Ziv Lewis Has acquired Hebrew rights for Kinneret-Zmora (Israel) to the fantastic FIREKEEPER’S DAUGHTER by Angeline Boulley (The Book Group – to be published in North America in Fall 2021 by Henry Holt BYR).
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Another Sale for FIREKEEPER’S DAUGHTER!
Angeline Bolley has now accepted a pre-empt for world French-language rights for FIREKEEPER’S DAUGHTER in a joint offer from Editions Nathan, who will publish in Europe, and Editions de l’Homme, who will publish in Quebec. German rights have also gone to cbj and a major TV/film deal is in the works. Watch this space for…
FIREKEEPER’S DAUGHTER Sells in Italy!
Rizzoli Libri have snapped up Italian rights to Angeline Boulley’s YA thriller FIREKEEPER’S DAUGHTER with a preempt! Publication is planned for spring 2021, at the same time as the book is published in English by Holt.
Two More Sales for THE NIGHT COUNTRY
Italian (Rizzoli) and Spanish (RBA) rights have now been sold for THE NIGHT COUNTRY, Melissa Albert’s brilliant follow-up to her best-selling THE HAZELWOOD. UK/ANZ rights previously went to Penguin UK. Here’s their cover.
Meet RUFUS & REENIE!
RUFUS AND REENIE is a gorgeous younger middle-grade novel about a fledgling Great Horned owl and an eleven-year-old girl who must learn to trust in each other—and in themselves. If you loved Barbara O’Connor’s WISH and Wendy Mass and Rebecca’s Stead’s BOB, you will adore the true friendship that Reenie and Rufus experience. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt…
NO FRIEND BUT THE MOUNTAINS Sold in France
After a spirited auction, Behrouz Boochani’s award-winning NO FRIEND BUT THE MOUNTAINS has been acquired in France by Editions Hugo, who plan to publish in the autumn.
Graphic Novel News from First Second
There’s a lot happening, so this is long! CHECK, PLEASE! by Ngozi Ukazu is garnering major media buzz, with more to come! NPR Books says, “With Bitty’s ever-contagious optimism and Ukazu’s sprightly drawings, life inside this soap bubble is as nice as it should be everywhere else.” Read the full review here. Den of Geek calls CHECK, PLEASE!…
THE PRINCE AND THE DRESSMAKER GO TO HOLLYWOOD!
Film rights to Jen Wang’s THE PRINCE AND THE DRESSMAKER have gone to Universal Pictures and Marc Platt! We can’t wait to see this unusual fairy tale come to life! The graphic novel is published in English by First Second, and translation rights have already been sold to France (Akileos – publishing on May), Spain (the…
THE PARIS EFFECT Film Option Signed!
The film and TV option to K.S.R. Burns’ THE PARIS EFFECT (Velvet Morning Press) has gone to Papazian Hirsch Entertainment, Inc. And here are the flowers that producers James Hirsch and Robert Papazian sent to Karen Burns to celebrate the signing of the deal!
THE HAZEL WOOD Goes to Rizzoli
Italian rights to Melissa Albert’s THE HAZEL WOOD have been pre-empted by Rizzoli Libri, making this the 16th foreign sale for this fantastic book! (Film rights have already been sold to Sony Pictures, with Red Wagon producing.) THE HAZEL WOOD was only published at the end of January in the US, but it’s already number 3…
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