New Deal: The Many Misadventures of the Merrivales

Michelle Frey at Knopf has acquired world rights to Suzanne Nelson‘s newest middle-grade novel, The Many Misadventures of the Merrivales, about a newly blended family that embarks on a surprise three-week road trip through Yellowstone National Park the morning after the wedding; it turns out that packing five newly minted stepsiblings into one rental RV is a setup for all sorts of hilarious disasters. Publication is projected for spring 2026; Ammi-Joan Paquette at Erin Murphy Literary Agency negotiated the deal.