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March 27, 2008
International bestselling author and American abroad Francesca Simon's HORRID HENRY series starring the world's most mischievous child, his perfect little brother and a humorous cast of other characters with sales of 12 million copies in the UK, a TV show and translations in 25 languages, to Lyron Bennett at Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, for publication in 2009, in a good deal, by Orion.

March 27, 2008
Middle grade Tom Angleberger's THE STRANGE CASE OF THE ORIGAMI YODA, in which a sixth-grade boy and his school friends are given advice about life, love, and friendship from an origami Yoda figure often found on the finger of their strange classmate, to Susan van Metre at Abrams, by Caryn Wiseman at Andrea Brown Literary Agency.

March 26, 2008
Middle grade Jane Kendall's MAESTOSO PETRA, to Diane Landolf at Random House Children's, for publication in Spring 2010, in their upcoming Horse Diary series, by Edward Necarsulmer IV at McIntosh & Otis.

March 26, 2008
Young Adult Angie Frazier's EVERLASTING, a romantic, high-seas adventure pitched as A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY meets THE LUXE, to Jennifer Rees at Scholastic, in a six-figure deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, by Ted Malawer at Firebrand Literary.


March 25, 2008
Middle grade Joan Carris's MAGIC COMES TO THE BED & BISCUIT, the third book in the BED & BISCUIT series, to Andrea Tompa at Candlewick, for publication in 2011, by Edward Necarsulmer IV at McIntosh & Otis.

March 25, 2008
Young Adult BLUE IS FOR NIGHTMARES author Laurie Faria Stolarz's BLACK IS FOR BEGINNINGS, to Andrew Karre at Flux, by Kathy Green at Kathryn Green Literary Agency (world).

March 24, 2008
Young Adult Vampire High author Douglas Rees's VAMPIRE HIGH: Sophomore Year, in which a student's goth cousin comes to town and, unfortunately for him, fits right in with the vampire kids at school, to Michelle Poploff at Delacorte, in a nice deal, for publication in Fall 2009, by Laurie McLean at Larsen/Pomada Literary Agents (World).

March 24, 2008
Middle grade Uncle Pirate author Douglas Rees's UNCLE PIRATE TO THE RESCUE, where Uncle Pirate leaves school to save his mutinous crew, only to find himself in need of rescue himself; luckily the students of his school are up to the task, to Karen Wojtyla at Margaret K. McElderry Books, in a nice deal, for publication in 2009, by Laurie McLean at Larsen/Pomada Literary Agents (World).

March 24, 2008
Picture book Danielle Steel's THE HAPPIEST HIPPO IN THE WORLD, the story of a baby hippo who happens to be born green instead of gray and learns with the help of a little boy to love himself despite being different, to Kate Jackson at Harper Children's, by Kate Schafer of Janklow & Nesbit (sold a while ago, before she left the agency).

March 24, 2008
Young Adult Serena Robar's GIVING UP THE V, about one sixteen-year-old who swears she's nowhere near ready to "give up the V" despite being surrounded by a forward thinking mother and sex-obsessed friends, to Michael del Rosario at Simon Pulse, by Holly Root of the Waxman Literary Agency (world).

March 20, 2008
Children's:
Picture book Wiggle and Waggle illustrator Mary Peterson and Jennifer Rofe's PUMPKIN PATCH, about two little pigs who cause a mess of trouble on a farm, to Yolanda LeRoy at Charlesbridge, by Jennifer Jaeger and Andrea Brown at the Andrea Brown Literary Agency.


March 20, 2008
Young Adult Chris Platt's STORM CHASER, in which a thirteen-year old girl compensates for her family's financial setbacks through love for a beautiful paint filly, to Kathy Landwehr at Peachtree, by Richard Curtis of Richard Curtis Associates.


March 19, 2008
Young Adult Author of SECRET SANTA Sabrina James's BE MINE, in which three high school couples compete to see who will be voted Most Romantic by Valentine's Day, to Abigail McAden at Scholastic, in a nice deal, by Evan Marshall at Evan Marshall Agency (World).


March 19, 2008
Young Adult Jeff Sampson's THE LIFE AND DEATH OF EMILY COOKE, the first in a dark fantasy series about a woman who at night transforms from shy and mousy geek girl into a wild thrill-seeker - and full on wolf-girl, to Stacy Whitman at Mirrorstone, for publication in Fall 2009.

March 19, 2008
Young Adult Sarwat Chadda's THE DEVIL'S KISS, the story of a fifteen-year-old girl conscripted into the modern-day remnant of the Knights Templar, to Donna Bray at Hyperion, in a major deal, for publication in Fall 2009, and to Lindsey Heaven at Puffin, in a very nice deal, sold simultaneously, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication Spring 2009, by former Macmillan UK children's publishing director Sarah Davies in her first deal at her Greenhouse Literary Agency.
Foreign: AlexandraDevlin@rightspeople.com

March 19, 2008
Young Adult Vicki Arkoff's STAR POWER, a collection of inspiring essays from today's hottest teen stars, to Christian Trimmer at Disney, by Tina Wexler at ICM (World).

March 18, 2008
Middle grade Elizabeth Stowe Ellison's FLIGHT, in which a troubled 14-year-old boy, athletic and a burgeoning artist, must confront his secret -- he can't read, to Mary Cash at Holiday House, by Steven Chudney at The Chudney Agency.

March 18, 2008
Young Adult The Secret Desires of a Soccer Mom and The Journal of Mortifying Moments author Robyn Harding's MY PARENTS ARE SEX MANIACS, about learning to make it, or at least cope, despite adulterous parents, the raging school gossip that ensues, and a quickly disintegrating friendship, to Colleen MacMillan at Annick Press, in a nice deal, for publication in 2009, by Joe Veltre at Artists Literary Group.

March 18, 2008
Young Adult Stephen Buchmann's THE BUZZ ABOUT BEES: Letters From the Hive, an adaptation for middle graders of the author's LETTERS FROM THE HIVE: An Intimate History of Bees, Honey and Humankind, to Beverly Horowitz at Yearling Digest, by Judith Riven at Judith Riven Literary Agent (World).

March 18, 2008
Middle grade Kaleb Nation's THE FARFIELD CURSE, in which a boy living in a world where magic is banned discovers he has inherited dangerous gifts from his criminal mother, and the world he knows may not be his own, to Lyron Bennett at Jabberwocky, in a pre-empt, by Richard Curtis of Richard Curtis Associates (world English).


March 17, 2008
Picture book Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen's QUACKENSTEIN, a story about a duck who wants a child
of his own, to Maggie Lehrman at Abrams, in a nice deal, for publication in Fall 2009, by Rachel Orr at Prospect Agency (World).

March 13, 2008
Young Adult Schoolteacher Janet Lynch's MESSED UP, the story of a 15-year old whose mother dumped him on his reluctant grandmother and has lived in fear of ending up in a group home, to Mary Cash at Holiday House, at auction, for a two-book deal, by Jodie Rhodes (world).


March 13, 2008
Young Adult Rhonda Stapleton's STUPID CUPID, the first book of a trilogy in which a 17-year-old girl becomes a cupid for her high school, arranging matches with a tricked-out Palm Pilot, to Anica Rissi at Simon Pulse, in a three-book deal, by Caryn Wiseman at Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
caryn@andreabrownlit.com

March 12, 2008
Children's:
Young Adult I HEART YOU, YOU HAUNT ME author Lisa Schroeder's FAR FROM YOU, about a sixteen-year-old's reluctant road trip with her stepmother and new baby sister, and the terror that ensues after they end up lost in the snow-covered woods, again to Michael del Rosario at Simon Pulse, by Sara Crowe at Harvey Klinger (World).

March 12, 2008
Young Adult Albert Borris's THE THIRD TRY, in which four teens hit the open road on a cross-country trip to sites of celebrity suicide and bond over their own dark impulses to do themselves in, to Anica Rissi at Simon Pulse, at auction, for publication in Summer 2009, by Michelle Andelman at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (World).

March 12, 2008
oung Adult Jon Skovron's GROPE 4 LUNA, a coming-of-age story about a high school boy trying to start an indie rock band while dealing with his Alzheimer's-stricken grandfather, to Maggie Lehrman at Amulet, in a nice deal, for publication in Fall 2009, by Emily Sylvan Kim at Prospect Agency (World English).

March 10, 2008
Picture book Lynne Berry's DUCK ON WHEELS, illustrated by Hiroe Nakata, the fourth adventure in the author's continuing DUCK series, to Reka Simonsen at Holt, by Rosemary Stimola at Stimola Literary Studio.

March 10, 2008
Young Adult Danielle Joseph's DEAD AIR, about a painfully shy high school senior who gets an internship with a popular radio DJ and finds a way to come out from behind her mask and stand up for herself, to Jennifer Heddle at MTV Books, by Rosemary Stimola at Stimola Literary Studio.

March 7, 2008
Young Adult LK Madigan's FLASH BURNOUT, about a chaotic year for a sophomore, whose simple photo class assignment ends up teaching him about love, friendship, life, and death, to Margaret Raymo at Houghton Mifflin, in a two-book deal, for publication in Fall 2009, by Jennifer Laughran at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (World).


March 6, 2008
Middle grade Betty Hicks's two more titles in the GYM SHORTS chapter book series, which stars a group of sports-obsessed friends, and an untitled stand-alone middle-grade novel, to Nancy Mercado at Roaring Brook Press, by Tracey Adams at Adams Literary.

March 6, 2008
Young Adult Josie Bloss's BAND GEEKED OUT, a sequel to her forthcoming debut BAND GEEK LOVE, picking up with the characters still in geeky love, but wrestling with a big decision about college, and ALBATROSS, about a new student's destructive crush on a musician in love with the mysterious and alluring "albatross" around his neck, to Andrew Karre at Flux, in a nice deal, for publication in Summer 2009, by Kate Schafer at kt literary (world English).

March 6, 2008
Picture book Playwright Quiara Alegria Hudes's first children's book BARRIO ABC's, an illustrated walk through a latino neighborhood and the ABC's as told through the eyes of a young barrio girl, to Arthur Levine at Arthur A. Levine Books, by Ian Kleinert at Objective Entertainment.

March 6, 2008
Picture book Two-time Newbery medalist Lois Lowry's CROW CALL, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline, based upon events in Lowry's childhood, about a nine-year-old girl as she begins the journey of becoming reacquainted with her long-absent father after his return from WWII, to Andrea Pinkney at Scholastic, for publication in fall 2009, by Phyllis Westberg at Harold Ober Associates and Nancy Gallt for Ibatoulline.

March 4, 2008
Middle grade Jayne Lyons' 100% Wolf, a humorous tale of the youngest member of a noble family of werewolves who transforms into a poodle instead of a wolf, to Jordan Brown at Atheneum, for publication in Summer 2009, by Catherine Drayton at Inkwell Management, on behalf of Random House Australia (NA).
Italian rights sold to Edizione Piemme.

March 3, 2008
Young Adult Lauren Bjorkman's debut MY INVENTED LIFE, about a girl whose heart is in the right place but who gets sidetracked by the fictional life she's created, to Kate Farrell at Holt, for publication in Spring 2009, plus ME IN THE LOST AND FOUND, by Catherine Drayton at Inkwell Management (NA).

March 3, 2008
Middle grade George Sullivan's GENERAL TOM THUMB: THE AMAZING LIFE OF AMERICA'S FIRST CELEBRITY, A biography of Charles S. Stratton, known professionally as General Tom Thumb, to Jennifer Greene at Clarion, by Eleanor Wood at Spectrum Literary Agency (NA).

March 3, 2008
Picture book Jean Reidy's MY OWN LITTLE PIECE OF THE UNIVERSE, a cumulative verse celebrating a child's comforting sense of place, to Tamson Weston at Hyperion Children's, by Erin Murphy of Erin Murphy Literary Agency (world).

March 3, 2008
Middle grade Author of LETTERS FROM RAPUNZEL, Sara Lewis Holmes' NEW RECRUIT, the story of two cousins living on an Air Force base, the dynamic sixth grade teacher who introduces them to improv, and the community that rallies around them when one of their own goes missing in Afghanistan, to Cheryl Klein at Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic, in a two-book deal, by Tina Wexler at ICM (NA).