27 January, 2008
Young Adult Cory Doctorow's FOR THE WIN, in which teen computer gamers in the very near future get caught up in a global war fought entirely online, to Patrick Nielsen Hayden at Tor, in a very nice deal, for publication in 2010, by Russell Galen at Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency (NA).
Danny Baror handles foreign rights.

25 January, 2008
Children's:
Picture book Tammi Sauer's PRINCESS-IN-TRAINING, in which a princess is anything but prim and proper, so how will she survive Camp Princess, where the headmistress and the rest of the staff's mission is to help princesses polish their royal skills, to Samantha McFerrin at Harcourt, in a nice deal, by Laura Rennert at

24 January, 2008
Young Adult Scott Carter's THE LAST GREAT GETAWAY OF THE WATER BALLOON BOYS, in which two teenagers make the daring choice to steal their principal's '67 Mustang and end up on a life-changing road trip, to David Gale at Simon & Schuster Children's, for publication in spring 2010, by Rachel Vater at Folio Literary Management (world).

24 January, 2008
Picture book Education professor at Spelman College and sister of Martin Luther King, Jr., Christine King Farris's MARCH ON! The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World, illustrated by London Ladd, the story of the famous "I Have A Dream" speech and a tribute to the March on Washington, to Andrea Pinkney at Scholastic, for publication in August 2008, by Jennifer Lyons at Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency (world).

23 January, 2008
Middle grade Wendelin Van Draanen's SAMMY KEYES AND COLD HARD CASH, next in the Sammy Keyes series, by the author of 1999 Edgar-winning Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief and 2008 Edgar-nominated Sammy Keyes and the Wild Things, to Nancy Siscoe at Knopf, for publication in December 2008, by Ginger Knowlton at Curtis Brown (NA).

23 January, 2008
Young Adult Author of NYT bestseller Wicked Lovely, Melissa Marr's three new YA novels, again to Anne Hoppe at Harper Children's, in a major deal, for seven figures, for publication beginning in 2010 (after her next book, already set for May 2008), by Rachel Vater at Folio Literary Management (world).

22 January, 2008
Children's:
Middle grade Annie Barrows's seventh and eighth books in the IVY + BEAN series, about two seven year old friends -- one wild and goofy, the other quiet and full of ideas -- who never meant to like each other, again to Victoria Rock at Chronicle, by Amy Rennert at the Amy Rennert Agency.

22 January, 2008
Children's:
Young Adult Hilari Bell's GOBLIN GATE, in which a boy has to make peace with hedgewitches, make war with a powerful priest, and remake the entire kingdom, and THE GOBLIN WAR, to Melanie Donovan at Harper, in a very nice deal, for publication in 2008, by Irene Kraas at Kraas Literary Agency (World English).


21 January, 2008
Children's:
Young Adult L. Divine's DRAMA HIGH, the next eight books in the urban young adult series about an African American girl from Compton who is bussed to a predominately white school and the complications that ensue, to Selena James at Dafina, in a significant deal, for publication beginning February 2009, by Deneen at Objective Entertainment.


18 January, 2008
Children's:
Young Adult Liza Ketchum's NEWS!, set in San Francisco during the Gold Rush, the tale of a young girl's adventures in a male-dominated world, to Tracy Gates at Viking, for publication in Spring 2009, by Ginger Knowlton at Curtis Brown (NA).

17 January, 2008
Picture book MILAGROS: THE GIRL FROM AWAY author Meg Medina's TIA ISA WANTS A CAR, a bilingual picture book in which the narrator helps her aunt buy a car -- a perfect, shiny-green, used car with a bad radio and no air conditioning, but it will get them to the beach just fine, to Kate Fletcher at Candlewick, by Jennifer Jaeger at the Andrea Brown Literary Agency.

16 January, 2008
Picture book Newbery Honor winning author of Al Capone Does My Shirts Gennifer Choldenko's A GIANT CRUSH, to be illustrated by Melissa Sweet, to Nancy Paulsen at Putnam, for publication in 2010, by Elizabeth Harding for the author, and Ginger Knowlton for the illustrator, both at Curtis Brown (NA).

16 January, 2008
Middle grade DA Nelson's DARKISLE, to Jodi Keller at Delacorte, in a two-book deal, by Alexandra Devlin at Rights People on behalf of Strident (NA).
Rights previously sold to Random House Mondadori in Spain, Bertelsmann in Germany, Random House Kodansha in Japan, Random House Korea, and Arnoldo Mondadori in Italy.

16 January, 2008
Middle grade Seita Parkkola's THE SCHOOL OF POSSIBILITIES, in which a boy is sent to a strict boot-camp type school where he discovers a strange and disturbing secret, to Lyron Bennett at Sourcebooks, for publication in Spring 2009, by Alexandra Devlin at Rights People, on behalf of WSOY (NA).

16 January, 2008
Young Adult Lucky Stars, Oy, Joy!, Just Ask Iris author Lucy Frank's HOMESCHOOL LIBERATION LEAGUE, about an eighth-grade girl who decides she wants to be home-schooled, to Liz Waniewski at Dial, for publication in 209, by Ginger Knowlton at Curtis Brown (NA).

16 January, 2008
Middle grade Lee Wardlaw's 101 WAYS TO BUG YOUR FRIENDS AND ENEMIES, another in the series that includes 101 Ways to Bug Your Parents and 101 Ways to Bug Your Teacher, in which three friends learn about the trials and tribulations of new love, to Jessica Garrison at Dial, for publication in 2009, by Ginger Knowlton at Curtis Brown (NA).

16 January, 2008
book Cynthia Leitich Smith's HOLLER LOUDLY, about a little boy with a very big voice, to Maureen Sullivan at Dutton, for publication in Summer 2009, by Ginger Knowlton at Curtis Brown (NA).

15 January, 2008
Picture book Mona Hodgson's untitled book, stories that take place in the Southwest desert for the I Can Read Series, to Barbara Scott at Zonderkidz, in a two-book deal, by Janet Kobobel Grant at Books & Such Literary Agency.

14 January, 2008
Young Adult Eduardo Calcines's LEAVING GLORYTOWN: One Family's Struggle Under Castro, a heart-warming, humorous memoir of a young boy growing up in Cuba, and his family's agonizing ten-year struggle to escape Fidel Castro's regime for a better life in America, to Beverly Reingold at Farrar, Straus, in a nice deal, for publication in 2009, by Doris Booth at Authorlink Literary Group (World English).


14 January, 2008
Picture book BIRDSONGS and MATHEMATICKLES! author Betsy Franco's A CURIOUS COLLECTION OF CATS, a book of poems about felines, including one who strikes yoga poses and one who adds to an email by walking on computer keys, to Nicole Geiger at Tricycle Press, by Amy Rennert at the Amy Rennert Agency.

14 January, 2008
Young Adult Emily Adler and Alex Echevarria's SWEET 15, Old World collides with New World when two sisters and their mother choose sides in a battle for control of what was supposed to be a simple birthday party, one sister's quinceanera, to Robin Benjamin at Marshall Cavendish, by Caren Johnson at Caren Johnson Literary Agency (NA).

11 January, 2008
Fantasy Gail Carson Levine's FAIRY DUST #3, sequel to NYT bestsellers FAIRY DUST AND THE QUEST FOR THE EGG and FAIRY HAVEN AND THE QUEST FOR THE WAND, with illustrations by David Christiana, to Wendy Lefkon at Disney, by Ginger Knowlton at Curtis Brown (world).

11 January, 2008
Middle grade Wendy Mass's FINALLY, in which a girl has a list of all the things she can finally do once she turns twelve, but when she tries to cross off each item, she finds herself in one humorous predicament after another, and 11 BIRTHDAYS, in which two best friends turn eleven...over and over again, and embark on the journey of a lifetime to find out why they're stuck in time, to Jennifer Rees at Scholastic, by Ginger Knowlton at Curtis Brown (world).

11 January, 2008
Young Adult Ellen Levine's untitled book, about a girl who gets pregnant in the era before Roe v. Wade, and gets sent away to have her baby, to Jill Davis at Bloomsbury, by Ginger Knowlton at Curtis Brown (World English).

11 January, 2008
Young Adult Printz Honor winning author of FAT KID RULES THE WORLD K.L. Going's KING OF THE SCREW UPS, about a boy who gets kicked out of his house by his father and is taken in by his glam rocker uncle who encourages him to be true to himself, to Kathy Dawson at Harcourt, for publication in Fall 2008, by Ginger Knowlton at Curtis Brown (NA).

11 January, 2008
Picture book Gail Carson Levine's BETSY WHO WENT TO GRANDMA, the continued adventures of Betsy, from the author's BETSY WHO CRIED WOLF, illustrated by Scott Nash, to Rosemary Brosnan at Harper Children's, for publication in unknown, by Ginger Knowlton at Curtis Brown (NA).

11 January, 2008
Picture book Dian Curtis Regan's FOSTER MONSTER, when the Olivers find a baby left on their doorstep, they believe their wish for a child has come true; but there's something a bit odd about this baby: tiny horns, pointy teeth, and fur...with illustrations by Doug Cushman, to Jennifer Greene at Clarion, for publication in Spring 2009, by Ginger Knowlton at Curtis Brown (NA).

10 January, 2008
Young Adult Reprints of the late Madeleine L'Engle's AND BOTH WERE YOUNG, the sequel to CAMILLA; and THE GLORIOUS IMPOSSIBLE, to be newly designed and illustrated, to Margaret Ferguson and Michael Eisenberg at Farrar, Straus Children's and Square Fish, for simultaneous publication in hardcover and paperback in 2008, by Edward Necarsulmer IV at McIntosh & Otis (NA).

10 January, 2008
Middle grade Julie Sternberg's early chapter book debut, MY BIBI, about an eight-year old girl who struggles with the departure of her longtime babysitter and the beginning of third grade, to Tamar Brazis at Amulet, in a two-book deal, by Rosemary Stimola at Stimola Literary Studio.

10 January, 2008
Picture book MATHEMATICKLES! and COUNTING OUR WAY TO THE 100th DAY author Betsy Franco's ZERO IS THE SOUND OF SNOWFLAKES, which makes the concept of zero visual and beautiful for young children and includes concrete images throughout the year, from zero leaves left on the bare brown arms of oaks to zero kites in the sky when the wind stops blowing, to Nicole Geiger at Tricycle Press, by Amy Rennert at the Amy Rennert Agency.

10 January, 2008
Young Adult George Sullivan's GERONIMO, a biography of Geronimo, the 19th century Apache warrior, to Kelly Smith at Sterling, by Eleanor Wood at Spectrum Literary Agency (world).

9 January, 2008
Picture book SOME HELPFUL TIPS FOR A BETTER WORLD AND HAPPIER LIFE author/illustrator Rebecca Doughty's THE GOODBYE BOOK, in which the narrator celebrates the many ways we say goodbye and all of the emotions that come with that word, again to Annie Kelley at Schwartz & Wade, by Rebecca Sherman at Writers House.

9 January, 2008
Picture book Evelyn Inoue's TSUNAMI, with Ed Young illustrating, about a man, who in the face of an earthquake, burns the rice fields, drawing all the people to the fire and away from a tsunami that destroys their village, to Patricia Lee Gauch at Philomel, for publication in Spring 2009, by Ginger Knowlton at Curtis Brown (NA).

9 January, 2008
Middle grade Jean Craighead George's THE CATS OF ROXVILLE, about the adventures of a young cat who learns to survive on her own after she escapes from an abusive family and joins a group of feral cats, to Lucia Monfried at Dutton, for publication in 2009, by Ginger Knowlton at Curtis Brown (NA).

9 January, 2008
Young Adult Thalia Vorbeck's FURNITURE, about a girl with an abusive father, to Catherine Frank at Viking, for publication in Spring 2009, by Ginger Knowlton at Curtis Brown (NA).

9 January, 2008
Picture book Kim Norman's I KNOW A WEE PIGGY WHO WALLOWED IN BROWN, a color concept book in cumulative verse, to Dutton Children's, in a nice deal, for publication in 2010.

9 January, 2008
Middle grade Wendelin Van Draanen's THE GECKO & STICKY, Books 1 - 4, about a boy and his talking gecko who vie with an evil man for control of a magical wristband that brings superpowers to its wearer, to Nancy Siscoe at Random House Children's, for publication in Spring 2009, by Ginger Knowlton at Curtis Brown (NA).

9 January, 2008
Young Adult FAKING 19 and SAVING ZOE author Alyson Noel's MY IMMORTAL, to Rose Hilliard at St. Martin's, in a very nice deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in Fall 2008, by Kate Schafer at Janklow & Nesbit (NA).
Translation: kt literary

9 January, 2008
Picture book Artist and illustrator of the upcoming picture book BUMP IN THE NIGHT Edward Hemingway's BAD APPLE, about an apple, who befriends the worm living inside him, again to Susan Kochan at Putnam, by David Kuhn of Kuhn Projects (World).

9 January, 2008
Middle grade Bestselling Chinese children's author Hongying Yang's DIARY OF A SMILING CAT series, for children 7-9, about a pet cat who can talk to its owner, to Gillie Russell at Harper UK Children's, along with editor Nick Lake and Stella Chou in China, in a two-book deal, by Tomorrow Publishing House (world English).

8 January, 2008
Children's Coretta Scott King award-winner Javaka Steptoe's debut graphic novel, chronicling the life and myth of the late Tupac Shakur, told as a Shakesperian tragedy in three acts, to Sarah Ketchersid at Candlewick, by Edward Necarsulmer IV at McIntosh & Otis.

8 January, 2008
Young Adult National Book Award Finalist for STORY OF A GIRL and the author of the forthcoming SWEETHEARTS Sara Zarr's the next two books, the first of which focuses on a young pastor's daughter and her reaction to the abduction of a girl from her church, to Jennifer Hunt at Little, Brown Children's, by Michael Bourret at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management (World). [email protected]

January, 2008
Picture book Little Pea and Cookies author Amy Krouse Rosenthal's BEDTIME FOR MOMMY, a tale that inverts reality in a delightful way, to Victoria Wells Arms at Bloomsbury Children's Books, by Amy Rennert at the Amy Rennert Agency.

8 January, 2008
Picture book Joseph Bruchac's MY FATHER IS TALLER THAN A TREE, with Wendy Anderson Halperin illustrating, to Liz Waniewski at Dial, for publication in 2010, by Alyssa Eisner Henkin at Trident Media Group, representing Wendy Anderson Halperin.

7 January, 2008
Young Adult Susan Fine's debut novel INITIATION, about one high school freshman's year at an elite school for boys, a year marked by scandal, expulsions, betrayal, and worse, to Andrew Karre at Flux, for publication in Spring 2009, by Laura Dail of Laura Dail Literary Agency (World English).

7 January, 2008
Picture book Peggy Gifford's MOXY MAXWELL DOES NOT LOVE PRACTICING THE PIANO, the sequel to MOXY MAXWELL DOES NOT LOVE STUART LITTLE and MOXY MAXWELL DOES NOT LOVE WRITING THANK YOU NOTES, in which Moxy has a piano recital, to Anne Schwartz at Schwartz & Wade, for publication in Spring 2009, by Ginger Knowlton at Curtis Brown (NA).

7 January, 2008
Picture book J. Patrick Lewis's THE KINDERGARTEN CATt, a rhyming book for young readers about a cat that enters a kindergarten class and finds a home there, to Anne Schwartz at Schwartz & Wade, by Ginger Knowlton at Curtis Brown (NA).

7 January, 2008
Young Adult David Macinnis Gill's SOUL ENCHILADA, in which a girl is shocked to learn that her deceased grandfather financed his classic car by offering his soul to the devil; now, the repo man is back to repossess the car, her grandfather is hiding out in the afterlife, and she is left to settle the matter, to Virginia Duncan at Harper, in a good deal, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, by Rosemary Stimola at Stimola Literary Studio.

6 January, 2008
Picture book Author of I LOVE DIRT! Jennifer Ward's THE BUSY TREE, an ecologically inspired picture book about the living world of a tree, to Margery Cuyler at Marshall Cavendish, by Stefanie Von Borstel at Full Circle Literary (world).


4 January, 2008
Picture book La Bloga writer and Latino Book Award Winner Rene Colato Lainez's RENE HAS TWO LAST NAMES, a companion to I AM RENE, THE BOY, to Gabriela Baeza Ventura at Pinata Books/Arte Publico Press, by Stefanie Von Borstel at Full Circle Literary (world).

4 January, 2008
Middle grade Cisneros del Moral Award Winner Diana Lopez's debut middle grade novel about a young girl living between the Latino and American worlds of her south Texas coastal town to Alvina Ling at Little, Brown Children's, by Stefanie Von Borstel at Full Circle Literary (world).


4 January, 2008
Middle grade J. Patrick Lewis's COUNTDOWN TO SUMMER, a countdown to summer poetry collection with a poem for every day of the school year, with line art interior illustrations by Ethan Long, to Nancy Conescu at Little, Brown Children's, for publication in Spring 2009, by Ginger Knowlton at Curtis Brown (NA).

4 January, 2008
Young Adult Jessica Lee Anderson's BORDER CROSSING, the teenage son of migrant workers takes a summer job at a local cattle ranch and must negotiate an unwieldy terrain involving an unpredictable, alcoholic mother, a best friend whose father uses him as a punching bag, and a simmering, creeping delusion that a certain "Operation Wetback Program" has been put back into effect, to Ben Barnhart at Milkweed, by John Silbersack at Trident Media Group.

4 January, 2008
Middle grade Newbery medal winner and honoree the late Scott O'Dell's THE DARK CANOE, to Lyron Bennett at Sourcebooks, by Edward Necarsulmer IV and Cate Martin at McIntosh & Otis.

3 January, 2008
Young Adult National Book Award finalist Beth Kephart's NOTHING BUT GHOSTS, narrated by a rising high school senior, the story of a girl who learns to say goodbye and to heal the people she loves, a book of mystery and romance, again to Laura Geringer of Laura Geringer Books, by Amy Rennert at the Amy Rennert Agency (world).

3 January, 2008
Children's:
Fantasy Ellen Jensen Abbott's WATERSMEET, about a young woman forced to flee her home and confront issues of identity, prejudice, myth, and war, to Robin Benjamin at Marshall Cavendish, by Ginger Knowlton at Curtis Brown (NA).

3 January, 2008
Young Adult Jessica Brody's THE KARMA CLUB, in which three high school seniors with a skewed understanding of "karma" band together to get revenge on the ex-boyfriends who broke their hearts, to Janine O'Malley at Farrar, Straus Children's, in a two-book deal, in a pre-empt, by Elizabeth Fisher of the Levine Greenberg Literary Agency (NA).

3 January, 2008
Young Adult TO CATCH A MERMAID and SAVING JULIET author Suzanne Selfors's COFFEEHOUSE GIRL, about a girl whose ordinary life as a student and coffeehouse barista turns extraordinary when a rebellious guardian angel breaks all the rules and falls in love with her, to Emily Easton at Walker Children's, by Michael Bourret at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management (World).


2 January, 2008
Young Adult Beth Fehlbaum's COURAGE IN PATIENCE, in which a teen girl is able to overcome her step-father's abuse, recognizing her own self-worth in the process, to Derek Armstrong at Kunati, by Rachel Dowen at Talcott Notch Literary Services (world English).


2 January, 2008
Middle grade Courtney Sheinmel's POSITIVELY, the story of a twelve-year-old, HIV-positive, courageous girl who finds hope and redemption in the face of a string of unthinkable tragedies, based on the author's experiences working with the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, to David Gale at Simon & Schuster Children's, by Alex Glass at Trident Media Group (World English).