up to ten hours of live television a week. Follow our blog and sign up for alerts Ellen Greenberg | Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency – International Rights Director 5 http://gzlarights.blogspot.com 273 Charlton Avenue, South Orange, NJ 07079 • [email protected] • www.galltzacker.com Kristin Kladstrup I D UK 3NUTCRACKER MICE (October 2017, Candlewick, 336 pp) Hidden in Saint Petersburg’s famed Mariinsky Theater are the world’s tiniest ballet fans: the Mariinsky mice, including Esmeralda, a rising dancer in the Russian Mouse Ballet Company. Despite being unable to control her tail, Esmeralda has just been assigned the lead role of Clara in a ballet debuting at Christmas: The Nutcracker. But when she learns that the new ballet features mice as villains, her excitement turns to horror: the mice of Saint Petersburg will never come to see such a production. Meanwhile, nine- year-old Irina is convinced that the mice she’s seen in the Mariinsky — the mice her father, the custodian, is supposed to exterminate — are not only fans of the ballet, but dancers themselves. No one will believe her, so it falls to Irina to help save the mice everyone else considers vermin . and perhaps to help Esmeralda ensure the future of the mouse company. Sweet and inventive, Kristin Kladstrup’s ballet fantasy features artwork by beloved illustrator Brett Helquist, old-fashioned drama, and just a touch of holiday magic. GARDEN PRINCESS (March 2013, Candlewick, 272 pp) Dig in to this middle-grade fantasy featuring a horticulturally-minded princess, a beautiful but evil witch, and a magpie with a shameful secret. THE BOOK OF STORY BEGINNINGS (March 2006, Candlewick, 368 pp) This wonderfully transporting fantasy - featuring a ship full of orphaned pirate children, a pair of warring royals, and plenty of magic potions - is sure to thrill all those who dare turn its pages. INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS SOLD UK Walker French Nathan Portuguese/Brazil Novo Seculo Russian Rosman Follow our blog and sign up for alerts Ellen Greenberg | Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency – International Rights Director 6 http://gzlarights.blogspot.com 273 Charlton Avenue, South Orange, NJ 07079 • [email protected] • www.galltzacker.com Dana Alison Levy I D UK 3IT WASN’T ME (July 2018, Delacorte/Penguin Random House) The Breakfast Club meets Fish in a Tree in this story of six seventh-grade students — five potential perpetrators and Theo, one seriously annoyed victim — forced to spend vacation week together in school to find out the truth about who trashed Theo’s photographs. Hilarious, awkward, surprising, and ultimately heartwarming, IT WASN’T ME is a guessing game that keeps readers wondering: what lies behind the labels we wear? THIS WOULD MAKE A GOOD STORY SOMEDAY (Spring 2017, Penguin Random House, 260 pp) Twelve-year-old Sara Johnston-Fischer loves her family, of course. But that doesn’t mean she’s thrilled when her summer plans are upended for a surprise cross-country train trip with her two moms, her younger sister Ladybug, her older sister Laurel, and Laurel’s poncho-wearing activist boyfriend Root. And to make matters worse, one of her moms is writing a book about the trip, highlighting every ridiculous and embarrassing moment of Sara’s life. But as they travel, Sara finds herself changing along with the landscape outside the train windows. And she realizes that she just might come home reinvented after all. STARRED REVIEW FROM BOOKLIST Levy’s novel is charming but not fluffy. Peppered among Sara’s journal entries are her big sister Laurel’s thoughts on issues ranging from world hunger to the Black Lives Matter movement.