New Books from Zusak and DiCamillo; Chelsea Clinton On Her Picture Book Sequel

[PW Children's Bookshelf: Breaking children's and YA publishing news, author interviews, bestsellers lists and reviews.] [Harriet Gets Carried Away]( Book News [New Novel Coming from Markus Zusak]( Random House has announced the publication of Bridge of Clay, a highly anticipated YA novel by Markus Zusak, the internationally bestselling and award-winning Australian author of The Book Thief. The book, which is due out on October 9, tells the coming-of-age story of the five Dunbar brothers, as they learn the secret of their father’s disappearance. [more]( [Kate DiCamillo Writes Companion Novel to 'Raymie Nightingale']( The Newbery Medalist's eighth book for middle-grade readers, Louisiana’s Way Home, is a follow-up to her acclaimed 2016 novel Raymie Nightingale. “Louisiana’s voice was so strong and insistent.... I loved spending time with her again,” DiCamillo said. Click through to see our cover reveal for the book, which will be released on October 2. [more]( [Judi and Ron Barrett Follow Up Their 1970 Classic Picture Book]( We spoke with author Judi Barrett and illustrator Ron Barrett about their new collaboration, Lots More Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing, which comes nearly 50 years after the release of their beloved picture book, Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing. Ron Barrett said, "I remain unequivocally opposed to critter couture.” [more]( ['Grumpy Pants' and 'Lazybones' by Claire Messer]( In the News [Indie Bookstore Cries Censorship After Gay Marriage Title Pulled from School Book Fair]( Newbery Medalist Richard Peck's middle grade novel The Best Man has sparked tensions in Athens, Ga., after complaints from parents led to its removal from a bookstore's display at a school book fair. [more]( [BookExpo Announces Editors' Buzz Picks]( This year's children's and YA selections include debut Iranian-American author Adib Khorram's YA novel, Darius the Great Is Not Okay; Courtney Summers's new book for teens, Sadie, featuring a Serial-like podcast; and Mark Tatulli's Short and Skinny, a graphic memoir debut. [more]( [Little Sunny Sunshine / Sol Solecito]( On the Scene [Chelsea Clinton's 'She Persisted' Goes Global]( This month, author, activist, and former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton is embarking on a national tour in honor of her new book, She Persisted Around the World: 13 Women Who Changed History, companion to her bestselling 2017 picture book. We spoke with Clinton and illustrator Alexandra Boiger about their continued collaboration, and meaningful moments with readers. [more]( Literacy Spotlight [A Multi-Generational Impact: Literacy Partners and Books of Their Own]( This article is part of an occasional feature focusing on literacy organizations that promote reading within their communities. Literacy Partners, which began in 1975 as a chapter of Literacy Volunteers of America, brings books and educational programming to thousands of New Yorkers throughout the city’s five boroughs. Team members Emily Harting and Katie Ly recently spoke with PW about the nonprofit as well as its home library program. [more]( SPONSORED [PW KidsCast: Listen Now]( Francisco X. Stork, Andrea Beaty, Dan Santat, Julie Fogliano, Christian Robinson, Philip C. Stead, Matthew Cordell – listen to these and other top writers and artists discuss their new books for children and teens in the PW KidsCast podcast. [Click here]( to listen. For more about these and other great jobs, visit the new [PW JobZone]( now with resume hosting and more! - [Editorial Director, Baker Books - Baker Publishing Group - Ada](. - [Director, Library Marketing - American Psychological Association - Washington, DC](. - [Senior Editor/Brand Manager - Bloomsbury Publishing Inc. - New York](. - [Editorial Assistant - The Quarto Group - Bellevue](. - [Acquisitions Editor - Hay House - New York](. Rights Report Farrin Jacobs at Little, Brown has acquired world rights to We Are Displaced by Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai. In the book, Yousafzai introduces readers to what it means to lose one's home, one's community, and the only world one's ever known, and shares the personal stories of some of the girls she has met in refugee camps and cities where refugee girls and their families have settled. Publication is set for September 4, 2018; Karolina Sutton at Curtis Brown UK handled the deal. The author's net sales proceeds from the book will go to the Malala Fund, a nonprofit organization dedicated to girls' education. 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. Tiffany Liao at Henry Holt has acquired, at auction, Jess Rothenberg's The Kingdom. Set in a fantasy theme park, the story follows Ana, a human-android hybrid whose only purpose as "Fantasist" is to make dreams come true, until she's accused of murder. Pitched as Westworld meets the Serial podcast, the mystery unravels through court testimony, interrogations, and flashbacks. Publication is planned for spring 2019; Stephen Barbara at Inkwell Management negotiated on behalf of Glasstown Entertainment for world rights excluding Germany. Kaylan Adair at Candlewick has bought The Summer of '69, a semi-autobiographic novel from Fallout author Todd Strasser. In the novel, 18-year-old Lucas Baker is forced to confront a number of competing dilemmas—the looming threat of the Vietnam War draft, the choice between true love and free love, a family on the verge of dissolution, and the tension between living for today and preparing for a future—all culminating at the Woodstock festival. Publication is slated for summer 2019, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Woodstock; Stephen Barbara at InkWell Management did the deal for North American rights. Liza Kaplan at Philomel has acquired Jenny Torres Sanchez's new novel, By the Water. The book follows sisters Lola and Rosie in the wake of a car accident that landed them at the bottom of a lake, as they struggle to find a new relationship amid brain damage and the lingering fear that the accident wasn't an accident at all. The book is set for publication in summer 2020; Kerry Sparks at Levine Greenberg Rostan negotiated the deal for North American rights. Beverly Horowitz at Delacorte has bought Christopher Edge's The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day, a mystery in the vein of A Wrinkle in Time. The book stars a gifted girl who, on her 10th birthday, wakes to an empty house and discovers nothing but an all-consuming blackness. She must figure out this shifted reality and apply her understanding of physics and the laws of the universe if she is to set her world right and find her family. Publication is scheduled for spring 2019; Kate Wilson at Nosy Crow brokered the deal for U.S., Canadian, and open market rights, excluding Europe. Sarah Barley at Flatiron has acquired His Hideous Heart, a collection of Edgar Allan Poe short stories reimagined by various authors. The anthology, which will be edited by Dahlia Adler, features stories by Kendare Blake, Rin Chupeco, Lamar Giles, Tessa Gratton, Tiffany Jackson, Stephanie Kuehn, Amanda Lovelace, Emily Lloyd-Jones, Hillary Monahan, Marieke Nijkamp, Caleb Roehrig, and Fran Wilde. (The book will also feature the Poe stories being riffed upon.) Publication is planned for fall 2019, Victoria Marini at Irene Goodman Agency did the deal for world rights. Nicole Ellul at Simon Pulse has bought an untitled YA novel by Jenn Bennett, pitched as The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue meets The Last Magician. In the romantic adventure, when a teen heiress's treasuring-hunting father is kidnapped, she travels across 1930s Transylvania with her streetwise rival to secure the ransom: a cursed medieval ring that once belonged to Vlad the Impaler. The book is slated for fall 2019; Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency brokered the deal for North American rights. Kelli Chipponeri at Chronicle has acquired The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Elements, the first children's book both written and illustrated by Lisa Congdon. The book brings the periodic table to life with scientific information, historical profiles, and illustrations of each of the elements. Publication is scheduled for 2020; Stefanie Von Borstel at Full Circle Literary handled the deal for world rights. Katherine Jacobs at Roaring Brook has bought, in a five-house auction, Nerdy Babies, a four-book series that aims to inspire young readers to appreciate science and creativity. The series was created by debut author-illustrator Emmy Kastner, co-founder and executive director of Read and Write Kalamazoo, a youth literacy nonprofit. The first two books in the series, Nerdy Babies Explore Space and Nerdy Babies Explore the Ocean, will publish in fall 2019; Molly O'Neill at Root Literary negotiated the deal for world rights. Reka Simonsen at Atheneum has acquired world rights to Mary Wagley Copp's debut picture book, Wherever I Go, about a girl who has lived in a refugee camp so long that she's not sure who she'll become if her family ever leaves. Debut artist Munir D. Mohammed will illustrate; publication is set for fall 2019. Kelly Sonnack at Andrea Brown Literary Agency represented the author, and Lara Perkins at Andrea Brown Literary represented the illustrator. Paula Wiseman at S&S/Wiseman has bought world rights to When I Grow Up, the debut picture book by Julie Chen (l.), host of The Talk and Big Brother. The book features a boy who tells his mother about his big ideas and all of the things he wants to do when he grows up. But when will he grow up, and why does it take so long? Caldecott Honor artist Diane Goode will illustrate. Publication is slated for October 2018; Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein & Lezcano represented the author, and Steven Malk at Writers House represented the illustrator. Deirdre Jones at Little, Brown has acquired world rights to Leave It to Abigail, a picture book biography of Abigail Adams, focusing on her strength, intelligence, tenacity, and involvement in the early years of the United States. Barb Rosenstock (l.) is the author and Elizabeth Baddeley will illustrate; publication is planned for fall 2019/winter 2020. Rosemary Stimola at Stimola Literary Studio represented the author, and Alexandra Penfold at Upstart Crow Literary represented the artist. Mary Cash at Holiday House has bought world rights to Pippa's Passover Plate by Vivian Kirkfield (l.), illustrated by Jill Weber. Cats and snakes and owls make Pippa quake, but young Pippa must confront her natural enemies if she is to find the missing Seder plate in time for the holiday. Publication is scheduled for spring 2019; Essie White at Storm Literary Agency represented the author, and the illustrator represented herself. Mara Conlon at Peter Pauper has acquired world rights to Little Things by Nick Dyer, illustrated by Kelly Pousette, in a picture book debut for both. A child notices everyday little things, from footprints to raindrops, and a turtle in need of being flipped upright, that are big in beauty and importance. Publication is set for spring 2019; Mary Cummings at Betsy Amster Literary Enterprises represented the author, and Abigail Samoun at Red Fox Literary represented the illustrator. Alexis Orgera and Chad Reynolds at Penny Candy have bought world rights to Henry the Boy by Molly Felder (l.), illustrated by mother-and-son team Tara Sweeney and Nate Christopherson. The picture book is about a boy who uses forearm crutches with cuffs at the elbow and who learns to takes comfort in friendship and to define himself on his own terms. Debut author Felder, who has cerebral palsy, received her M.A. from NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study. The book will be published in March 2019; the author and illustrators were unagented. To see all of this week's deals, [click here](. IN THE MEDIA [From Entertainment Weekly:]( Lin-Manuel Miranda and Tom Hooper in talks for His Dark Materials TV adaptation. [Click here]( [From the Deseret News:]( Shannon Hale on sexual harassment in the children's book world. [Click here]( [From the Washington Post:]( "A Wrinkle in Time delivers a powerful message I wish I'd heard when I was a girl." [Click here]( [From Electric Literature:]( Ava DuVernay's film of A Wrinkle in Time makes me wonder: What does it mean to identify with a character? [Click here]( [From Entertainment Weekly:]( Nic Stone and Julie Murphy on why they're telling stories of hope in the Trump era. [Click here]( [From the New York Times:]( Black Kids Don't Want to Read About Harriet Tubman All the Time. [Click here]( [From Variety:]( Etan Cohen and DreamWorks Animation Developing Bad Guys Film Adaptation. [Click here]( [From the Guardian:]( Tomi Adeyemi: 'We need a black girl fantasy book every month.' [Click here]( [From the New York Times:]( I Saw Myself in Madeleine L’Engle's A Wrinkle in Time. But I Had to Work Hard. [Click here]( [From the Guardian:]( On the anniversary of Terry Pratchett's death, his daughter reflects on how the Moomins brought them together. [Click here]( [From the New York Times:]( Down-Under Kids' Author Andy Griffiths Builds on His Hit Treehouse Series. [Click here]( [From the ABA:]( New Children's Bookstore Plans a Summer Opening in Illinois. [Click here]( SHELFTALKER Elizabeth Bluemle [Slightly Surreal Serendipity]( When books and customers collide in unusual ways. [more »]( Kenny Brechner [The Art of Comping]( Creating comps on Edelweiss is an under-appreciated art form. [more »]( Cynthia Compton [The Tale of Peter Reader*]( A cautionary tale of online shopping from our friend Peter. [more »]( Elizabeth Bluemle [Cover Story: The Ups and Downs of Redesigned Book Jackets]( Sometimes a reboot is just the thing. Sometimes it… really isn’t. [more »]( FEATURED REVIEWS [Honey]( David Ezra Stein. Penguin/Paulsen, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-5247-3786-3 Stein returns to the ursine protagonist and forest setting of his picture book Leaves. After waking up from hibernation, Bear goes on a quest for honey. But it is not yet summer and too early for honey—which Bear learns after sticking his nose into a tree, where busy bees are working, and getting stung. While he waits for honey season to arrive, Bear finds other sources of joy. [more]( [A Stone for Sascha]( Aaron Becker. Candlewick, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-7636-6596-8 Becker’s wordless epic starts as a family of color bury their dog, Sascha. The daughter puts flowers on the grave, and then the four set off on a trip to the beach, where the girl stands at the water’s edge under a starry sky. Remnants of ancient history, readers will realize, may lie very close at hand, and, Becker suggests, perhaps nothing is ever truly lost. [more]( [Endling: The Last]( Katherine Applegate. HarperCollins, $17.99 (400p) ISBN 978-0-06-233552-4 The gripping first installment of Applegate’s new fantasy trilogy centers on Byx, the 11-year-old runt of a litter of an almost extinct, threatened species of dairnes—highly intelligent doglike creatures who walk upright and can talk, glide, and distinguish any lie. When Byx ventures beyond the confines of her pack’s carefully hidden home, she saves a wobbyk named Tobble, meets a 14-year-old tracker named Khara disguised as a boy, and misses the slaughter of her community that leaves her the last of her kind, an endling. [more]( [Amal Unbound]( Aisha Saeed. Penguin, $17.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-399-54468-2 Saeed infuses this story of unjust power dynamics in a poor Pakistani village with a palpable sense of dread regarding the fate of the inquisitive, industrious, poetry-loving titular character. Twelve-year-old Amal is vexed that her responsibilities as eldest daughter require her to run the household while her mother is bedridden. Amal unleashes her frustration on the wrong person when she talks back to a wealthy landowner, who demands she work off her debt for the insult . [more]( [Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe]( Preston Norton. Disney-Hyperion, $17.99 (400p) ISBN 978-1-4847-9062-5 What if someone told you he was on a mission from God and you had to help him? What if that someone was the star quarterback and part-time bully at your high school, a guy who routinely calls you Neanderthal? That’s exactly what happens to 16-year-old Cliff Hubbard, and Norton takes this unlikely premise, loads it with even more unlikely events, and makes it work in this funny and sweetly oddball book. [more]( [Tradition]( Brendan Kiely. McElderry, $18.99 (352p) ISBN 978-1-4814-8034-5 Kiely’s newest alternates perspectives between jock Jamie “Bax” Baxter, a new student at Fullbrook Academy who is escaping tragedy and determined to start over, and feminist activist Jules, who is fed up with Fullbrook’s social politics and its traditions based on hierarchy and privilege. The novel focuses on a nonconsensual encounter between Jules and her ex, Ethan, after both have been drinking at a party. Jules is left wondering whether what happened to her was sexual assault. Kiely explores the reactions to Jules’s claim from multiple angles. [more]( March 13, 2018 E-mail not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser.]( [Feminist Baby Finds Her Voice!]( [The Price Guide to the Occult by Leslye J. Walton]( [Learning and play come together in Howl like a Wolf!]( [PW KidsCast: A Conversation with Ryan T. Higgins ]( PeopleStephanie Smirnov has been named executive v-p and head of global corporate communications of Scholastic. 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