Garth Nix, Scott Westerfeld, Justine Larbalestier, Marissa Meyer, Alison Goodman, Kevin Hearne, Margo Lanagan, Christopher Healy, T.J. Stiles, Sara Donati, Jennifer & Matthew Holm, Melina Marchetta, Catherine Gilbert Murdock, John Marciano, Colin Woodard

THE LUNAR CHRONICLES, HEARTLESS, RENEGADES, Marissa Meyer; THE HERO'S GUIDE TO SAVING YOUR KINGDOM, Christopher Healy; THE IRON DRUID CHRONICLES, Kevin Hearne; THE FIRST TYCOON and CUSTER'S TRIALS, T.J. Stiles; EON, EONA, THE DARK DAYS CLUB, Alison Goodman; AMERICAN NATIONS, Colin Woodard; BABYMOUSE, SQUISH, SUNNY SIDE UP, Jennifer & Matthew Holm; SABRIEL/LIRAEL/ABHORSEN/CLARIEL/GOLDENHAND, FROGKISSER!, Garth Nix; THE SUMMER PRINCE, Alaya Dawn Johnson; UGLIES/LEVIATHAN Trilogy, SPILL ZONE, Scott Westerfeld; LIAR and MY SISTER ROSA, Justine Larbalestier; TURTLE IN PARADISE, FULL OF BEANS, THE FOURTEENTH GOLDFISH, Jennifer Holm; WISDOM'S KISS and DAIRY QUEEN, Catherine Gilbert Murdock; INTO THE WILDERNESS Series, THE GILDED HOUR, Sara Donati; STAR-CROSSED, HALFWAY NORMAL, Barbara Dee; WINTERSONG, SHADOWSONG, S. Jae-Jones; SIX IMPOSSIBLE THINGS, WILDLIFE, CLOUDWISH, Fiona Wood

Professor of History at George Washington University, currently at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, Andrew Zimmerman's A VERY DANGEROUS ELEMENT, a new history of the Civil War focusing on the immigrant radicals and slave rebels who helped transform the war for the Union into a revolution against slavery, to Jonathan Segal at Knopf, by Jill Grinberg at Jill Grinberg Literary Management (NA).

Deborah Noyes's BLOOD AND THUNDER, an illustrated work of narrative nonfiction for middle graders that tells the "secret" life story of literary figure Louisa May Alcott—before she wrote the classic Little Women, to Ann Kelley at Schwartz & Wade, at auction, for publication in spring 2020, by Jill Grinberg at Jill Grinberg Literary Management (world).

Mikki Kendall's HOOD FEMINISM: Feminism for the Black Girls Who Aren't Respectable, a collection of essays taking aim at the existing narratives and ideology of the feminist movement and its long history of erasure and neglect of the concerns of marginalized populations, to Georgia Bodnar at Viking, in a significant deal, at auction, by Jill Grinberg at Jill Grinberg Literary Management (NA).

Matt Burns's SMOOTH, pitched as ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET for the male teen psyche, about a boy trying to figure out if the medication for severe acne he's counting on to improve his social life is also making him stressed out and lonely, or if that's just a side effect of being fifteen, to Kaylan Adair at Candlewick, for publication in 2020, by Katelyn Detweiler at Jill Grinberg Literary Management (World English).

Alan Silberberg's MEET THE LATKES, a wacky story about a family of potato pancakes who get everything about the Hanukkah story wrong, and it's up to their pet dog (who is also a potato pancake) to set them straight, to Leila Sales at Viking Children's, for publication in Fall 2018, by Jill Grinberg at Jill Grinberg Literary Management (NA).

Author of IMMACULATE and TRANSCENDENT, Katelyn Detweiler's new novel about a seventeen-year-old bestselling author who seems to have it all, glowing reviews, diehard fans across the globe, flashy tours and steep advances, but she is harboring a dark secret that threatens to unravel everything, to Margaret Ferguson at Margaret Ferguson Books, for publication in Spring 2019, by Jill Grinberg at Jill Grinberg Literary Management (NA).

NYT bestselling author S. Jae-Jones's GUARDIANS OF DAWN, pitched as an East Asian-inspired fantasy series inspired by girl-centric narratives like Sailor Moon, in which four girls must combine their elemental magic to defeat a growing evil and restore the rightful heir to the throne, to Eileen Rothschild at Wednesday Books, in a major deal, in a four-book deal, for publication in Spring/Summer 2019, by Katelyn Detweiler at Jill Grinberg Literary Management (World English).

Christopher Healy and illustrator Ben Mantle's THIS IS NOT THAT KIND OF BOOK, introducing the author's protagonists to a series of very humorous encounters as they try to figure out the kind of book--adventure? alphabet? mystery?--in which they're appearing, to Maria Modugno at Random House Children's, for publication Spring 2018, by Cheryl Pientka at Jill Grinberg Literary Management for the author and Arabella Stein at The Bright Group for the illustrator (world).

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