New Deal: Butterfly’s Sting

Karen Li and Shelley Tanaka at Groundwood has bought Abbie Harlow‘s debut YA novel, Butterfly’s Sting, the story of a teenage girl’s efforts to save herself and her siblings from her abusive guardian, against the violent backdrop of an illegal boxing ring. Publication is slated for fall 2025; Ammi-Joan Paquette at Erin Murphy Literary Agency did the deal for North American English/French rights.