ADULT
THE FIRST BRIGHT THING by J.R. Dawson (TOR, June 13, 2023)
I DONE CLICKED MY HEELS THREE TIMES by Taylor Byas (Softskull, August 22, 2023)
THE THREE CONDITIONS: WHY INTENTION, JOY AND CERTAINTY WILL ELEVATE YOUR LIFE by Moshe Gersht (Sounds True, November 7, 2023)
SOMEONE BIRTHED THEM BROKEN by Ama Asantewa Diaka (Amistad, Spring 2024)

YA:
WE ARE ALL SO GOOD AT SMILING by Amber McBride (Feiwel & Friends, January 10, 2023)
A WARNING ABOUT SWANS by R.M. Romero (Page Street, July 11, 2023)
WHEN GHOSTS CALL US HOME by Katya de Becerra (Page Street, October 3, 2023)
POEMHOOD: THE BLACK REVIVAL by Amber McBride, Erica Martin, and Taylor Byas (eds.) (2023)
SKATER BOY by Anthony Nerada (Soho Teen, Spring 2024)

MG:
SKY FULL OF SONG by Susan Lynn Meyer (Union Square, April 11, 2023)
CHUPACARTER AND THE HAUNTED PINATA by George Lopez and Ryan Calejo (Penguin/Viking, May 23, 2023)
THE FIRST MAGNIFICENT SUMMER by R.L. Toalson (May 30, 2023)
CALL ME ADNAN by Reem Faruqi (HarperCollins, June 13, 2023)
THE GRAY by Chris Baron (Feiwel & Friends, June 13, 2023)
102 DAYS OF LYING ABOUT LAUREN by Maura Jortner (Holiday House, June 20, 2023)
THE NIGHTMARE HOUSE by Sarah Allen (FSG, August 8, 2023)
THE DO MORE CLUB by Dana Kramaroff (Penguin/Rocky Pond, August 29, 2023)
THE SHAPE OF TIME by Ryan Calejo (September 12, 2023)
GONE WOLF by Amber McBride (Feiwel & Friends, October 3, 2023)
THE SECRET OF THE DRAGON GEMS by Chris Baron and Rajani LaRocca (Little Bee, October 3, 2023)
RAIN REMEMBERS by Courtne Comrie (HarperCollins, Fall 2023)

PICTURE BOOKS:
MILLOO'S MIND by Reem Faruqi (HarperCollins, January 17, 2023)
SWIMMING TOWARDS A DREAM by Reem Faruqi (Page Street, September 5, 2023)
THE STORYTELLER by Lindsey Bonilla, Illustrated by Noar Lee Naggan (Penguin/Nancy Paulsen, 2023)

January 23, 2023 - DO YOU EVEN KNOW ME?, by Reem Faruqi and Ani Bushry
Children's: Picture Book Fiction

AMIRA'S PICTURE DAY author Reem Faruqi's DO YOU EVEN KNOW ME?, in which a girl hears the word Muslim over and over again on TV, and she worries, especially when she gets picked on at school, but she learns to speak up and live up to her name, which means peace, illustrated by Ani Bushry, to Alyson Day at Harper Children's, for publication in spring 2024, by Rena Rossner at Deborah Harris Agency for the author, and by Christy Ewers at The CAT Agency for the illustrator (world).

January 13, 2023 - TALE OF THE FLYING FOREST, by R.M. Romero and E.K. Belsher
Children's: Middle Grade Fiction

Author of THE DOLLMAKER OF KRAKOW and THE GHOSTS OF ROSE HILL R.M. Romero's TALE OF THE FLYING FOREST, pitched as a Jewish Narnia about a girl who journeys to an enchanted flying forest to find and rescue her long-lost twin brother, illustrated with black-and-white art by E.K. Belsher, to Milena Blue Spruce at Little, Brown Children's, for publication in fall 2024, by Rena Rossner at Deborah Harris Agency for the author (world).

November 1, 2022 - ON ALL OTHER NIGHTS, by Chris Baron, Joshua Levy and Naomi Milliner
Children's: Middle Grade Fiction

Chris Baron, Joshua Levy, and Naomi Milliner's ON ALL OTHER NIGHTS, a middle grade anthology built around the Passover Seder, in which each story is inspired by one of its traditional steps, with contributions by Mari Lowe (Kadesh), R. M. Romero (Urchatz), Naomi Milliner (Karpas), Joshua S. Levy (Yachatz), Laurel Snyder (Magid), Chris Baron (Rachtzah), Adam Gidwitz (Motzei-Matzah), Sofiya Pasternak (Maror), Ruth Behar (Korech), Sarah Kapit (Shulchan Orech), A. J. Sass (Tzafun), Laura Shovan (Barech), Veera Hiranandani (Hallel), and Amy Ignatow (Nirtzah), to Erica Finkel at Abrams Children's, at auction, for publication in spring 2024, by Rena Rossner at Deborah Harris Agency for Baron, Elana Roth Parker of Laura Dail Literary Agency for Levy, and Liza Fleissig at Liza Royce Agency for Milliner (world).

September 20, 2022 - SKATER BOY, by Anthony Nerada
Children's: Young Adult Fiction

Debut author Anthony Nerada's SKATER BOY, a queer spin on an Avril Lavigne classic that follows a resident bad boy and his star-crossed romance with a ballet dancer, to Alexa Wejko at Soho Teen, for publication in spring 2024, by Rena Rossner at Deborah Harris Agency (NA).

September 20, 2022 - POEMHOOD, by Taylor Byas, Erica Martin and Amber McBride
Children's: Young Adult Fiction

Edited by Taylor Byas, Erica Martin, and Coretta Scott King New Talent Award winner Amber McBride's POEMHOOD: OUR BLACK REVIVAL, a YA poetry anthology that pays homage to Black poetry, folklore and culture by placing new young poets in conversation with current Black, African and Caribbean writers and the older generation of writers that preceded them, and includes the voices of more than 30 poets, including Nikki Giovanni, Kwame Alexander, Ibi Zoboi, Rita Dove, Jabari Asim, Mahogany Browne, Antwan Eady, Joy Priest, and Ashley Woodfolk, with poems from ancestors like Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou and Gwendolyn Brooks, to Alyson Day at Harper Children's, at auction, for publication in winter 2024, by Rena Rossner at Deborah Harris Agency (world English).

September 13, 2022 SKY FULL OF SONG by Susan Lynn Meyer
Children's: Middle Grade Fiction

Sydney Taylor Honor Award-winning author Susan Lynn Meyer's SKY FULL OF SONG, about 11-year-old Shoshana, whose Jewish family flees Russia's pogroms in 1906 to join her father and brother already homesteading in North Dakota only to find that the antisemitism they fled is alive and present on the prairie as well, to Laura Schreiber at Union Square Kids, in a pre-empt, for publication in spring 2023, by Rena Rossner at Deborah Harris Agency (world).

August 10, 2022 CALL ME ADNAN by Reem Faruqi
Children's: Middle Grade Fiction

Reem Faruqi's CALL ME ADNAN, in which a Pakistani American dreams of making it to the ultimate table tennis championship in Florida, but when tragedy strikes, he must find a way back to the sport he loves as his family struggles to heal, to Alyson Day at Harper Children's, in a good deal, in an exclusive submission, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2023, by Rena Rossner at Deborah Harris Agency (world English).

August 2, 2022 GONE WOLF by Amber McBride
Children's: Middle Grade Fiction

National Book Award finalist and Coretta Scott King–John Steptoe Award winner Amber McBride's GONE WOLF, in which the author explores the effects of generational trauma, the pandemic, racism and ultimately, resilience and empowerment from the perspective of a girl who resides in an America where the Southern states have seceded from the rest of the country, to Liz Szabla at Feiwel and Friends, in a good deal, in a pre-empt, for publication in fall 2023, by Rena Rossner at Deborah Harris Agency (NA).

July 27, 2022 THE SECRET OF THE DRAGON GEMS
Children's: Middle Grade Fiction

Sydney Taylor Notable author Chris Baron and Newbery Honor author Rajani LaRocca's THE SECRET OF THE DRAGON GEMS, in which two kids keep in touch by letter, email, and video chat after they discover some strange rocks together at a summer camp, and wonder whether they might be more than just rocks, to Charlie Ilgunas at Yellow Jacket, for publication in fall 2023, by Brent Taylor at TriadaUS Literary Agency for LaRocca and Rena Rossner at the Deborah Harris Agency for Baron (NA).
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June 2, 2022 THE THREE CONDITIONS: WHY INTENTION, JOY AND CERTAINTY WILL ELEVATE YOUR LIFE by Moshe Gersht
Non-fiction: Religion/Spirituality

Moshe Gersht's THE THREE CONDITIONS: WHY INTENTION, JOY AND CERTAINTY WILL ELEVATE YOUR LIFE, a spiritual self-help guide based on Torah, Kabbalah, and Hassidut that places these concepts alongside other spiritual traditions and acts as a roadmap for readers to come into alignment with their higher self through meditation and self-inquiry, to Diana Ventimiglia at Sounds True, for publication in fall 2023, by Rena Rossner at Deborah Harris Agency (world).

May 10, 2022 WHEN GHOSTS CALL US HOME by Katya de Becerra
Children's: Young Adult Fiction

WHAT THE WOODS KEEP author Katya de Becerra's WHEN GHOSTS CALL US HOME, pitched as Night Film meets The Haunting of Hill House, in which a girl goes back to the haunted mansion in which she starred in her older sister's cult horror movie to find out what happened to her sister, who disappeared two years before, only to discover that all the ghosts of her past are real, to Lauren Knowles at Page Street Kids, in a two-book deal, for publication in 2023, by Rena Rossner at Deborah Harris Agency (world English).

May 9, 2022 THE FIRST MAGNIFICENT SUMMER by R.L. Toalson
Children's: Middle Grade Fiction

Author of THE WOODS and THE COLORS OF THE RAIN R.L. Toalson's THE FIRST MAGNIFICENT SUMMER, in which a budding author navigates the summer she gets her first period while spending time with her estranged father and his new family; examining the sometimes difficult relationships kids have with their parents (and step-parents), to Kara Sargent at Aladdin, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2023, by Rena Rossner at Deborah Harris Agency (NA).

April 19, 2022 102 DAYS OF LYING ABOUT LAUREN by Maura Jortner
Children's: Middle Grade Fiction

Maura Jortner's 102 DAYS OF LYING ABOUT LAUREN, in which twelve-year-old Mouse was abandoned by her mother in an amusement park and has survived for three months by carefully following her list of Rules to Live By, but when a nosy girl and an impending storm threaten to expose Mouse's hiding place, it might take more than rules to keep her safe, to Sally Morgridge at Holiday House, for publication in summer 2023, by Rena Rossner at Deborah Harris Agency (world).

March 16, 2022 A WARNING ABOUT SWANS by R.M. Romero
Children's: Young Adult Fiction

THE GHOSTS OF ROSE HILL author R.M. Romero's A WARNING ABOUT SWANS, a fairy tale in verse set at the court of King Ludwig II, in which a swan maiden feeling imprisoned by the responsibility her father created her for gives up her magical wings to forge her own fate in the human world, but after making a pact with an upstart baron, she finds herself trapped in a different prison, one that only a Jewish artist who has the power to paint souls can help free her from, to Ashley Hearn at Peachtree Teen, in an exclusive submission, for publication in summer 2023, by Rena Rossner at Deborah Harris Agency (world).

March 11, 2022 THE NIGHTMARE HOUSE by Sarah Allen
Children's: Middle Grade Fiction

Author of WHAT STARS ARE MADE OF Sarah Allen's PENNY HOPE, in which a 12-year-old is haunted by a dark being who visits her dreams and sucks the souls of the people around her until their eyes are nothing but blank voids; when her beloved poetess grandma takes ill and she begins seeing the blank nightmare eyes in waking life, she knows she'll need her own poetry (and a friend) more than anything if she's going to confront the being, to Melissa Warten at Farrar, Straus Children's, in a very nice deal, in an exclusive submission, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2023, by Rena Rossner at Deborah Harris Agency (world English).
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March 7, 2022 THE FIRST BRIGHT THING by J.R. Dawson
Fiction: Sci-Fi/Fantasy

J.R. Dawson's debut THE FIRST BRIGHT THING, in which, post World War I, people called sparks gained sudden and unexpected abilities, and as a result, three magically gifted women now run a circus for other lost sparks like themselves, but another war is on the horizon and another, darker circus threatens to overpower everything if the man who runs it cannot be defeated once and for all, to Lindsey Hall at Tor, in a good deal, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2023, by Rena Rossner at Deborah Harris Agency (world English).

February 27, 2022 THE NUMBER NINE PLAZA by Ben Guterson
Children's: Middle Grade Fiction

Ben Guterson's THE NUMBER NINE PLAZA, in which an 11-year-old is determined to save his grandmother's 19-story, out-of-this-world department store from an unknown adversary, to Christy Ottaviano at Christy Ottaviano Books, in an exclusive submission, in a two-book deal, for publication in winter 2024, by Rena Rossner at Deborah Harris Agency (world).

February 11, 2022 THICK WITH TROUBLE by Amber McBride
Fiction: General/Other

Winner of the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award and National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature Amber McBride's THICK WITH TROUBLE, a debut poetry collection that investigates what it means to be a Black woman in the American South, organized via reimagined tarot cards of unapologetic women who laugh, cry, haunt, and tell men to kneel; an homage to the complexity and intersections of being a Black woman outside of the male gaze, to Allie Merola at Penguin, for publication in 2024, by Rena Rossner at Deborah Harris Agency (world).

Gilad Soffer's THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING DUCK, to Citic (China), in a nice deal, by Yuming Kao at The Grayhawk Agency, on behalf of Rena Rossner at The Deborah Harris Agency.

June 21, 2021 - ANYA AND THE DRAGON and ANYA AND THE NIGHTINGALE
International rights: Children's

Sofiya Pasternack's ANYA AND THE DRAGON and ANYA AND THE NIGHTINGALE, to Knizhniki (Russian Federation), in a two-book deal, by Natalia Sanina at Synopsis Agency, on behalf of Rena Rossner.