New Deal: Dream

Janine O’Malley at FSG has bought world rights to Barbara O’Connor’s next middle-grade novel, DREAM, a companion to the #1 NYT bestseller, WISH. In Colby, NC, a songwriting girl named Idalee hopes to uncover a family treasure in the ramshackle boarding house her mom runs, helped by a trio of friends—including a trucker’s son named Odell as well as reader favorites from WISH, Charlie and Howard —and along the way finds her own strong voice, for publication in fall 2025. Erin Murphy of Erin Murphy Literary Agency represented the author in the deal.