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YOUNG ADULT

UNDERCURRENT Paul Blackwell

HarperTeen Delivered Pub: July 2013 Agent: Stephen Barbara Foreign Sales: Canada: Doubleday

Sixteen-year-old Callum Harris never wanted to move to Crystal Falls. Neither did Cole, his brawny and fearless older brother. With the recent separation of their parents, the brothers have had quite enough change of late.

But the move turns out to be only the first of many changes in Callum's life. After he plunges headlong over the falls, he wakes up in the hospital to find that life is no longer what it once was: his squabbling parents appear to have reconciled; his brother, an unrepentant jock and serial dater, is paralyzed and bed-ridden in a makeshift hospital room at home; and even Callum himself, always studious and unpopular, is now the object of desire for the two hottest girls in school.

As he adjusts to this surreal new life - a life both exhilarating and terrifying - Callum struggles to reconcile his past memories with a dangerous and uncertain present. Who is he? Where is he? And what, exactly, has he become?

Paul Blackwell is the YA pen name for P.J. Bracegirdle, author of the middle-grade series The Joy of Spooking (S&S, 2008) and the picture book The Dead Family Diaz (Dial, 2012). He has previously worked at a variety of jobs, from keeping the stage door of a haunted old Scottish theatre to pushing laundry carts along dark tunnels under an insane asylum. He was born and resides in Montreal.

FATES Lanie Bross

Delacorte Delivered Pub: January 2014 Agent: Stephen Barbara

What if your destiny was to kill the one you love? One moment. One foolish desire. One mistake. And Corinthe lost everything.

She fell from her tranquil life in Pyralis Terra and found herself exiled to the human world. Her punishment? To make sure peoples’ fates unfold according to plan. Now, years later, Corinthe has one last assignment: kill Lucas Kaller. His death will be her ticket home.

But for the first time, Corinthe feels a tingle of doubt. It begins as a lump in her throat, then grows toward her heart, and suddenly she feels like she is falling all over again - this time for a boy she knows she can never have. Because it is written: one of them must live, and one of them must die.

In a universe where every moment, every second, every thing has already been decided, where does love fit in?

Lanie Bross was born in a small town in Maine, where she spent the next 18 years dreaming of bigger places. After exploring city life, she and her husband and two young sons ended up coming right back to the wilds of Maine where they now live just one house down from where she grew up. Fate, perhaps? She loves chasing around her rambunctious kids, playing tug-o-war with her 95 pound Lab, and writing for Young Adults. Fates is her first novel.

* A Paper Lantern Lit property. *

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BORN OF ILLUSION Teri Brown

Balzer & Bray Delivered Pub: June 2013 Agent: Mollie Glick Foreign Sales: Brazil: Valentina; Italy: Corbaccio

A gifted illusionist, Anna assists her mother, renowned medium Marguerite Van Housen, in her stage show and séances, easily navigating the underground world of magicians, mediums, and mentalists in 1920s New York City. As the illegitimate daughter of Harry Houdini – or so Marguerite claims – sleight of hand illusions have never been much of a challenge for Anna. The real trick is keeping her true gifts secret from her opportunistic mother. Because while Marguerite’s own powers may be a sham, Anna possesses a true ability to sense people’s feelings and foretell the future.

But as Anna’s powers intensify, she begins to experience frightening visions that lead her to explore the powers she’s tried so long to hide. And when an enigmatic young man named Cole moves into the flat downstairs, introducing Anna to a secret society that studies people with gifts like hers, she begins to wonder if there’s more to life than keeping secrets.

From Teri Brown comes a world bursting with magic, with romance, with the temptations of Jazz Age New York – and the story of a girl about to become the mistress of her own destiny.

Teri Brown lives with her husband and way too many pets in Portland, Oregon. You can visit her online at www.teribrownbooks.com.

Praise for Born of Illusion: “Teri Brown deftly creates magic and romance on every intense page. Readers won't forget the grace and gumption of Anna Van Housen.” – Carrie Jones, author of the New York Times bestselling Need series

“I suppose I could wax on about this book's strengths - its magic, romance and exquisite historical detail - but the bottom line is: Teri Brown's Born of Illusion is the most thoroughly enjoyable novel I've read all year.” - Lauren Baratz-Logsted, author of The Twin's Daughter

MAYBE TONIGHT? Book One in the Snap Decision series

Bridie Clark Roaring Brook Delivered Pub: August 2013 Agent: Stephen Barbara Foreign Sales for the Snap Decision series: Brazil: Verus Editora (two-book deal)

The first in a new series, Maybe Tonight? is structured as a unique choose your own adventure novel. Set in an elite New Hampshire boarding school, the reader is in the driver’s seat as you (the main character) seek to define yourself and make your way amidst the various dramas, challenges, and temptations of the ultra-competitive, high-stakes prep school world. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to hang out with Gossip Girl? Here’s your chance...

Maybe Tonight? opens as the reader is getting ready for the biggest party of the year – Midwinter’s Night Dream, set in the frosty woods just off campus – with her roommates and best friends Annabel, Spider, and Libby. Choices unfold quickly and the reader must decide which risks to take in pursuit of social status, adventure, success, and love. Maybe Tonight? offers readers a fun, behind-the-scenes experience of life in this exclusive world in a unique format.

Bridie Clark is author of two novels, Because She Can, and The Overnight Socialite. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, and New York magazine. She graduated from Harvard College in 1999.

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RELIC Renee Collins

Entangled Delivered Pub: September 2013 Agent: Mollie Glick

After a raging fire consumes her town and kills her parents, Maggie Davis is on her own to protect her younger sister and survive best she can in the Colorado town of Burning Mesa. In Maggie’s world, the bones of long-extinct magical creatures such as dragons and sirens are mined and traded for their residual magical elements, and harnessing these relics’ powers allows the user to wield fire, turn invisible, or heal even the worst of injuries.

Working in a local saloon, Maggie befriends the spirited showgirl Adelaide and falls for the roguish cowboy Landon. But when she proves to have a particular skill at harnessing the relics’ powers, Maggie is whisked away to the glamorous hacienda of Álvar Castilla, the wealthy young relic baron who runs Burning Mesa. Though his intentions aren’t always clear, Álvar trains Maggie in the world of relic magic. But when the mysterious fires reappear in their neighboring towns, Maggie must discover who is channeling relic magic for evil before it’s too late.

Relic is a thrilling adventure set in a wholly unique world, and a spell-binding story of love, trust, and the power of good.

Renee Collins graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in History, and currently lives with her family in the shadow of the Colorado red-rock cliffs, though she hasn’t unearthed a relic. Yet. Relic is her first novel.

NOTES FROM GHOST TOWN

Kate Ellison Egmont USA Delivered Pub: February 2013 Agent: Stephen Barbara Foreign Sales: Russia: Exmo Foreign Sales for The Butterfly Clues: Brazil: Leya; Britain: Andersen; Germany: Rowohlt; Russia: Exmo

From critically-acclaimed author Kate Ellison comes a heartbreaking literary mystery of mental illness, unspoken love, and murder. When sixteen-year-old artist Olivia Tithe is visited by the ghost of her first love, Lucas Stern, it’s only through scattered images and notes left behind that she can unravel the mystery of his death.

There’s a catch: Olivia has gone colorblind, and there’s a good chance she’s losing her mind completely – just like her mother did. How else to explain seeing (and falling in love all over again with) someone who isn’t really there? With the murder trial looming just nine days away, Olivia must follow her heart to the truth, no matter how painful. It’s the only way she can save herself.

Kate Ellison, author of The Butterfly Clues, grew up in the Baltimore area. Other than writing, she also paints and designs jewelry. Kate lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Praise for Notes from Ghost Town: “Ellison (The Butterfly Clues) effectively turns up the tension… it’s easy to get drawn into the novel’s paranormally tinged mystery.” – Publishers Weekly

“Lush. Will leave romance fans swooning.” – Kirkus

“Ellison has crafted an intriguing, well-paced mystery with just enough clues to give savvy readers a chance to puzzle out the truth and a thread of romance that will help hook readers until the very last page.” – Booklist

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TASTE TEST Kelly Fiore

Walker Books Delivered Pub: April 2013 Agent: Hannah Brown Gordon If you can grill it, smoke it, or fry it, Nora Henderson knows all about it. Her father owns one of North Carolina’s most successful barbeque joints and she’s been shredding pork and basting baby back ribs since she could reach the counter. When “Taste Test,” a reality cooking show for teens, accepts her for their fifth season, it’s a chance for Nora to get out of her humble hometown and break into the big leagues of the culinary world. When she shows up on set at the North American Culinary Academy, however, it’s not just the New England weather that’s ice cold. Fights with her high-society roommate and run-ins with the son of a famous chef force Nora to work even harder to prove she’s a force to be reckoned with. But, despite winning challenges and falling for a fellow contestant, Nora can’t ignore the mysterious accidents that are plaguing the kitchen arena. It seems like someone is conducting eliminations of their own and Nora’s determined to get to the bottom of the mystery before she is “86ed” for good. Cooking and writing are two of Kelly’s greatest passions; others include cupcakes, facials, and VH1 Classic. Kelly has a BA in Creative Writing from Salisbury University and an MFA in Poetry from West Virginia University. She teaches English in Maryland where she lives with her husband, Matt, and her son, Max. This is her début novel.

PROJECT CAIN Geoffrey Girard

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Del: April 2013 Pub: September 2013 Agent: Stephen Barbara Foreign Sales: Germany: Boje Verlag Fifteen-year-old Jeff Jacobson had never heard of Jeffrey Dahmer, the infamous serial killer who brutally murdered seventeen people more than twenty years ago. But Jeff's life changes forever when the man he'd thought was his father hands him a government file telling him he was constructed in a laboratory only seven years ago, part of a top-secret government cloning experiment called “Project CAIN.”

There, he was created entirely from Jeffrey Dahmer's DNA. There are others like Jeff - those genetically engineered directly from the most notorious murderers of all time: The Son of Sam, The Boston Strangler, Ted Bundy... even other Jeffrey Dahmer clones. Some raised, like Jeff, in caring family environments; others within homes that mimicked the horrific early lives of the men they were created from.

When the most dangerous boys are set free by the geneticist who created them, the summer of killing begins. Worse, these same teens now hold a secret weapon even more dangerous than the terrible evil they carry within. Only Jeff can help track down the clones before it's too late. But will he catch the “monsters” before becoming one himself?

Geoffrey Girard is an award-winning short story author. His short fiction has appeared in several best-selling anthologies and magazines, including Writers of the Future (winner, 2003), Damned Nation, Prime Codex, Aoife's Kiss, The Willows, Murky Depths, Apex Horror & Science Fiction Digest, and, most recently, Dark Faith (a 2010 Stoker-nominated anthology).

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TRUTH OR DARE Jacqueline Green

Poppy Delivered Pub: May 2013 Agent: Stephen Barbara Foreign Sales: France: Fleuve Noir

Some say the seaside town of Echo Bay is cursed. They may be right. When a game of truth or dare spins out of control, three beautiful teen girls start receiving mysterious dares containing hints to dark secrets long buried. For artsy outcast Sydney Morgan, perfect, popular Caitlin “Angel” Thomas, and queen bee Tenley Reed, the truth is not an option.

This is no party game - it’s do or die. And it's their turn to play.

Jacqueline Green received her BA from Cornell University and her MFA in writing for children from The New School. She grew up in Wynnewood, PA and now lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband and their tiny dog, who moonlights as her writing companion. Truth or Dare, the first novel in a trilogy, is her young adult début. * A Paper Lantern Lit property. *

FEUDS Avery Hastings

St. Martin’s Press Del: Fall 2013 Pub: Summer 2014 Agent: Stephen Barbara & Rachel Hecht

Feuds is a new teen series that delivers epic romance and hot story-telling against a backdrop of intriguing social and political strife in a future altered by environmental change.

The setting: Columbus Ohio, 2135. In an America divided between genetically enhanced Priors (Superiors) and the common mass of humanity known as Imps (Imperfects), sixteen-year-old Davis, a rising star ballerina and daughter of a wealthy Prior family, finds herself falling for Cole - a dangerous boy from the wrong side of the tracks. Cole is not only an Imp; he’s a rising star in the barbaric, bloody cage-fighting tournament known as the FEUDS. But when Davis discovers there’s a deadly virus spreading through the Prior community, she may find that Cole and the Imperfects are her only hope … An epic romance with echoes of “Romeo and Juliet” and “Gattaca,” this is a sweeping, cinematic new teen series with broad commercial appeal.

Avery Hastings is an author and former book editor from New York City. Avery grew up in Ohio, graduated in 2006 from the University of Notre Dame and earned her MFA from the New School in 2008. She currently lives in Paris, where she's unable to go more than twenty-four hours without eating an almond croissant and/or several varieties of smelly cheese. When she's not reading or writing, Avery can usually be spotted lying around in the park with her affable dog or scouting various Parisian thrift stores. * A Paper Lantern Lit property. *

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THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Kari Luna

Philomel Delivered Pub: July 2013 Agent: Mollie Glick

Sophie Sophia is obsessed with music from the late eighties. She also has an eccentric physicist father who sometimes vanishes for days and sees things other people don’t see. But when he disappears for good and Sophie’s mom moves them from Brooklyn, New York, to Havencrest, Illinois, for a fresh start, things take a turn for the weird. Sophie starts seeing things, like marching band pandas, just like her dad.

Guided by Walt, her shaman panda, and her new (human) friend named Finny, Sophie is determined to find her father and figure out her visions, once and for all. So she travels back to where it began - New York City and NYU’s physics department. As she discovers more about her dad’s research on M-theory and her father himself, Sophie opens her eyes to the world’s infinite possibilities - and her heart to love.

Kari Luna writes stories, teaches yoga and eats apricots. She also covets cashmere sweaters, collects toys from the sixties and thinks soul music is the cure for everything. She lives in Portland, Oregon. You can visit the fictional Sophie Sophia, read her blog, and download mixtapes at www.thetheoryofeverythingbook.com.

THE WAITING TREE Lindsay Moynihan

Amazon Children’s Publishing Delivered Pub: May 2013 Agent: Kirsten Neuhaus

Eighteen-year-old Simon Peters wants to stand up for the truth about who he is. His love and desire for Stephen is unwavering, but does he have the courage to defend it when his entire community and his eldest brother Paul have ostracized him? Will Stephen’s feelings change now that he’s been banished to the Waverly Christian Center to learn how to be “normal” again?

Trapped in a cashier’s job he hates, struggling to maintain peace with his brothers after their parents’ death, and determined to look after Jude, his mute twin brother, Simon puts everyone else’s needs before his own. It takes a courageous act of self-sacrifice on the part of Jude to change their lives forever. Jude, who is wiser than anyone ever know. Jude, who knew that when the fig tree in their yard began to bloom, it was his time to finally be heard.

The Waiting Tree is Lindsay Moynihan’s first novel. She and her husband live in Orlando, Florida, where she is earning a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Florida.

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EVEN IN PARADISE Chelsey Philpot

HarperCollins Del: Fall 2013 Pub: Fall 2014 Agent: Stephen Barbara

Even in Paradise is the story of seventeen-year-old Charlotte "Charlie" Ryder, a girl from a working class family whose talent for the arts has gained her entry into the exclusive St. Anne's school, where she meets and gets pulled into the scandalous circle of-the larger-than-life Julia Buchanan, a senator's daughter whose famous but tragic family contains echoes of the Kennedys. Gorgeously written and poignant in its portrayal of too-brief doomed friendships and loves, Even in Paradise evokes Brideshead Revisited, with a teenage cast. Chelsey Philpot is a book review editor at School Library Journal and a contributing writer for the Boston Globe. Like her character Charlie, Chelsey attended boarding school in New England before earning a degree in English from Vassar College and a master's in Journalism from Boston University. She lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

THIS SONG WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE Leila Sales

Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers Delivered Pub: September 2013 Agent: Stephen Barbara Foreign Sales: Czech Republic: Albatros Media

An exuberant novel about identity, friendship, and the power of music to bring people together.

Making friends has never been Elise Dembowski’s strong suit. All throughout her life, she’s been the butt of every joke and the outsider in every conversation. When a final attempt at popularity fails, Elise nearly gives up. Then she stumbles upon a warehouse party where she meets Vicky, a girl in a band who accepts her; Char, a cute but mysterious disc jockey; Pippa, a carefree spirit from England; and most importantly, a love for DJing.

Leila Sales (www.leilasales.com) grew up outside of Boston, Massachusetts, and graduated from the University of Chicago. Currently, she lives in Brooklyn, New York and works in publishing in New York City. Praise for This Song Will Save Your Life: “A wild, witty, funny, thumping good read.” – Adele Griffin, two-time National Book Award Finalist and author of Where I Want to Be

“Leila Sales’s This Song Will Save Your Life needs to be on your to-be-read list! A perfect harmony of laugh-out-loud moments, heartbreak, and hope. I didn’t want this book to end.” - Eileen Cook, author of The Almost Truth

“Edgy and irresistible. If this book were a song I'd have it on repeat with the volume all the way up.” - Sarah Mlynowski, bestselling author of Ten Things We Did (and Probably Shouldn’t Have)

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GONDAL Rebecca Serle

Poppy Del: Fall 2013 Pub: Fall 2014 Agent: Mollie Glick Foreign Sales for When You Were Mine: Brazil: Novo Conceito; Britain: Simon & Schuster UK Children’s (two-book deal); France: Hachette Jeunesse; Germany: Baumhaus; Indonesia: PT Bentang Pustaka; Poland: Literackie; Portugal: Planeta Portugal; Taiwan: China Times

Gondal is the story of Paige Townsen, a young wanna-be actress plucked from obscurity and cast in the next big teen feature film franchise based on a book. It’s real-life Twilight and The Hunger Games except this time we’re going inside the head of Bella, AND Kristen Stewart. What’s it like to get to live out two fantasies simultaneously? To get to be Bella, Edward’s beloved, and the girl who dates Robert Pattinson?

The fascination with young celebrity is everywhere, but never has it reached such dizzying heights as now. Because we want to know. We want every detail. We care about whether or not he put his hand on her cheek when he looked at her, how they hold hands, whether they have nicknames for each other. It’s illicit, it’s exciting, and it’s everywhere. Would Twilight have had the same rabid fandom if it weren’t for their real-life romance? Maybe. But it’s the behind the scenes drama that really drives the romantic machine. Fans go crazy for it. We’re jealous. We’re fascinated. We want to consume them. What’s it really like to get the guy everyone wants?

In Gondal we get to explore this fantasy through the eyes of a young girl. She starts off just like us – normal, pedestrian, the classic girl next door – until she is discovered, and given an opportunity that will change her life forever. We see her rise to fame, fall in love; we experience the wish fulfillment through her, and watch with wide-eyed wonder as she goes on the ride of a lifetime… One many of us imagine, but few get to board.

Rebecca Serle is the author of When You Were Mine, a movie adaptation of which is currently in production by Fox2000, and the forthcoming The Caulfields. She holds an MFA from The New School, is a guest lecturer at Fordham and LitReactor in New York City, and is also a writer for The Huffington Post. She is the recipient of numerous literary awards such as the Edward Moses Young Fiction Prize and has been published in journals including KPress, Slice Magazine, and The Ampersand Review.

FALLOUT Todd Strasser

Candlewick Delivered Pub: September 2013 Agent: Stephen Barbara Foreign Sales: Germany: Ravensburger; Italy: Rizzoli

What if the bomb had actually been dropped? What if your family was the only one with a shelter?

It’s the summer of 1962 and Scott and his friends spend their days playing baseball and thinking about girls. But the threat of nuclear war looms over all that they do and they are haunted by the idea that they could all be dead tomorrow.

Even though the possibility of war is all anyone talks about, Scott’s dad is the only one in the neighborhood who actually prepares for the worst, building a bomb shelter to protect his family and stocking it with enough supplies to keep them alive for two critical weeks. The neighbors scoff, but then, in the middle of the night in late October, the unthinkable happens. Suddenly ten people are crammed into a shelter built for four. Ten people eating the food meant for four, breathing the air meant for four. Ten people struggling to survive - but what will await them when they eventually emerge?

Todd Strasser is the internationally bestselling author of more than 120 novels for children and teens, most notably The Wave and Give a Boy a Gun, which are taught in classrooms around the world. While many of his novels are based on or inspired by events in his own life, The Bomb is an especially personal story. “We were indeed the only ones in the neighborhood with a bomb shelter. This novel can be read as a memoir, both of what happened during that time, and of what I feared would happen.” Todd Strasser lives in New York.

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MIDDLE GRADE

CODE NAME 711 Book Two in the Double Vision series

F.T. Bradley HarperCollins Children’s Delivered Pub: October 2013 Agent: Stephen Barbara Foreign Sales: Brazil: Objetiva (three-book deal) The sequel to Double Vision featuring trouble-maker-turned-secret-agent, Lincoln Baker, as he faces off against his rival, Benjamin Green. The latest adventure in the world of “dangerous doubles” takes them to Washington, D.C. Praise for Code Name 711: "Cool caper story with great Washington D.C. locations. The perfect page-turner for reluctant readers.” - Dan Gutman, author of the New York Times bestselling Genius Files

CLONEWARD BOUND Book Two in The Clone Chronicles series

M.E. Castle Egmont USA Delivered Pub: February 2013 Agent: Stephen Barbara Foreign Sales: Germany: Bertelsmann Foreign Sales for Popular Clone: Germany: Bertelsmann; Turkey: Altin Kitaplar Fisher Bas and Two were able to thwart the evil Dr. X, but after somehow surviving the explosion at TechX Enterprises, Two is in Hollywood looking for his "mother." Fisher must bring him back to Palo Alto before his cloning secret is discovered. When a class field trip to see the Dr. Devilish science show arises, it becomes the perfect opportunity for Fisher to find his clone. But all kinds of complications will get in the way - including Amanda Cantrell, who knows more than Fisher would like about Two's identity. As Fisher, FP, and Amanda team up to find Two, they find trouble, high jinx, and the return of an evil mastermind - all set in the glitz of Hollywood. M.E. Castle is a writer and actor working in the glorious center of the universe, New York City. He graduated from Oberlin College in 2008 with a degree in theater and has written a number of short stories, only a handful of which have ever been seen by an audience wider than his closest friends. Throughout his college years, he was one of the leading writers of the noir detective radio drama The Dead Hear Footsteps, to which he also lent his vocal talents. You can visit him online at www.theclonechronicles.com. Praise for Cloneward Bound: “The heart of the story … is what makes this book special. A successful balance of fizz and substance.” - Kirkus

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A TANGLE OF KNOTS

Lisa Graff Philomel Delivered Pub: February 2013 Agent: Stephen Barbara Foreign Sales: Germany: Ueberreuter; Israel: Yediot

Told in multiple viewpoints, A Tangle of Knots is a magnificent puzzle. In a slightly magical world where everyone has a Talent, eleven-year-old Cady is an orphan with a phenomenal Talent for cake baking. But little does she know that fate has set her on a journey from the moment she was born. And her destiny leads her to a mysterious address that houses a lost luggage emporium, an old recipe, a family of children searching for their own Talents, and a Talent Thief who will alter her life forever. However, these encounters hold the key to Cady's past and how she became an orphan. If she's lucky, fate may reunite her with her long-lost father.

Lisa Graff is a former associate editor at Farrar, Straus, & Giroux Books for Young Readers. Originally from California, she lives in New York City.

Advance praise for A Tangle of Knots: “Graff weaves a miraculous tale of whimsy with the same attention to detail as a master chef… Subtle and intricate, rich with humor and insight, this quietly magical adventure delights.” – Kirkus, starred review “Graff’s story has a warmth and gentle humor that, along with the premise, calls to mind Ingrid Law’s Savvy.” – Publishers Weekly

THE GIRL FROM FELONY BAY John Thompson

Walden Pond Press Delivered Pub: April 2013 Agent: Stephen Barbara

Abbey Force’s life was turned upside down the afternoon a freak accident put her father into a coma. She found him on the floor of the library in their old plantation manor, surrounded by gold and jewelry bearing the initials of an elderly client from his law firm. Unconscious and unable to explain himself, everyone assumed the worst and the family home was sold to cover the cost of the missing valuables. Now, Abbey lives with her horrible Uncle Charlie…and is determined to prove her father’s innocence. Along the way, she befriends Bee, the girl who’s moved into her old manor (who has some family traumas of her own) and together they uncover a sinister scheme that is much, much bigger than they could have imagined.

John Thompson spent twenty-five years as an investment banker before retiring to write full time. He lives with his wife and daughter and divides his time between Charleston, South Carolina, and a mountain home in Hawley, Pennsylvania. He serves on the boards of The Charleston Education Network, the Medical University of South Carolina Foundation, and the National Advisory Board of Donors Choose, a charity selected by Amazon.com in 2005 as America’s Most Innovative Non-Profit.

Praise for The Girl from Felony Bay:

"A tale bursting with intrigue and adventure ... A successful turn by a promising new author." – Kirkus

“I was enthralled by this tale. It's lyrical, touching, and beautifully written. A great debut.” – Bernard Cornwell, New York Times bestselling author of The Saxon Chronicles series

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Picture Books

CHICK-O-SAURUS REX Lenore Jennewein and Daniel Jennewein (illustrator)

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Delivered Pub: July 2013 Agent: Stephen Barbara Little Chick just wants to belong, but the bullies of the barnyard - Little Donkey, Little Pig, and Little Sheep - won’t let him play in their tree house because he is a chicken, and chickens are not strong and brave. Little Chick sees their point: What have chickens done besides invent the chicken dance and cross the road? But when his father shows Little Chick the family photo album, he learns something HUGE: He is related to the gigantic and ferocious Tyrannosaurus rex!

Armed with this new knowledge, Little Chick returns to the tree house just in time to rescue the bullies from a scary wolf - and prove that strength and bravery have nothing to do with size.

Lenore Jennewein is also the author of the teen novel Level 2, writing as Lenore Appelhans. She lives in Frankfurt, Germany, with her illustrator husband Daniel Jennewein and three cats. Visit her at presentinglenore.blogspot.com, where she has been blogging about YA lit since 2008.

Daniel Jennewein is the illustrator of several picture books, including Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten?, by Audrey Vernick.

GIANT DANCE PARTY Betsy Bird and Brandon Dorman (illustrator)

Greenwillow Books Delivered Pub: April 2013 Agent: Stephen Barbara Giants can't dance! Can they? When Lexy takes on the task of teaching a gaggle of giants to dance, well, you can expect one giant dance party. Of course it doesn't start out that way. But as Lexy and her giants prove…where there is a will, there is a way. Where there is imagination, there is a way. Where there is perseverance, there is a way. Where there is friendship, there is a way! Absolutely anyone can dance. And everyone in this book does! Betsy Bird is an author, librarian, and the popular blogger Fuse8. As a child she took both ballet and Scottish Country dancing, and in college she performed everything from tap and swing to modern dance and a little (rather awful) Fosse. Betsy Bird was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and now lives with her family in New York City, where she is currently New York Public Library’s Youth Materials Collections Specialist.

Brandon Dorman is the illustrator of the #1 New York Times bestseller, The Wizard, by Jack Prelutsky, as well as Halloween Night, by Marjorie Dennis Murray, and his own Pirates of the Sea! and Santa’s Stowaway. He received a degree in fine arts from Brigham Young University, Idaho. You can visit him online at www.brandondorman.com

Praise for Giant Dance Party: “Sheer joy.” – Kirkus, starred review