Jordan Brown at Balzer + Bray has bought, in a six-publisher auction, The Ojja-Wojja: A Teen Horror Mystery or Whatever, You Know?, a queer-positive graphic novel by Magdalene Visaggio (l.) and Jenn St-Onge. Val Malloy is an autistic kid with two interests: the supernatural and her best friend, Lanie. When Val and Lanie accidentally unleash a mysterious entity known as the Ojja-Wojja, transforming their town into a mind-controlled cult, they must team up with other misfits to stop it. Publication is scheduled for spring 2021; Charlie Olsen at InkWell Management brokered the two-book deal for North American rights.
Of Sea and Venom by Trinidad Escobar (FSG)
Set in the 1500s
Pacific Islands and near-future Oakland, Calif., the Own Voices story is
about a teenage Priestess-in-training whose future in the divine
sciences is challenged when unexpected conquistadors land on her tribe's
beach. Publication is tentatively set for spring 2021
Pinch by Adam Rex (Roaring Brook Press)
Roaring Brook has bought
Adam Rex's Pinch, a YA novel that centers on Zelda, who can't seem to
wake herself up from the dream she's living in. When she decides to
enlist others in the dream to help, she learns that waking up means
ending their lives, including her actual “dream guy” Langston's.
Publication is scheduled for spring 2021.
Nigeria Jones by Ibi Zoboi (Balzer + Bray) - think this story was published as The (R)evolution of Nigeria Jones in the anthology Black Enough, and will not be published as a seperate book.
Balzer + Bray has
acquired Ibi Zoboi's Nigeria Jones, about the 16-year-old daughter of a
radical separatist movement leader who inadvertently travels back
through time to the west coast of Africa in the early 1800s, to inhabit
the body of her young ancestor on the brink of being sold into slavery.
The book will be published in spring 2021.
No releases currently scheduled.
Origin Story by Eric Smith and Summer Heacock (Inkyard Press)
Lauren Smulski at Inkyard
Press has bought, on exclusive submission, Summer Heacock and Eric
Smith's Origin Story, an #OwnVoices YA contemporary about two adoptees
from very different backgrounds grappling with the question of what it
means to be family. Publication is scheduled for summer 2021; Brent
Taylor and Uwe Stender at TriadaUS represented Heacock, and Dawn
Frederick at Red Sofa Literary represented Smith in the deal for world
English rights.
The World Ends Here by Rory Power (Delacorte) - originally dated July 2021, now undated.
The Gates of Deep Shadow by Katharyn Blair (Putnam)
No description released.
Eleanor Rigby by James Patterson and Valeria Wicker (Little, Brown)
T.S. Ferguson at Little, Brown/Patterson has signed Valeria Wicker (author-illustrator of The Ugly Doodles) to illustrate Eleanor Rigby, a YA graphic novel written by James Patterson, in which a teen girl runs away to Seattle to find her missing sister and must tell stories on the street to survive. Publication is slated for fall 2021; Adria Goetz at Martin Literary Management negotiated the deal for world rights.
How to Love by Alex Norris (Walker Books US)
Susan Van Metre at
Walker Books US has acquired North American rights to How to Love, based
on cartoonist Alex Norris's advice column of the same name. The first
title in a two-book deal, How to Love is a humorous and heartfelt
collection of comics aimed at young people who are experiencing falling
in love for the first time. Publication is planned for fall 2021;
Christopher Schelling at Selectric Artists brokered the deal.
Champion of Cities, Champion of People by Rebecca Pitts (Seven Stories)
Lauren Hooker at Seven
Stories/Triangle Square has acquired Jane Jacobs: Champion of Cities,
Champion of People, by debut author Rebecca Pitts. This YA biography of
Jane Jacobs, the visionary urbanist and thinker who transformed the way
we inhabit and develop our cities, emphasizes how today's teens can
promote change in part by focusing on local issues and community
organizing. Publication is planned for fall 2021; Bibi Lewis at the
Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency negotiated the deal for world rights.
Sanctuary by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio (Kokila)
Namrata Tripathi at
Kokila has acquired, on exclusive submission, Sanctuary by Karla Cornejo
Villavicencio, author of the forthcoming Undocumented America. The YA
novel follows Marcela, a 16-year-old New Yorker and budding journalist
whose world comes crashing down when she finds out her father is
scheduled for immediate deportation. When he seeks sanctuary at a local
church, Marcela finds herself fighting for her father's rights and
fending off exploitative media outlets she once hoped to join.
Publication is set for fall 2021; Peter Steinberg at Foundry Literary +
Media negotiated the deal for North American English and Spanish rights.
Linney by Lucy Knisley (Random House Graphic)
Random House Graphic
has acquired Lucy Knisley's YA graphic novel Linney, a collection of
Knisley's online cat cartoons in print for the first time, along with
original material. Publication is slated for fall 2021.
Mysterious Ways by Wendy Wunder (Wednesday Books)
Sara Goodman at Wednesday Books has bought, in a preempt, Mysterious Ways by Wendy Wunder.
When 18-year-old Maya looks at someone, she instantly knows everything
about them, which makes starting at a new school and meeting a guy she
actually wants to be around more than a little challenging. No one would
ever believe her superpower—so what happens when someone does, and
challenges her to use it for good? Publication is set for fall 2021;
Sara Shandler, Joelle Hobeika, and Josh Bank at Alloy Entertainment
brokered the deal for world English rights.
No Releases Currently Scheduled
No releases currently scheduled.
Pieces of a Girl by Stephanie Kuehnert (Dutton) - non-fiction YA, dated March 2021 but did not publish, I will update when I know more.
A raw and bold YA
memoir about abuse and addiction, and the power of expression and
community that helped author Stephanie Kuehnert survive and thrive.
Years
before she would become a published author…years before she would find a
voice and a home in the Riot Grrrl movement and emerging zine
community, Stephanie Kuehnert struggled to find her place. Told in
varied narrative styles, including journal entries, original
illustration, and pages torn from her actual teenage diaries and zines,
this is the story of Stephanie Kuehnert’s life as a struggling outsider
who survived substance and relationship abuse to become a strong and
powerful young woman after years trapped in a cycle that sometimes
seemed to have no escape. From the author of Ballads of Suburbia
and former Rookie contributor Stephanie Kuehnert, this bold and bare
memoir about a life shaped by music and writing is unflinching and
devastatingly honest.
The Space Between Loneliness and Fear by Jennifer Mason-Black (Walker Books US) - dated September 2021 but did not publish at this time.
The acclaimed young adult author returns with a literary thriller for fans of Caleb Roehrig’s Last Seen Leaving and Sadie by Courtney Summers.
Since
last year’s cyberbullying incident, Sarah spends her days at home alone
with her virtual school assignments, avoiding cell phones and social
media. Until the day she discovers WeRemember.org. Together with a
homeschooled girl down the street, Sarah follows the trail of a missing
boy, uncovering details that never appeared in the official report.
Sarah becomes convinced that he didn’t just run away. But as she
unravels the mystery, someone online is determined to keep the truth
buried . . . at any cost.
Kristen Pettit at HarperTeen has acquired Taylor B. Barton's Out Loud, pitched as a queer Bring It On meets Cheer, following non-binary gymnast Len Deon, who infiltrates their school's cheer team in order to get intel and revenge on homophobic football players, only to find unexpected romance—and a rekindling of their competitive spirit—along the way. Publication is slated for spring 2021; Stephen Barbara at InkWell Management brokered the deal for North American rights on behalf of Glasstown Entertainment; Saba Sulaiman of Talcott Notch Literary Services represents the author.
Untitled by Tammi Lawson and Marilyn Nelson (Macmillan/Ottaviano)
Christy Ottaviano at
Macmillan/Ottaviano has acquired world rights to a YA biography in verse
of sculptor Augusta Savage by award-winning poet Marilyn Nelson (l.)
and Tammi Lawson, curator of the Arts and Artifacts Division at the
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The book, set for 2021,
will include archival materials and chronicle Savage's life and legacy
as one of the most important artists and leaders of the Harlem
Renaissance; Regina Brooks at Serendipity Literary Agency negotiated the
deal.
Second Coming by Andre-Naquiane Wheeler (Levine Querido)
Meghan Maria McCullough and Arthur Levine at Levine Querido have bought two YA novels by debut author André-Naquian Wheeler. Set in the near future, Second Coming
follows Ebb, a teen with a traumatic romantic past; that is, until he
meets Manny, an immigrant from Nicaragua who loves him openly—and might
also be the son of God. The second book, Like and Subscribe,
is a contemporary novel about Hunter, a queer black boy struggling to
manage his anxiety, fame, and love life in the face of viral stardom.
Publication will begin in 2021; the author represented himself in the
deal for world rights.
Win! by Cynthia Yuan Cheng (First Second)
First Second has bought
world rights to Win!, debut author Cynthia Yuan Cheng's YA graphic
memoir about a shy and geeky Taiwanese-American teenage girl who joins
her high school's boys' football team. Publication is scheduled for
2021.
Ghost Notes by Antoine Revoy (First Second)
Mark Siegel at First
Second has acquired world rights to Ghost Notes, a YA graphic novel by
Antoine Revoy about three ghosts stuck in limbo who have to tell each
other spooky stories so that one of them can move on to the afterworld.
Publication is scheduled for 2021; the author was unagented.
The Black Volume of the Dead by Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu (Saga Press)
Neverland by Meagan Spooner (HarperTeen)
Untitled by Akemi Dawn Bowman (Simon Pulse)
Untitled by Jessica Rubinkowski (HarperTeen)
Untitled by Lilliam Rivera (Bloomsbury)
Muse #2 by Brittany Cavallaro (Katherine Tegan Books)
Misadventures of Johnathon Lambshead #2 by Jeff Vandermeer (FSG)
Smash It #2 by Franscina Simone (Inkyard Press)
A Heavy Dose of Allison Tandy #2 by Jeff Bishop (Putnam)
The Notorious Virtues #2 by Alwyn Hamilton (Viking)
Most Likely #2 by Sarah Watson (Poppy)
Every Reason We Shouldn't #2 by Sara Fujimura (Tor Teen)
The Stepping Off Place #2 by Cameron Kelly Rosenblum (HarperTeen) - some editions dated May 2021 but did not publish on this date.
No comments:
Post a Comment