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.
Burned and Buried by Nino Cipri (Henry Holt)
Tiffany Liao at Holt has acquired, at auction, North American rights to Nino Cipri's debut novel Burned and Buried.
This YA supernatural horror follows Riley, who wakes up at the bottom
of a grave with a hole in her chest and strange new powers. She's soon
joined by three other dead girls, each with abilities born out of
violence. Publication is planned for spring 2021; DongWon Song at Howard
Morhaim Literary negotiated the two-book deal.
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
Mimon by Sas Miledge (Boom Box)
Filip Sablik at BOOM! Studios has acquired, for the BOOM! Box imprint, debut author-illustrator Sas Milledge's graphic novel Mimon,
about a teen witch who must confront her grandmother's ghost to lift a
curse and save her town from ruin. Publication is expected in spring
2021; Jennifer March Soloway at Andrea Brown Literary Agency brokered
the deal for world rights.
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)
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.
Like Her by Nina Laurin (Sourcebooks Fire)
Molly Cusick at Sourcebooks has acquired, in a two-book deal, North American rights to bestselling thriller author Nina Laurin's YA debut, Like Her.
The book follows a teen girl whose family moves into a mansion with a
tragic history; the girl becomes spellbound by the spirit of a
19th-century socialite who was fatally obsessed with her own image and
who now thirsts to enter the digital age of vanity. Publication is
scheduled for spring 2021; Rachel Ekstrom at Folio Jr./Folio Literary
Management negotiated the deal on behalf of Ruth Pomerance and Adam
Wilson at INKubator Enterprises.
When You Call My Name by Tucker Shaw (Henry Holt)
Mark Podesta at Henry
Holt has acquired world rights, in an exclusive submission, to When You
Call My Name by Tucker Shaw, a YA novel set in the 1990s that follows
17-year-olds Adam and Ben as they discover their sexuality, face the
devastating loss of first love, and ultimately, discover the power of
new love and community. Addressing grief, homophobia, privilege, and
HIV/AIDS, the novel sheds light on a pivotal time in American queer
history. Publication is slated for spring 2021; Dan Mandel at Sanford J.
Greenburger brokered the deal.
The Spice Road by Maiya Ibrahim (Delacorte) - was dated July 2021, but this date has since been revised. I will update when I know more.
In the hidden desert
city of Qalia, sixteen-year-old Imani dreams of joining the Council of
Al-Zahim— the leaders who harness and protect her tribal nation’s secret
tea magic. In neighboring Taeel-Sa, an orphan named Kazi has become an
assassin to realize humbler dreams: regular food and a place to sleep.
So when he’s offered unimaginable wealth to help a foreigner usurp
Taeel-Sa’s throne, he jumps at it. What he doesn’t realize is he’s about
to change the continent of Alqibah forever—and turn Imani’s dreams into
a nightmare.
Upon seizing the throne, the new King invades
Qalia, ruthlessly pursuing the source of the magic: a limitless power
sealed in a magical vault beneath the city. The Council entrusts Imani
with smuggling the vault’s key far away from the besieged city,
thwarting Kazi’s attempts to secure it on behalf of the King. Furious,
the King gives Kazi one chance to redeem himself: he must kill Imani and
return the key.
But there are others who plot to steal it. If
Imani and Kazi are to triumph, they’ll both need help— and maybe magic
of their own. Little do they know, the ancient magic that divides them
is what ultimately links them.
Alone Out Here by Riley Redgate (Disney Hyperion)
SEVEN WAYS WE LIE, NOTEWORTHY, and FINAL DRAFT author Riley Redgate's ALONE OUT HERE, pitched as LORD OF THE FLIES in space, a thriller set in a future in which the first daughter and 53 other teens end up on the only ship escaping a dying Earth and must contend with being the last hope for humanity's survival as they fight to preserve their own humanity, to Laura Schreiber at Disney-Hyperion, in a six-figure deal, for publication in spring/summer 2021, by Caryn Wiseman at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (world).
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 Shadow Season by Emily Arsenault (Delacorte)
Delacorte has bought
Emily Arsenault's The Shadow Season, a psychological suspense novel for
teens about one girl's investigation into her friend's sudden death and
the unsettling possibility that “The Winter Girl” is not only real but
to blame, proving the old school legend of a vengeful ghost that haunts
the senior dorm hall the same time every year. Publication is planned
for summer 2021.
Grenade Bouquets by Lee Matthew Goldberg (Wise Wolf)
"...The sequel is about Nico's band and their rise to fame in NYC."
Squire by Nadia Shammas and Sarah Alfageeh (HarperCollins)
Set in a Middle
Eastern-inspired fantasy world, 14-year-old-girl Aiza lives in an Empire
wracked by famine and escalating border wars. Aiza dreams of becoming a
knight, the most prestigious rank in the military, and the only way to
elevate her status since her people, the Ornu, are second-class citizens
in the Bayt-Saji Empire. Hiding her cultural background to train as a
squire, she navigates the rigorous training that all knights undergo to
test their mettle, making both friends and enemies in the process.
However, everything falls apart after her friend gets badly injured
during a raid and she uncovers a military conspiracy that threatens to
keep the Empire in a state of perpetual war. Aiza will have to decide:
turn her back on her morals and heritage, or turn her back on her dream
and possibly, her only chance of freedom?
The Gates of Deep Shadow by Katharyn Blair (Putnam)
No description released.
Understanding Coronaviruses: SARS, MERS, and the Covid-19 Pandemic by Shaina Olmanson (Twenty-First Century Books) - YA Non-fiction.
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.
Botched by Shannon Gibney (Dutton)
Andrew Karre at Dutton has acquired world English rights to Botched by Shannon Gibney (Dream Country). A blend of speculative fiction and memoir, the book explores Shannon's childhood as a mixed black transracial adoptee while weaving together multiple imagined timelines—if her adoption had never happened; if her children were her parents and if her adoptive parents were her children; if she had met her birth father—in order to make sense of her identity for her teenage self. Publication is planned for fall 2021; Tina Dubois at ICM Partners did the deal.
All the Things I've Kept from Myself by Karina Manta (Knopf)
Kelly Delaney at Knopf
has acquired, in a preempt, All the Things I've Kept from Myself by
Karina Manta. This YA memoir tells of the champion figure skater's
experiences as a professional athlete, coming out as bisexual in a
hyper-feminine sport, and her continually evolving body image.
Publication is scheduled for fall 2021; Jess Regel at Foundry Literary +
Media brokered the deal for North American 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.
These Precious Stones by Michael Barakiva (FSG)
Trisha de Guzman at FSG has acquired world English rights to These Precious Stones by Michael Barakiva (Hold My Hand). Pitched as Sailor Moon meets Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda,
the contemporary YA fantasy features an eclectic group of queer and
international teens who learn that they must bear the magical gems that
will save the universe from an ancient galactic threat. Publication is
slated for fall 2021; Josh Adams at Adams Literary handled 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.
The Ashes of Cruiser Island by Court Stevens (Thomas Nelson)
Becky Monds at Thomas
Nelson has bought world rights, in an exclusive submission, to The Ashes
of Cruiser Island by Court Stevens. The YA novel features Ben, bent on
proving the innocence of his childhood friend, Frankie, who was charged
with murdering her best friend and who stands to be executed under the
Accelerated Death Penalty Act of 2020. The book is set for fall 2021;
Kelly Sonnack at the Andrea Brown Literary Agency negotiated the deal
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.
Lia and Beckett's Abracadabra by Amy Noelle Parks (Abrams)
Maggie Lehrman at Abrams has bought, in an exclusive submission, world English rights to Lia and Beckett's Abracadabra by Amy Noelle Parks (The Quantum Weirdness of the Almost-Kiss). This YA romantic comedy, set in a magic-themed resort town, is a Romeo and Juliet
love story, with illusions instead of duels and a happy ending instead
of death. Publication is planned for fall 2021; Elizabeth Bennett at
Transatlantic Agency handled the deal.
The Art of Undoing by Kate Norris (Philmonel)
Kate Norris's THE ART OF
UNDOING, pitched as Sliding Doors meets CODE NAME VERITY, in which a
16-year-old aspiring physicist witnesses a tragedy and is accidentally
pulled into another universe—one that already has another version of
herself in it, to Liza Kaplan at Philomel, in a pre-empt, for
publication in fall 2021.
Major Detours by Zackary Sergi (Running Press Kids)
Britny Brooks at Running
Press Kids, in an exclusive submission, has bought Heroes Rise and
Verses interactive fiction series author Zackary Sergi's Major Detours, a
YA novel following four college-bound teens on a tarot card road trip
that turns into a haunted scavenger hunt where the reader chooses the
paths forward using a new interactive format, for publication in fall
2021. Lucy Carson at Friedrich Agency represented the author for world
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.
Untitled by James Brandon (Putnam)
Penguin Teen: "Isaac is
mourning the loss of his brother, while also figuring out his four-year
relationship with his boyfriend."
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No releases currently scheduled.
Hopepunk by Preston Norton (Little, Brown)
Following Faith’s disappearance, their family is suddenly broken. Hope feels a need to rebel. She gets a tattoo and tries singing through the hurt with her Janis Joplin-style voice. But when her long-time crush Danny comes out and is subsequently kicked out of his house, Hope can’t stand by and let history repeat itself. Now living in Faith’s room, Danny and Hope strike up a friendship...and a band. And their music just might be the answer to de-throning Alt-Rite, Danny’s twin brother's new hate-fueled band.
With a hilarious voice and an open heart, Hopepunk is a novel about forgiveness, redemption, and finding your home, and about how hope is the ultimate act of rebellion.
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.
It
Doesn't Have to Be Awkward: Dealing with Relationships, Consent, and
Other Hard-to-Talk-About Stuff by Dr. Drew Pinsky and Paulina Pinsky (HMH) - YA Non-fiction, dated April 2021 but did not publish that month.
Emilia
Rhodes at HMH has bought, in an exclusive submission, It Doesn't Have
to Be Awkward: Dealing with Relationships, Consent, and Other
Hard-to-Talk-About Stuff by bestselling author Dr. Drew Pinsky and his
daughter Paulina Pinsky.
The book takes on the questions today's teens are asking themselves
about sex, relationships, consent, establishing boundaries, and more.
Publication is planned for April 2021; Albert Lee at United Talent
Agency represented the authors in a deal for world rights.
Blackwater by Jeannette Arroyo and Ren Graham (Henry Holt)
Brian Geffen at Henry
Holt has acquired world rights to Blackwater, a debut YA graphic novel
by Jeannette Arroyo and Ren Graham. When Tony, a restless star athlete,
and Eli, a quiet outsider, form an unlikely friendship in their small
Maine town, they find themselves tracking down the source of a werewolf
curse and heeding the warnings of ghosts, all while exploring their
budding feelings for each other and dealing with typical high school
drama. Publication is scheduled for 2021; the author-illustrators were
unagented.
Climate Change by Danica Novgordoff (First Second)
Mark Siegel at First Second has bought Climate Change,
Danica Norvgorodoff's YA graphic novel, which ranges from the tsunamis
and hurricanes that devastate entire populations to the scrim of
pollution and the warming weather that has changed our ecosystems
gradually. Publication is scheduled for 2021; Tanya McKinnon at McKinnon
Literary Agency negotiated the deal for world rights.
The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya McGregor (Boyd Mills Press)
Jes Negrón at Boyds Mills Press has bought The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya MacGregor.
This YA debut is about an autistic genderqueer protagonist who leaves
an intolerant school for a new high school with the support of their
loving father, finding a Rainbow Club and accepting friends, all of whom
must come together to solve the decades-old mystery of the murder of a
teenage boy and confront Sam's own fears of early death.
Publication is
slated for 2021.
Seperate No More by Lawrence Goldstone (Scholastic)
Lisa Sandell at
Scholastic Focus has bought Lawrence Goldstone's Separate No More, a YA
non-fiction title about the Supreme Court's impact on segregation in
America, from Plessy v. Ferguson, when racial separation became fixed in
the Constitution, to the landmark decision in Brown v. Board of
Education, when a team of African-American lawyers persuaded nine white
justices that “separate but equal is inherently unequal.” Publication is
slated for 2021; Charlie Olsen at InkWell Management did the deal for
world English rights.
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.
Tabby Charon by Amy Kim Kimbuishi (Scholastic)
A YA graphic novel
series by Amy Kim Kibuishi. They recount the story of Tabby Charon, who,
after her father dies, travels to a distant world of magic and beauty
where she meets a handsome boy and learns of her destiny.
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 Shveta Thakrar (HarperTeen)
Untitled by Akemi Dawn Bowman (Simon Pulse)
Untitled by Jessica Rubinkowski (HarperTeen)
Untitled by James Aleman (Disney Hyperion)
Untitled by Lilliam Rivera (Bloomsbury)
Loveboat Taipei #2 by Abigail Hing Wen (HarperTeen)
A Court of Miracles #2 by Kester Grant (Knopf)
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)
The Aurelian Cycle #3 by Rosaria Munda (Putnam)
A Heavy Dose of Allison Tandy #2 by Jeff Bishop (Putnam)
The Notorious Virtues #2 by Alwyn Hamilton (Viking)
The Player's Table #2 by Jessica Goodman (Razorbill)
Most Likely #2 by Sarah Watson (Poppy)
Dreamer Trilogy #3 by Maggie Stiefvater (Scholastic)
A Forgery of Magic #3 by Maya Motayne (Balzer + Bray)
Every Reason We Shouldn't #2 by Sara Fujimura (Tor Teen)
The Stepping Off Place #2 by Cameron Kelly Rosenblum (HarperTeen)
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