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What Monstrous Gods by Rosamund Hodge (Balzer + Bray) - moved from October 2021, then from October 2022 release date, then from 2023.
Kristin Rens at Balzer + Bray has acquired a YA fantasy novel by Cruel Beauty author Rosamund Hodge. The
book, What Monstrous Gods, starts where “Sleeping Beauty” leaves off,
as Lia, a girl chosen by the gods of Runakhia, releases the royal family
from 500 years of enchanted sleep and kills the heretic sorcerer who
trapped them—only to find that the gods are not as benevolent as they
appear, and the ghost of the sorcerer she killed may be her only help to
protect her life and country.
Publication is planned for early 2021; Hannah Bowman at Liza Dawson Associates did the deal for world rights.
Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams by Shari Green (Andrews McMeel)
Patty Rice at Andrews McMeel has acquired a new novel by Schneider Family Book Award winner Shari Green, titled Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams.
Set against the 1989 Leipzig protest movement that brought about the
collapse of the Berlin Wall, it follows a 16-year-old classical pianist
whose dreams of a life shaped by music and travel are challenged when
the Stasi pressure her to act as an informant against a fellow piano
student and friend, and she must decide between integrity or duty,
family or love. Publication is set for March 2024; Amy Elizabeth Bishop
at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret negotiated the deal for world rights.
The Revenant Games by Margie Fuston (Margaret K. McElderry Books)
Sarah
McCabe at McElderry Books has acquired The Revenant Games by Morris
Award finalist Margie Fuston, a YA fantasy pitched as All of Us Villains
meets Kingdom of the Wicked.
When Bly enters a competition held by warring vampire and witch
kingdoms, she has one goal: deliver a vampire prince to the witches so
they'll resurrect her sister, who's only dead because of Bly. But things
get complicated when she starts to fall for the vampire she's supposed
to hand over. Publication is slated for spring 2024; Rebecca Podos at
Rees Literary Agency sold world rights.
Dear Younger Me: What 30 Trailblazing Women Wish They'd Known as Girls by Elisa Boxer (Rowman & Littlefield) - YA non-fiction.
Christen Karniski at Rowman & Littlefield has acquired Elisa Boxer's YA anthology, Dear Younger Me: What 30 Trailblazing Women Wish They'd Known as Girls.
This anthology features profiles of inspirational women from
international fields, along with life advice they have written to their
younger selves. Publication is slated for March 2024; Steven Chudney at
the Chudney Agency sold world English rights.
Promchanted by Morgan Matson (Disney Hyperion)
Brittany
Rubiano at Disney Hyperion has acquired, in a two-book deal, YA author
Morgan Matson's Promchanted, a YA rom-com about two teens who, en route
to the prom, find themselves in the Disney film Sleeping Beauty
and must team up to keep the film's events on track. Publication is
scheduled for spring 2024; Emily van Beek negotiated the deal for world
rights.
March 5th
Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé (Feiwel and Friends) - moved from May 2023, then from January 2024.
In Where Sleeping Girls
Lie―a YA contemporary mystery by the New York Times-bestselling author
of Ace of Spades that explores grief, assault, and the ways in which
institutions fail to protect those in their care ―a girl new to boarding
school stumbles upon dark secrets and coverups after her roommate
disappears
It’s like I keep stumbling into a dark room, searching
for the switch to make things bright again. To make me remember. But
the switch isn’t there. Was it there before?
Sade Hussein is
starting her third year of high school, this time at the prestigious
Alfred Nobel Academy boarding school. After being home-schooled all her
life and feeling like a magnet for misfortune, she’s not sure what will
happen. What she doesn’t expect though is for her roommate Elizabeth to
disappear after Sade’s first night. Or for people to think she had
something to do with it.
With rumors swirling around her, Sade
catches the attention of the most popular girls in school – collectively
known as the ‘Unholy Trinity’ – and they bring her into their fold.
Between learning more about them - especially Persephone, who Sade finds
herself drawn to - playing catch-up in class, and trying to figure out
what happened to Elizabeth, Sade has a lot on her plate. It doesn’t help
that she’s already dealing with grief from the many tragedies in her
family.
And then a student is found dead.
The more Sade
investigates, the more she realizes there’s more to Alfred Nobel Academy
and its students than she realized. Secrets lurk around every corner
and beneath every surface…secrets that rival even her own.
An Unlikely Proposition by Rosalyn Eves (FSG)
A standalone companion to An Improbable Season, this Regency romance — perfect for fans of Bridgerton — is about following your heart, pursuing your dreams, and falling head over heels in love.
Eleanor did
not come to London to be proper and boring. After the death of her
husband and a year of mourning, the seventeen year old wants nothing
more than her independence and to have a little fun. She’s hardly
looking to remarry, despite pressures from her late husband’s nephew,
who is keen on obtaining her inheritance. Eleanor quickly devises a plan
that includes a fake engagement. What’s not a part of the plan? Falling
for a dashing, quiet man outside of her social circle – a man who is not her betrothed. Can she survive the Season with her heart and her fortune intact?
Thalia
is determined to begin afresh after a disastrous first Season in
London. No romantic distractions, but only her work as a poet and
newfound companion to Eleanor. Determined to get her poems published,
she struggles to be taken seriously as a female writer. As the spring
progresses, Thalia does not expect to take interest in a man from her
past (a man who is engaged to her employer, no less!), but some feelings
demand to be felt even if the timing isn’t quite right.
Rosalyn Eves's An Unlikely Proposition is a transportive Regency drama that captures the sparkle of London, thrill of friendship, and swoon of new love.
The Baker & the Bard by Fern Haught (Feiwel and Friends) - YA graphic novel, moved from 2023, details not yet updated on Goodreads.
Author-artist Fern Haught weaves an enchanting, gentle fantasy
tale of friendship, determination, and respecting nature in their debut
graphic novel, The Baker and the Bard. Perfect for fans of The Tea Dragon Society, Legends & Lattes, and Animal Crossing.
Juniper
and Hadley have a good thing going in Larkspur, spending their
respective days apprenticing at a little bakery and performing at the
local inn. But when a stranger makes an unusual order at the bakery, the
two friends (and Hadley’s pet snake, Fern) set out on a journey to
forage the magical mushrooms needed to make the requested galette
pastries.
Along the way, Juniper and Hadley stumble across a
mystery too compelling to ignore: Something has been coming out of the
woods at night and eating the local farmers' crops, leaving only a trail
of glowy goo behind. Intent on finally going on an adventure that could
fuel their bardic craft, Hadley tows Juniper into the woods to
investigate.
What started as a simple errand to pick mushrooms
soon turns into a thrilling quest to save some furry new friends—and
their caretaker, a softspoken little fey named Thistle—who are in danger
of losing their home.
March 12th
The Hedgewitch of Foxhall by Anna Bright (HarperTeen) - not yet added to Goodreads.
"THE HEDGEWITCH OF
FOXHALL, Anna Bright's fourth novel, is a romantic fantasy set against
the backdrop of medieval Wales. Prince Dafydd, Prince Taliesin, and
Ffion - the hedgewitch of Foxhall--take on the king's challenge: to rid
their kingdom of Mercian invaders, destroy the Mercian King Offa's dyke
(an earthworks running the length of the entire Welsh border), and
restore magic to Wales."
March 19th
Shamanborn #3 by Lori Lee (Page Street) - moved from November 2022, then from November 2023.
Sirscha has returned to
Evewyn, only to discover that everyone believes she killed the queen and
that she's the new king's Shadow. These rumors have made people fear
her, but it's not the rumors that concern her--it's finding out what the
Soulless is going to do next so she can finally destroy him.
Everyone might believe she's a monster, but Sirscha knows who the real evil is, and she refuses to let him destroy their world.
Full
of the danger, intrigue, fierce friendship, and incredible world
building of the first two books in the Shamanborn trilogy, this final
installment will delight readers of this popular series.
We Are Mayhem by Beck Rourke-Mooney (Feiwel and Friends) - moved from 2023, details not yet updated on Goodreads.
Kat
Brzozowski at Feiwel and Friends has acquired world rights to We Are
Mayhem by debut author Beck Rourke-Mooney. Pitched as Glow meets Moxie
and set against the very male world of underground indie wrestling, the
YA novel follows Birdie as she is befriended by Abigail Rose, who thinks
Birdie could be the perfect performer to help her take her family's
wrestling promotion in a new, more feminist direction, if only Birdie
can get over her desire to blend in. Publication is scheduled for winter
2023; Lauren MacLeod at the Strothman Agency negotiated the deal.
March 26th
The Last Bloodcarver by Vanessa Le (Roaring Brook Press) - moved from 2023.
The tantalizing romance of These Violent Delights meets the mechanical wonders of Cinder in The Last Bloodcarver, the first in a two-book debut - with a riveting medical magic system and lush Vietnam-inspired fantasy world.
Nhika is a bloodcarver. A cold-hearted, ruthless being who
can alter human biology with just a touch. In the industrial city of
Theumas, she is seen not as a healer, but a monster that kills for
pleasure.
When Nhika is caught using her bloodcarving
abilities during a sham medical appointment, she's captured by
underground thugs and sold to an aristocratic family to heal the last
witness of their father’s murder.
But as Nhika delves deeper
into their investigation amidst the glitz of Theumas’ wealthiest
district, she begins to notice parallels between this job and her own
dark past. And when she meets an alluring yet entitled physician's aide,
Ven Kochin, she’s forced to question the true intent behind this
murder. In a society that outcasts her, Kochin seems drawn to
her...though he takes every chance he gets to push her out of his
opulent world.
When Nhika discovers that Kochin is not who he
claims to be, and that there is an evil dwelling in Theumas that runs
much deeper than the murder of one man, she must decide where her heart,
and her allegiance, truly lie. And - if she's willing to become the
dreaded bloodcarver Theumas fears to save herself and the ones she's
vowed to protect.
March 2024 New Releases
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