Category: Deals

Joy Peskin at FSG has bought, in an exclusive submission, Breakout and Mean, two middle-grade novels by Christina Wyman (Jawbreaker). Breakout follows a girl whose battle with serious acne brings out the

Paula Wiseman at S&S/Paula Wiseman Books has acquired world rights to Heartfelt, a picture book by Elaine Vickers, illustrated by Sam Cotterill, a celebration of all the ways

Carol Hinz at Lerner/Carolrhoda has bought world rights to A Home on the Page by Kao Kalia Yang, author of the Asian/Pacific American Award-winning From the Tops of the

Andrea Hall, while at Beaming Books, bought world rights to One Can Be by Pat Zietlow Miller, illustrated by Annie Cron; Naomi Krueger will edit. This picture book celebrates

Susan Kochan at Putnam has acquired world rights to Polecat Has a Superpower and Horned Toad Has a Superpower by Jill Esbaum, illustrated by Bob Shea, picture books that use witty

Carol Hinz at Lerner/Millbrook has acquired Revolutions Are Made of Love by Sun Yung Shin and Mélina Mangal, illustrated by Leslie Barlow. Told through a series of poems, the nonfiction

Nicole Fiorica at McElderry Books has bought world rights to When Science Stood Still by Shruthi Rao, illustrated by Srinidhi Srinivasan in her U.S. debut, a nonfiction picture book of

Elizabeth Schleisman at Beaming Books has bought world rights to Tree of the Year by Lisa Varchol Perron, illustrated by Ahya Kim, a picture book about a young evergreen

Taylor Norman at Holiday House/Neal Porter Books has bought H.M. Bouwman‘s Scattergood, a middle grade novel set in rural Iowa, in which precocious but awkward Peggy faces

Anna Roberto at Feiwel and Friends has acquired Short Dog, Long Dog by Anna Hrachovec, a picture book celebration of opposites as portrayed by our furry, fuzzy friends.