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Frankfurt 2013 New Titles Translation Catalogue Table of Contents Early Reader Apple Blossom Stables…………………………… 1 Magic Animal Friends…………………………….. 2

Middle Grade The Berenson Schemes……………………………3 By the Grace of Todd……………………………….4 The Chicken Squad………………………………….5 The Dirt Diary………………………………………....6 Feral ……………………………………………………....7 Gadgets and Gears…………………………………...8 Galaxy’s Most Wanted……………………………...9 Hotel Summertime………………………………...10 The Nerdy Dozen………………………………….. 11 Ravenstorm Island……………………………….. 12 Screaming at the Ump…………………………... 13 There Will Be Bears……………………………… 14 Zomboy……………………………………………….. 15

Young Adult The 100………………………………………………..16 Beware the Wild………………………………......17 Blackbird……………………………………………..18 Blackmoore………………………………………….19 Blest…………………………………………………….20 Breaking Butterflies...........................................21 The Brokenhearted………………………………22 Divided We Fall……………………………………23 Far From You……………………………………… 24 Fiendish…………………………………………….....25 A Girl Called Fearless…………………………….26

Girls Like Us………………………………………….27 If I Die Before I Wake………………………… 28 The Islands at the End of the World………29 Killing Ruby Rose………………………………….30 Like Water on Stone………………...………...….31 Liv, Forever………………………………………......32 A Mad, Wicked Folly………………………………33 The Merciless…………………………………..…....34 The Museum of Intangible Things………….35 Otherbound…………………………………………..36 The Other Way Around………………………....37 Ravenswood…………………………………………38 The Real Prom Queens of Westfield High.39 The Rich and the Dead…………………………..40 Save the Enemy…………………………………….41 Second Star…………………………………..…..…..42 Slumber………………………………………….…….43 When I Was the Greatest……………………… 44 Witch Hunt…………………………………………...45 Words and Their Meanings………….....……..46

Apple Blossom Stables by Pippa Young, proprietor Working Partners Ltd First publication: March 2014 10,000 words Ages 7-9

*From the team behind HEARTLAND and CHESTNUT HILL comes a heartwarming new series.* Nine-year-old Lena Kennet and her mother have moved to a beautiful village in the mountains. There are snow-capped peaks and dense forest, sparkling streams and pretty wooden houses. At first Lena misses her friends back in the city, and she wonders if she’ll ever feel at home here. Then she discovers that Castle Manor, the stunning house just outside the village, is actually a riding stables. Although Lena has never learned to ride, she loves ponies. A chance encounter with a lovely grey pony called Samson leads to a summer full of horsey adventures with Lena and her new friends! Book 1: Lena and Samson (Mar 2014) Book 2: Paulina and Lancelot (Mar 2014) Book 3: Charlie and Peanut (Aug 2014) Rights Sold German(Loewe)

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Magic Animal Friends 1: Lucy Longwhiskers Gets Lost by Daisy Meadows, proprietor Working Partners Ltd UK publisher Hachette Children's Books From the series: Magic Animal Friends First publication: Spring 2014 5,500 words Ages 6-9

*From the creators of RAINBOW MAGIC comes an adorable new series for animal lovers the world over!* Best friends Lily and Jess are caring for the animals at the Helping Paw Wildlife Hospital when they notice a mysterious visitor – a golden cat. She leads them to a tree with a secret doorway. The girls step through it and find themselves in Friendship Forest, a magical place filled with adorable, talking animals! But Grizelda, a witch, wants the forest for herself. She sends her Boggit servants – four stinky, hairy, troll-like creatures – to ruin it. Can Lily, Jess and Goldie the cat save their animal friends? This is the latest series from Daisy Meadows and Working Partners, the creators of the internationally bestselling series RAINBOW MAGIC and will appeal to 5+ girls. A surefire hit for the early reader age group! There are currently eight books planned. Book 1: Lucy Longwhiskers (Spring 2014) Book 2: Molly Twinkletail (Spring 2014) Book 3: Daisy Featherbill (Spring2014) Book 4: Leo Tabbypaw (Spring 2014)

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The Berenson Schemes 1: Jack the Castaway by Lisa Doan, proprietor Lerner Publishing US publisher Carolrhoda Books From the series: The Berenson Schemes First publication: Spring 2014 160 pages Ages 9-12

*Throughout this humorous, adventure-driven series, Jack has to survive a smorgasbord of international dangers, and help his mom and dad grow up.* Jack Berenson, a phobia-plagued, checklist-making eighth grader, just wants a normal childhood. But he keeps getting caught-up in his clueless, globe-trotting parents’ get-rich-quick schemes. The series opens with JACK THE CASTAWAY, in which Jack is unfortunately reunited with his parents after the death of his guardian. Unable to locate any other relatives to take Jack in, his parents decide to bring him along on their next venture: running a snorkelling business down in the Caribbean. While Jack learns to drive the boat, his parents attempt to ‘drift-snorkel’ in a strong current. Sadly, they forgot to fill the gas tank and Jack is set adrift in the Caribbean Sea. Landing on an uninhabited island, Jack and his parrot Loco set out to find food, water and shelter. (Actually, Jack has to do all the work, Loco does nothing.) Jack learns to free dive, explores the coral reef and befriends a whale shark named Tom.

Lisa Doan Lisa Doan received a master’s degree in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her first books, a children’s middle grade series titled THE BERENSON SCHEMES, will be released by Lerner Publishing Group in 2014. Her jobs have included Master Scuba Diving Instructor, Wall Street headhunter, Owner/Chef of a restaurant, Set Medic for a reality T.V. show and Deputy Prothonotary of a county court.

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By the Grace of Todd by Louise Galveston, proprietor Working Partners Ltd US publisher Razorbill First publication: Spring 2014 30,000 words Ages 9-12

*In the beginning, there was Todd, and Todd turned on the light, and Todd was the light… * When twelve-year-old Todd inadvertently creates a primitive civilization in his dirty laundry, he finds that being a god isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Todd is having a hard enough time starting middle school. When he discovers a tiny civilization brewing in his dirty laundry, his first instinct is to ignore it. But he soon finds that his “Toddlians” not only revere him, but need him to help them evolve. With caring, ingenuity, and a little library research, Todd finds himself evolving into a more responsible, capable sixth grader. But can the Toddlians survive room-cleanings, dog attacks, and the mysteriously frequent visits of Todd’s little sister, Daisy? By the grace of Todd, they just might… A brand new humorous adventure for boys from Working Partners. This is the first of two books, with book two coming in Fall 2014.

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The Chicken Squad 1: Case #2 The UFO

by Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Kevin Cornell, proprietor Pippin Properties US publisher Simon & Schuster From the series: The Chicken Squad First publication: Summer 2014 128 pages Ages 9-12

*The New York Times Bestselling author Doreen Cronin's THE CHICKEN SQUAD, a younger chapter-book spin off of her hilarious and critically acclaimed THE TROUBLE WITH CHICKENS series.* Meet the shortest, yellowest, fuzziest detectives a barnyard has ever seen: The Chicken Squad!

Dirt, Peep, Sweetie and Poppy might be chicks, but they sure aren't chicken. However, Tail, the not-so-brave squirrel, most definitely is. Tail has spotted something BIG and SCARY in the barnyard, something so big and scary that the only way he can describe it (before he faints) is, well, "big and scary." "Big" and "scary" are not the most helpful of adjectives, so it's up to the Chicken Squad to solve the mystery of what is lurking beyond the coop. With crayons, a little bit of camouflage, and whole bunch of pebbles, can the most cunning and fuzzy group of chicks defeat something that could very well be from gulp - out of this world? Praises for A JJ TULLY MYSTERY seires: "Cronin brings her droll humour to the chapter book set with great success" Publishers Weekly starred review "Spot-on humour and a clever story ensure this latest from Cronin will be a favorite among middle-grade readers" - The NewYork Times

Doreen Cronin Doreen Cronin is The New York Times bestselling author of favorite picture books such as RESCUE BUNNIS, THE DIARY OF . . . series, and CLICK, CLACK, MOO: COWS THAT TYPE. You can visit her online at www.doreencronin.com.

Kevin Cornell Kevin Cornell is an illustrator and author from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Only a few brave souls have spotted him in the wild. Those who have, report he is remarkably polite, and has impeccably groomed fur.

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The Dirt Diary

by Anna Staniszewski, proprietor Erin Murphy Literary Agency US publisher Sourcebooks From the series: The Dirt Diary First publication: January 2014 256 pages Ages 9-12

*Following thirteen-year-old Rachel, as she learns who her true friends are and a worthy crush in the most unlikely of places, this is fun tween reading at its best.* What’s worse than your parents splitting up and your dad moving halfway across the country? How about your mom starting a new cleaning business with you as its first employee. Now you get to scrub the houses of some of the most popular kids in the eighth grade; that’s bound to do wonders for your already loserish reputation. And oh my goldfish, if that isn’t bad enough, the guy you have a ridiculously major crush on offers to pay you to dig up dirt on his girlfriend while you’re cleaning her bedroom. You know it’s wrong. You know you should tell him no. But since you sort of stole three hundred dollars from your college fund to buy a plane ticket so you could go talk your dad into coming home, you need all the money you can get. On top of all that, you have to come up with a to-die-for brownie recipe for the bake sale competition this year, because there is no way in Helvetica you’re coming in second place again, especially not when the prize is a big hunk of cash. But when your best friend dumps you for lying to her and your mom starts getting a little too cozy with your vice principal, it’s enough to make you go totally crazyface. Time is running out to earn back the money you stole, create the perfect brownie, make up with your best friend, and get your parents back together, all while trying to figure out if the cute guy at one of your cleaning jobs might actually like you. Book 1: The Dirt Diary (Jan 2014) Book 2: The Dirt War (TBD)

Anna Staniszewski Anna Staniszewski lives outside of Boston, Mass. with her husband and their adopted black Lab, Emma. She was named the 2006-2007 Writer-in-Residence at the Boston Public Library and a winner of the 2009 PEN New England Susan P. Bloom Discovery Award. When she’s not writing, Anna spends her time teaching, reading, and challenging unicorns to games of hopscotch. She is the author of MY VERY UNFAIRY TALE LIFE series which is published by Sourcebooks Jabberwocky. www.annastan.com.

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Feral proprietor Working Partners Ltd US publisher HarperCollins Inc First publication: June 2014 40,000 worlds Ages 10+

*BATMAN meets THE GRAVEYARD BOOK in this astonishing new dark urban fantasy. Three books were sold at preempt to HarperCollins US and the series has already been optioned by Fox 2000.* 13-year-old Caw lives in a tree-house with only crows for company. He’s never had a real home, and he’s never questioned how it is that he can speak to birds. Living high up in the trees, in a nest with the crows, is the only life Caw has ever known. Although he's aware that others live more conventionally, none more so than Clara - the girl he watches come and go from her house alongside the park. But little does Caw know that his life is about to be turned upside down. A chance encounter with Clara and her father leads Caw to save them from an attack by a group of strange and terrifying criminals - led by Ms Mamba, a strange serpentine woman. Her compatriots, Jawbone and Roach, also bear unusual resemblances to dogs and insects respectively. Maybe Caw's affinity with crows isn't a one-off, maybe there are others who can communicate with animals, and maybe they're not all benign... Thus begins Caw's journey to find out the truth of his origins, to find out what happened to his murdered parents and to save the world...

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Gadgets & Gears 1: The Mesmer Menace by Kersten Hamilton, proprietor Erin Murphy Literary Agency US publisher Clarion Books From the series: Gadgets & Gears First publication: November 2013 160 pages Ages 8-12

* The first book in the Gadgets and Gears series, a fast-paced, richly illustrated middle grade historical fantasy series narrated by a daring dachshund and brimming with mad science * Welcome to the Amazing Automated Inn, home of eleven-year-old inventor Wally Kennewickett, his genius scientist parents, and his dashing dog, Noodles. From the lightning harvester on the roof to the labs full of experiments in the dungeon, the inn is a wonderful place for a curious boy and his loyal dog to be. That is, until President Theodore Roosevelt himself calls the elder Kennewicketts away, leaving Wally and Noodles to face the evil mesmers, horrible hypnotists bent on controlling the minds of powerful people. It seems the inn is their first stop on the way to world domination . . . and only an ingenious boy, a staff of automatons and a brave dachshund stand in their way! First book in a highly readable younger middle grade series, this is a fresh new story narrated from a dachshund's point of view. Perfect for (but not limited to) boys and reluctant readers, this is richly illustrated with intricate blackand-white line drawings. Book 1: The Mesmer Menace (Nov 2013) Book 2: Ire of Iron Claw (Spring 2014)

Kersten Hamilton Kersten Hamilton is the author of the Goblin Wars YA trilogy, as well as several picture books and many novels for children. She has worked as a ranch hand, a woodcutter, a lumberjack, a census taker, a wrangler for wildnerness guides and an archaeological surveyor. Now, when she's not writing, she hunts dinosaurs in the deserts and badlands of New Mexico. For more about Kersten, please visit www.kerstenhamilton.com.

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Galaxy's Most Wanted by John Kloepfer, illustrated by Steve Wolfhard, proprietor Alloy Entertainment US publisher HarperCollins Inc First publication: July 2014 204 pages Ages 9-12

*From the author of the bestselling gross-out series THE ZOMBIE CHASERS comes a new illustrated middle grade adventure series.* When Kevin Brewer and his science camp buddies Warner, Tara, and TJ accomplish the impossible—summoning alien life to Earth!—they think it’s going to be all fun and games. And at first, it is. Their new Martian friend Mim has all sorts of awesome otherworldly gadgets, and between testing out a wormhole generator and reading each other’s minds with a telepathy helmet, Kevin and his pals are having a blast. But Kevin quickly finds out that not all extra-terrestrials come in peace. A gang of interstellar predators are on a mission to capture Mim and destroy anyone in their path! Yet Kevin is not about let his greatest scientific discovery be taken away that easily. Putting their planet-sized brains together, Kevin, Warner, Tara, and TJ must plot a way to stop the alien invasion and kick those intergalactic enemies out of this world! Praises for ZOMBIE CHASER: “Kloepfer's descriptions of the zombies and their feeding habits, and Wolfhard's cartoon characters with guts and drool hanging out, are not for the faint of heart (or weak of stomach)” –School Library Journal "What makes this latest entry into the developing middle-grade zombie canon stand out is Kloepfer's gleeful insistence on gore—intestines slop, flesh liquefies, and one character collects severed fingers in a baggie." - Booklist

Steve Wolfhard Steve Wolfhard was born in Ontario, Canada, and has been drawing comics since he graduated animation college. Steve has a fat barn-cat named Haircut whom he loves but does not like.

John Kloepfer John Kloepfer began his writing career at five years old with a one-sentence short story: “And then one day the monsters came.” He lives in New York City, where he is at work on the next adventure of Zack, Rice, and Madison.

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Hotel Summertime

proprietor Working Partners Ltd From the series: Hotel Summertime First publication: Spring 2014 40,000 words Ages 9-12

*HOTEL SUMMERTIME combines mystery, friendship and lashings of summer sunshine in lovely stories.* 13-year-old Amy recently had a lot of upheaval; after her parents divorced, her French mother moved back to Paris, and now Amy’s archaeologist dad has married a woman he met on a dig. Amy’s only met her a handful of times. So when she finds out she’ll be spending the summer holiday with new relatives, she can’t help but feel abandoned. For company, she has her thuggish neighbour Lucas, strange Eva, and Tanya – Amy's new stepsister, who has decided to hate her. If it wasn’t for local boy Callum, Amy’s not sure how she’d survive. But an abandoned hotel riddled with mysteries draws the five of them together. The old building is the perfect escape from their family troubles – until they stumble on a plot to destroy it. Amy must contend with interfering relatives, a mystery from the past and even arson if she’s to save their summer haven… Book 1 (Spring 2014) Book 2 (Jan 2015) Book 3 (Jun 2015) Rights sold French(Flammarion)

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The Nerdy Dozen by Jeff Miller, proprietor Alloy Entertainment US publisher HarperCollins Inc First publication: May 2014 200 pages Ages 10+

*A motley crew of nerdy video-gaming whizzes discover that their favorite game is actually a leaked training simulator for a top-secret aircraft. Now they are no longer playing for points -- they're playing to save the world.* Neil Andertol has never thought about being a hero. At least, not in real life. He’s always left the princess-freeing, monster-fighting, and village-saving up to the characters he plays in video games as ManOfNeil. This way he can focus on the important things, like beating his online nemesis’s high score, avoiding his karate-chopping little sister, and…pizza. But while ManOfNeil can take out a whole squadron of enemy planes in the jet flying game Chameleon, regular Neil still gets picked on by the class bully. Until now. When Neil wakes up at a military base along with eleven other kids, he learns that Chameleon isn’t just a game—it’s the training simulator for a real jet fighter! Now the Air Force needs their help piloting the jets on a top-secret rescue mission. Can Neil put his gaming skills to the ultimate real-life test? Jeff Miller Jeff Miller is a former newspaper delivery boy from Kent, Ohio and is a top scorer in coffee drinking. The Nerdy Dozen is his first novel.

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Ravenstorm Island 1: The Curse of the Lost Children by Gillian Philip, proprietor Working Partners Ltd UK publisher Hachette Children's Books From the series: Ravenstorm Island First publication: Spring 2014 40,000 words Ages 9-12

*A spooky mystery series for readers aged 9-12 that will appeal to readers of GOOSEBUMPS and LEMONY SNICKET.* The secrets of the island will be revealed… Molly Cornell and her little brother Jack are used to spending summers away from their parents, travelling magicians The Incredible Cornells. But when Molly and Jack visit their rich relatives on the misty and mysterious Ravenstorm Island, Molly immediately feels on edge. An elderly butler gives them bizarre warnings, eerie statues of children are dotted around the island, and - worse - she's expected to be friends with her moody cousin, Arthur. When the fog rolls in, something terrible happens - Jack goes missing and none of the adults on the island seem to remember he existed at all. Molly and Arthur must work together to save Jack. They unlock a hidden world of vicious spirits, but will they uncover the secret behind the Lost Children before it's too late? Rights Sold French(Pocket) Gillian Philip Gillian Philip was born in Glasgow, lived for 12 years in Barbados and now lives in the north of Scotland with her husband, twins, three dogs, two sociopathic cats, a slayer hamster, three chickens and a lot of nervous fish. She has been writing all her life, but has also worked as a record store assistant, theatre usherette, barmaid, sales rep, political assistant, radio presenter, typesetter, and as a Celtic-Caribbean singer in Barbados. In 2001, when her children were born and she moved back to Scotland, she became a full-time writer of Young Adult fiction. As well as books under her own name, she writes as Erin Hunter (Survivors), Gabriella Poole (Darke Academy) and Adam Blade (Beast Quest).

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Screaming at the Ump by Audrey Vernick, proprietor Erin Murphy Literary Agency US publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt First publication: April 2014 320 pages Ages 9-12

*Funny and smart, this novel will make you rethink everything you know about baseball and friendship, parents and divorce, and challenge you to consider all the angles before making the call.* Casey Snowden knows everything there is to know about being a baseball umpire. His dad and grandfather run an umpire school, and Casey and his reality-show obsessed best friend, Zeke, help run the Umpire Academy. It culminates with the over-the-top You Suck, Ump Day, when students try to figure out how to call a game while a whole town screams terrible things at them. (All in good fun, of course. Mostly.) Casey's real dream, though, is to become a sports journalist-impartial and fair, just like an ump. Then he stumbles upon an irresistible story involving a former majorleague player brought down by a steroid scandal, and he finds it's not always easy to be objective or stick to his own rules. Praise for Audrey Vernick's WATER BALLOON: "Vernick resembles Frances O’Roark Dowell and Rachel Vail in her ability to bring keen understanding and tender sympathy to the ordinary....Kids struggling with the challenges of identifying what changes are necessary and paying the price for those thrust upon them will be glad to see an author who gets it" - BCCB Audrey Vernick Audrey Vernick is the author of the picture books IS YOUR BUFFALO READY FOR KINDERGARTEN?, SHE LOVED BASEBALL, and BROTHERS AT BAT. She has published short stories for adults and twice received the New Jersey State Council of the Arts' fiction fellowship. She lives with her family in New Jersey.Visit her at www.audreyvernick.com

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There Will Be Bears by Ryan Gebhart, proprietor Scott Treimel NY US publisher Candlewick First publication: Spring 2014 224 pages Ages 9-12

*A humorous and heartwarming debut about the challenges of adolescence* Thirteen-year-old Tyson loves hanging with his rough-neck Grandpa Gene, who’s a lot more fun than Tyson’s ex-best-friend Bright. These days, Bright just wants to hang with the cool kids who make fun of Tyson’s Taylor Swift obsession and dorky ways. When Gene moves to a nursing home that can manage his kidney disease, Tyson feels he is losing his only friend. Defying Mom and Dad’s strict instructions, Tyson and Gene sneak off on Tyson’s first elk hunt, despite reports of a stalking man-eating grizzly. There will be action--like shooting elk. Is Tyson tough enough? There will be suspense--is Grandpa Gene too sick to handle the hunt? And yes, there will be bears… Ryan Gebhart Ryan Gebhart was born and raised in Maumee, Ohio and graduated from Ohio University with a Master’s in Spanish (he can hablar some español like a boss). His debut THERE WILL BE BEARS comes out Spring 2014 with Candlewick Press. Contrary to the title, there’s actually only one bear. Didn’t want to get your hopes up or anything…

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Zomboy by Richard Scrimger, proprietor Scott Treimel NY US publisher HarperCollins Inc First publication: March 2014 192 pages Ages 9-12

*ZOMBOY is a funny and moving story about friendship and fitting in. But don’t be fooled by all this serious talk. It’s a book with zombies in it.* Bob and Evil-O (her name is Olive but she spells it backwards) have a new classmate this year. Imre is the survivor of a nuclear accident in Northern Canada. The government wants to integrate him into the regular school system even though he’s, well, different. As the principal explains to the class, “Imre wants what you want – to make friends, to do well, to have fun. He’s a child like any of you here. Except that his heart isn’t beating.” Imre is small and mild mannered and eats vegetables, but he is undead, and possesses some traditional zombie traits – he is as strong as an ox, and his body parts are not very firmly attached. As Imre polarizes student opinion, and attracts media attention and PTA pickets (NO ZOMBIES IN OUR SCHOOLS), there is plenty of opportunity for hatred, horror, and hijinks. Evil-O befriends the zomboy at once, invites him home, even helps him run for class president. The real psychic journey is Bob’s. He must face the possibility of losing his best friend, and overcome his personal fear of zombies to see Imre as an individual. And, in the shocking climax, it is Bob who uncovers the government secret that shrouds Imre’s condition…

Richard Scrimger Richard's books have been published in North America by Tundra and Penguin/Dutton, Pocket Jeunesse in France, Hunmunmedia in Korea, most recently by Urachhaus in Germany and soon with Orca Books in North America.

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The 100 by Kass Morgan, proprietor Alloy Entertainment US publisher Little, Brown US First publication: September 2013 336 pages Ages +12

*Part Battlestar Galactica, part Lost, THE 100 is a dramatic and riveting story of terrifying risk, unexpected romance, and the redeeming power of second chances.* In 3010, Earth is nothing but a distant memory. But to the 100, it’s their only hope of a future. For nearly a thousand years, humanity has lived on spaceships, orbiting Earth far above its radioactive surface. No one knows when, or even if, Earth will be livable again. Faced with dwindling resources, the government has enacted a brutal justice system: convicted criminals aren't sent to jail—they’re executed. Juvenile delinquents await their fates on their 18th birthdays. Most will die, but one hundred convicted teens have been chosen for a dangerous mission: to recolonize the Earth. Haunted by the dark secrets that led to their crimes, The Hundred are given a second chance. But Earth is as dangerous as it is beautiful, and to survive, The Hundred will have to learn to trust—and love—again. A sequel will follow in 2014. "Dark and riveting. . . A mash-up of The Lord of the Flies, Across the Universe, and The Hunger Games." – Booklist "Readers will be drawn in by the Lord of the Flies–style tension that builds as the teens struggle to set up a new society on a battered Earth, and by the smoldering romances that hang in the balance.” —Publishers Weekly Rights sold Bulgarian(IBIS), Czech(Albatros), Dutch(Kluitman), French(Robert Laffont), German(Heyne), Hebrew(Hakibutz), Italian(RCS), Korean(Sangsang Bos), Polish(Bukowy), Portuguese (SA)(Record), Romanian(Nemira Publishing), Russian(AST), Slovak(Albatros), Spanish(Alfaguara Infantil), Thai(Amarin), Turkish(Beyaz Balina) Kass Morgan Kass Morgan is a pseudonym for Mallory Kass. She received a BA from Brown, where she studied History and Literature, and a Masters degree from Oxford, where she learned how to queue and walk on cobblestones in high heels. She currently works as an Editor at Scholastic. Kass lives in Brooklyn, where she continues to wear impractical shoes.

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Beware the Wild by Natalie Parker, proprietor Greenhouse Literary Agency US publisher HarperCollins Inc First publication: Winter 2014 68,000 words Ages 12+

*BEWARE THE WILD is lush and lyrical, bewitching and strange. Dark magical realism with a spritz of thriller.* The entire town of Sticks, Louisiana, fears the swamp that sleeps in its center, surrounded by an all too fragile picket fence. For 16-year-old Sterling Soucier, the swamp has always been a place to escape into magic and safety - until the day her brother Phineas climbs over the fence in a fit of rage and never comes back out. After three days of searching, a strange, ethereal girl named Lenora May crawls out of the murky water, claiming to be Sterling's sister. Suddenly, nobody but Sterling remembers Phin and the entire town accepts Lenora May without question. Determined to rescue her brother, Sterling finds an unlikely ally in Heath Durham. Distant and quiet (though undeniably cute), Heath isn’t the sort of boy Sterling expects even to know her name. But one year ago, Heath lost his best friend to the swamp and he believes her story completely. With Heath’s help, Sterling braves the mysterious, seductive, increasingly encroaching swamp in search of her brother, but what she finds instead is a relentless and powerful spirit who gave himself to the swamp a century ago and wants his sister Lenora May back - at any cost. Now, Sterling must make a horrible choice: return an innocent girl to the hungry swamp - or lose her brother forever. Natalie Parker Natalie C. Parker has degrees in English Literature and Women's Studies and works in Higher Education. A fine amateur cellist, Natalie lives in Lawrence, Kansas, but spent long summers as a child with grandparents in Southern Mississippi. BEWARE THE WILD is her debut novel. Find out more at http://nataliecparker.com/.

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Blackbird by Anna Carey, proprietor Alloy Entertainment US publisher HarperCollins Inc First publication: September 2014 250 pages Ages 14+

*Epic new thriller from the author of the EVE trilogy and the team that brought you VAMPIRE DIARIES and PRETTY LITTLE LIARS.* Told in the second person, BLACKBIRD follows a teenage girl who appears on the subway tracks in modern-day Los Angeles with no memory of who she is or how she got there. From the moment she wakes up, strange men are chasing her— dangerous men, who don’t hesitate to kill one another. These men have planted the girl with a tracking device, and have whole files of information about her, labeled “ target Blackbird.” And there is a blackbird tattoo on the girl’s wrist... As she searches for answers to the mystery of her identity, she starts to remember things: a house in suburban Los Angeles where she grew up, a boy’s lips on hers in the moonlight. Are the memories even real? The more the girl learns, the more dangerous it becomes—for her and for anyone who helps her. For in this deadly game, nothing or no one can be trusted... least of all her own heart. Now, she must uncover the truth of who she is, who wants her dead, and why…before it's too late. Three books are signed up in the series.

Anna Carey Anna Carey graduated from NYU and has an MFA in fiction from Brooklyn College. There she was the recipient of the 2009 Himan Brown Award. She is the author of the EVE trilogy, which has been published in nine languages. She lives in Los Angeles.

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Blackmoore: A Proper Romance by Julianne Donaldson, proprietor Foreword Literary, Inc US publisher Shadow Mountain First publication: September 2013 282 pages Ages 12+

*BLACKMOORE is WUTHERING HEIGHTS meets LITTLE WOMEN with a delicious must-read twist.* Kate Worthington knows her heart and she knows she will never marry. Her plan is to travel to India instead—if only to find peace for her restless spirit and to escape the family she abhors. But Kate’s meddlesome mother has other plans. She makes a bargain with Kate: India, yes, but only after Kate has secured—and rejected— three marriage proposals. Kate journeys to the stately manor of Blackmoore determined to fulfill her end of the bargain and enlists the help of her dearest childhood friend, Henry Delafield. But when it comes to matters of love, bargains are meaningless and plans are changeable. There on the wild lands of Blackmoore, Kate must face the truth that has kept her heart captive. Will the proposal she is determined to reject actually be the one thing that will set her heart free? "Donaldson's second Regency romance (after EDENBROOKE) is riveting and evocative. Readers will be absolutely captivated by the beautiful imagery, sizzling tension, and mesmerizing plot" - Publishers Weekly starred review Julianne Donaldson Julianne Donaldson grew up as the daughter of a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot. She learned how to ski in the Italian Alps, visited East Berlin before the wall came down, and spent three years living next to a 500-year-old castle. After earning a degree in English, she turned her attention to writing about distant times and places. She lives in Utah with her husband and four children. You can find her online at www.juliannedonaldson.com.

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Blest by Blaise Lucey, proprietor Alloy Entertainment First publication: December 2013 220 pages Ages 12+

*What happens when an angel and a demon fall in love?* Jim Blest has always known that he’s different. But he never thought he’d find someone else like him, someone who understands—until he meets the beautiful and mysterious Clare Morgan. The sparks between Jim and Clare are instant, electric, and undeniable. Except, as Jim soon learns, Clare isn’t like him. He’s an angel, and she is a demon. At a school where ancient enemies live among humans in a wary truce, Jim and Clare fight to be together against impossible odds. But as a timeless war looms on the horizon, they must face heartbreaking choices, and unthinkable sacrifice. Is their love strong enough to change the course of destiny? It has been optioned for film by Sony. Blaise Lucey Blaise Lucey is an author of various publications, although BLEST is his first novel. He works in marketing as Content Manager for March Publications, as well as being an enthusiastic bassist and runner. He also runs a website, BlaiseLucey.com, 'for creative people trying to figure out what the heck is going on'.

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Breaking Butterflies by M. Anjelais, proprietor Chicken House UK publisher Chicken House First publication: April 2014 70000 words Ages 14+

*An extraordinary and beautiful debut, written by a seventeen-year-old girl. Explores themes of first love, parental expectation, loss of innocence, and understanding mental illness.* Two teens are drawn together, promised to each other since childhood by their dreaming mothers. The girl is sweet, empathetic and ordinary. The boy: brilliant, charismatic – and ill. No one knows it yet, but he is incapable of feeling. Their relationship twists and turns to a terrifying climax about making the ultimate sacrifice… Excerpt: Light can be blinding; it can shine so hard into your eyes that you don’t realize what ’s behind it, and then, like a car hidden behind glaring headlights, it hits you at full speed.

Shortlisted for the Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition 2012 M. Anjelais M. Anjelais was eighteen years old when she was shortlisted for the Times Children’s Fiction Competition. Now twenty, M.Anjelais has postponed college to pursue her career as a writer. She lives with her family in New Jersey, and enjoys living life as a happy eccentric.

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The Brokenhearted by Amelia Kahaney, proprietor Alloy Entertainment US publisher HarperCollins Inc First publication: October 2013 352 pages Ages 12+

*In Amelia Kahaney’s remarkable debut, an ordinary girl becomes extraordinary.* High in her tower above Bedlam City, prima ballerina Anthem Fleet has lived her whole life by her parents’ strict rules, never leaving the sparkling, pristine North Side. Until she meets Gavin. An artist from the dangerous South Side of town, Gavin is like no one Anthem has ever met—and she falls for him suddenly and completely. But Gavin’s world is as dangerous as it is intoxicating, and their romance crashes down around them one terrible night when they are attacked on the South Side and Gavin is kidnapped. When she wakes in a dark, blood-soaked lab, Anthem has a jagged scar down her chest…and an experimental heart ticking inside her. As Anthem will soon realize, her new mechanical heart didn’t just save her life—it left her with a strange and terrifying new strength. A strength that she’s going to need if she has any chance of rescuing Gavin and mending the scattered pieces of her broken heart. Rights Sold French (Robert Laffont), Turkish (Epsilon) Amelia Kahaney Amelia Kahaney grew up in San Diego, CA and Hilo, HI. After graduating from UC Santa Cruz, she moved to New York City and received her MFA in fiction writing at Brooklyn College. Her short fiction has been anthologized in Best American Nonrequired Reading and appears in several literary magazines. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and son.

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Divided We Fall 1: Incendiary

by Trent Reedy, proprietor Erin Murphy Literary Agency US publisher Arthur A Levine Books (Scholastic) From the series: DIVIDED WE FALL First publication: Spring 2014 384 pages Ages 12+

*From the author of the acclaimed WORDS IN THE DUST, an actionpacked YA novel set in a frighteningly plausible near future, when the States are no longer United.* Danny Wright never thought he'd be the man to bring down the United States of America. In fact, he enlisted in the National Guard because he wanted to serve his country the way his father did. When the Guard is called up on the Idaho governor's orders to police a protest in Boise, it seems like a routine crowd-control mission ... but then Danny's gun misfires, spooking the other soldiers and the already fractious crowd, and by the time the smoke clears, twelve people are dead. The president wants the soldiers arrested. The governor swears to protect them. And as tensions build on both sides, the conflict slowly escalates toward the unthinkable: a second American civil war. With political questions that are rare in YA fiction, and a provocative plot that could far too easily become real, DIVIDED WE FALL is Trent Reedy's very timely YA debut. Trent Reedy Trent Reedy became fascinated with Afghanistan when he served there with the U. S. Army in 2004-2005. Upon his return to the United States, he enrolled in the Writing for Children MFA program at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Born and raised in Iowa, where he taught high school English, Trent and his wife now live in Washington state. www.trentreedy.com

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Far From You by Tess Sharpe, proprietor Greenhouse Literary Agency UK publisher Orion, US publisher Hyperion First publication: May 2014 384 pages Ages 12+

*FAR FROM YOU combines a wonderfully fresh and unexpected love story with the conceptual punch of a murder mystery.* Sophie Winters nearly died. Twice. The first time, she was fourteen and her best friend Mina’s brother Trev ran a stoplight. The car got totalled by a truck and after weeks in hospital, Sophie was left with scars, pain, and metal screws in her leg. The second time, she was seventeen and a masked man came out of the woods at Booker’s Point, hit her over the head with an iron bar and shot Mina, leaving her to die in a pool of blood. The killer took everything Sophie wanted in life. Her complex and adored best friend, her love, her dreams and every hope she ever had for the future. Everyone knows Sophie’s a user, addicted to Oxy. So when drugs are found on her, it’s an obvious leap to presume she’d persuaded Mina to drive her out that night to a fatal encounter with a drug dealer. But Sophie’s been clean for months, and it was Mina’s idea to go to Booker’s Point. And Sophie remembers the killer saying, 'I warned you' before he fired the gun. So when she finally gets out of rehab – the detox place her distraught parents threw her into after the tragedy – she has just one goal left: to find the guy who killed Mina and make him pay. Sophie’s painful journey to the truth will take her back to the roots of her tangled relationship with Mina and Trev, back to who she was and is and how she got there – but also forward to face the inescapable. That Mina has gone and she’s never coming back. Rights sold German(Bertelsmann) Tess Sharpe Born in a backwoods cabin to a pair of punk rockers, Tess Sharpe grew up in rural Northern California. Following an internship with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, she studied theatre at Southern Oregon University before abandoning the stage for the professional kitchen. She lives, writes and bakes near the Oregon border.

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Fiendish by Brenna Yovanoff, proprietor Greenhouse Literary Agency US publisher Razorbill, UK publisher Razorbill First publication: Summer 2014 Ages 14+

*A creepily atmospheric new novel from the NYT bestselling author of THE REPLACEMENT.* Clementine DeVore spent ten years trapped in a cellar, pinned down by willow roots, silenced and forgotten. Now she’s out and determined to uncover who put her in that cellar and why. When Clementine was a child, dangerous and inexplicable things started happening in New South Bend. The townsfolk blamed the fiendish people out in the Willows and burned their homes to the ground. But magic has kept Clementine alive, walled up in the cellar for ten years, until a boy named Fisher sets her free. Back in the world, Clementine sets out to discover why her childhood was taken from her. But the truth gets muddled in her attraction to Fisher, the politics of New South Bend and the hollow, a fickle and terrifying place that seems increasingly temperamental ever since Clementine reemerged.

Praises for REPLACEMENT: “Well-developed characters, a fascinating Fairy Court, an exciting story line, wicked cover art…this book has the makings of a success.” –Publishers Weekly “Unsettling villains and intriguing moral ambivalence make this effort shockingly original and…breathtaking.” –Booklist, starred review "A fast-paced, dark delicacy." --Kirkus "I loved this eerie and beautiful story of ugly things. It should be read aloud after dark, at a whisper." --Maggie Stiefvater, New York Times bestselling author of Shiver and Linger

Brenna Yovanoff Brenna Yovanoff is the author of the New York Times bestselling young adult novel THE REPLACEMENT and THE SPACE BETWEEN. Visit her online at www.brennayovanoff.com.

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A Girl Called Fearless by Catherine Linka, proprietor Greenhouse Literary Agency US publisher St Martin's Press First publication: May 2014 98,000 words Ages 12+

*America: continent upended by the deaths of tens of millions of women from a synthetic hormone in meat. Now teen girls are the country’s most valuable commodity, watched over by guards, gates and Paternal Controls on phones, internet and media* 17-year-old Avie knows her life is over when her father contracts her in marriage to millionaire businessman Jess Hawkins to raise money for his ailing biotech company. Destined to be moulded into Hawkins’s perfect First Lady as he runs for governor on the Paternalist ticket, Avie knows she has to get away - to save who she is and everything she wants her life to be. Yates, Avie’s childhood friend turned revolutionary, knows Avie has what it takes to make it to freedom in Canada. But on a perilous flight from the mansions of Los Angeles and Malibu to the cover of an exclusive escort service in Las Vegas, Avie begins to learn dangerous truths about who really controls the US government. As her friendship with Yates turns to love, and pursued to the snowy Canadian border by government agents, she must discover whether she really is ‘a girl called fearless ’… “gripping, memorable, and heartrending. An ordinary girl becomes extraordinary in her fight for freedom.” – C.C. Hunter, New York Times bestselling author of the Shadow Falls series Catherine Linka Catherine Linka is a veteran children’s book buyer based in La Canada, California. In 2009 she was awarded the Glenn Goldman scholarship for booksellers from SCIBA. As well as hosting many events for leading authors and creating a speaker series called Writer2Writer, she also runs a teen-advisory board that reviews advance copies of books. A GIRL CALLED FEARLESS is her debut novel.

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Girls Like Us by Gail Giles, proprietor Scott Treimel NY US publisher Candlewick First publication: Spring 2014 230 pages Ages 12+

*Hard-hitting and compassionate, GIRLS LIKE US is a story about growing up in a world that can be cruel, and finding the strength—and the support—to carry on.* "We understand stuff. We just learn it slow. And most of what we understand is that people what ain’t Speddies think we too stupid to get out our own way. And that makes me mad." Quincy and Biddy are both graduates of their high school’s special ed program, but they couldn’t be more different: suspicious Quincy faces the world with her fists up, while gentle Biddy is frightened to step outside her front door. When they’re thrown together as roommates in their first “real world” apartment, it initially seems like an uneasy fit. But as Biddy’s past resurfaces and Quincy faces something that no one should have to go through alone, the two of them realize that they might have more in common than they thought—and more importantly, that they might be able to help each other move forward, together. Gail Giles Gail Giles is a former high school teacher who grew up in Texas and now lives there happily with her husband, two dogs, and three cats. She is the author of four young adult novels. Her debut novel, SHATTERING GLASS, was an ALA Best of the Best Book, a Book Sense 76 selection, and a Booklist Top 10 Mystery for Youth selection. Her second novel, DEAD GIRLS DON'T WRTE LETTERS, was an ALA Top 10 Quick pick (2003) and a Book Sense 76 selection.

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If I Die Before I Wake by Ara Burklund, proprietor Alloy Entertainment US publisher Barnes & Noble eBook Original, UK publisher Hot Key Books First publication: September 2013 220 pages Ages 12+

*With the romance and tragedy of ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND and the mind-bending action of INCEPTION, this heart-pounding story from debut author Ara Burklund has a shocking twist that will leave you reeling.* Even though it’s been more than a year since her boyfriend, Reid, died, Kira Sloan can’t seem to move on with her life. So when she’s approached with an unusual offer that promises to reunite her with Reid, she can’t help but be intrigued…even when she finds out what she’ll have to do: She’ll have to die. As part of an experimental new treatment, Kira flatlines and wakes up on the other side. For a few blissful moments, she’s with Reid again—but it’s not long before he is ripped out of her arms. As soon as she’s revived, Kira insists on going back. But what Kira doesn’t realize is that there are consequences to repeating the procedure. The more Kira crosses over, the more dangerous it becomes for her and Reid to be together. And as she’ll soon find out, Kira’s risking more than just her life…. Ara Burklund Ara Burklund's first name rhymes with Sarah. A Southern California native, she lives in San Diego with her family and four pets. An avid reader ever since discovering Judy Blume’s books in elementary school, she remembers having exhausted all the titles in the teen fiction corner of her local bookstore by the beginning of eighth grade, then vowing to someday make that section bigger. IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE is her first novel.

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The Islands at the End of the World by Austin Aslan, proprietor Pippin Properties US publisher Wendy Lamb Books First publication: Fall 2014 330 pages Ages 12+

*Debut author Austin Aslan’s high stakes fantasy adventure set in the Hawaiian islands -- when electronics fail worldwide in the wake of a mysterious celestial event, a girl and her father embark on a nightmare odyssey to try and get home.* Leilani Milton is a high school sophomore living in rainy Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii. Battling severe epilepsy, she struggles to fit in among her classmates and to earn the approval of her akua (Hawaiian gods, ancestors, and family guardians). When Leilani travels to Honolulu with her father to participate in a clinical trial for a new epilepsy medication, all electronics and means of communication fail worldwide and they unexpectedly find themselves stranded on O'ahu. Dismayed islanders turn their gaze to what has been locally dubbed the "Emerald Orchid," a mysterious, cloud-like anomaly that has begun to hover over the Earth. As days of isolation, confusion and dysfunction turn to weeks, pressures mount. As the ships and planes bearing imported food stop arriving from the mainland, a million derelict Hawaiians and stranded visitors battle for table scraps. Leilani and her father must traverse a nightmare landscape of escalating perils in a harrowing struggle to return to their home on the Big Island and reunite with their family. They are forced to contemplate just how fragile civilization may turn out to be, while encountering acts of kindness and mercy as unexpected as the violence that threatens to engulf them. When Leilani discovers that her misfiring brain may hold the key to the mystery of the "Emerald Orchid," she must confront her disorder and face a desperate choice as the fate of her family and her world lies in the balance.

Austin Aslan When he wasn’t surfing, scuba diving, or lava tubing, Austin Aslan pursued and vanquished a Master’s Degree in Tropical Conservation Biology at the University of Hawaii. He was inspired to write his debut novel, THE ISLANDS AT THE END OF THE EARTH, while driving home from a soggy day of fieldwork, when he glanced wistfully at the ocean just as he was thinking about Cormac McCarthy’s THE ROAD. Living with his high school-sweetheart wife and two children far out in the Sonoran Desert, near Tucson, Arizona, he has learned how to pet scorpions, hug saguaros, capture lightning, and kayak flash floods. Austin is hot on the trail of his next conquests: a long list of other novels, many of them YA, and a PhD in Geography from the University of Arizona.

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Killing Ruby Rose by Jessie Humphries, proprietor Greenhouse Literary Agency US publisher Amazon Publishing First publication: May 2014 300 pages Ages 12+

*If a girl’s forced to kill, wouldn’t the guilt sit more easily in a pair of Prada Peep-Toe Pumps?* Ruby’s not even started to get over the death of her beloved dad, SWAT Sergeant Jack Rose, who got blown up in the line of duty – a very mysterious line of duty – a few months ago. Why is there a cone of silence over that night, and what does her District Attorney mom – much given to dodgy plea deals, not to mention pathetic parenting – know about what happened, and the unnerving detective who’s supposedly heading the investigation? But Ruby’s hiding her own secrets. To deal with her dad’s demise, she’s found the perfect outlet for her skills - tracking five notoriously vile criminals who got away from either her dad or her mom. If she can bring guys like Charlie ‘child abductor’ LeMarq to justice, she’ll prove she really is her father’s daughter. And if she can score a date to Homecoming with Mr Pre-Season Favorite for Most Beautiful Eyes of Senior Class – aka Liam Slater – then maybe life could even turn sweet again. Lured to a dingy warehouse, Ruby finds herself in a crazy standoff against desperate men intent on killing a girl – a girl who looks freakily like Ruby herself. All Ruby can do is shoot to kill. But that bullet is only the first, as Ruby finds herself set up to take out all five murderous men on her list. Suddenly Ruby’s turned into the world’s first well-meaning teen serial killer. But she's also on a crazy journey with Liam – in the very coolest shoes - into the dangerous truth about her own mysterious past . . . KILLING RUBY ROSE is a uniquely sassy, conceptually outrageous thriller that is smart, pacy and dark, but with a wit and chutzpah all its own Jessie Humphries Jessie Humphries received a B.A. in Theatre Arts from San Diego State University and a law degree from UNLV— an education which might make her a bit over-dramatic in the courtroom, but brazen enough to write a legal thriller. She currently practices law and has a successful writing blog called the B-Word: www.jessie-humphries.blogspot.com. She lives with her family in Las Vegas. KILLING RUBY ROSE is her debut novel. www.jessiehumphries.com

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Like Water on Stone by Dana Walrath, proprietor Erin Murphy Literary Agency US publisher Delacorte Books for Young Readers First publication: Fall 2014 27,000 words Ages 12+

* A truly moving novel-in-verse covering the events of the Armenian genocide of 1915 * Dana Walrath’s LIKE WATER ON STONE is a novel-in-verse telling the story of Vartan Troshagirian, a thirteen year-old Armenian boy who survives the genocide of 1915 with his two younger sisters, Sosi and Mariam. After their parents stage a mock killing of the children and are killed themselves in the eastern reaches of the crumbling Ottoman Empire, the three survive by hiding in the day and running at night for hundreds of miles across mountain ridges till they reach the safety of an orphanage in Aleppo, Syria. Told in all three voices, and with the additional overview perspective of a sort of spirit guardian, the eagle ardziv, this is an extraordinarily moving and poignant story that will linger long after you turn the last page. "Like Water on Stone is the beautifully written story of one family's unimaginable suffering, told in verse that ricochets between gentleness and brutality. The hopes and dreams of many siblings are united by the musical voice of a mystical eagle. For mature teen readers, this eloquent verse novel will bring one of history's great tragedies to life." - Margarita Engle, Newbery Honor-winning author of THE SURRENDER TREE "It is unusual to find a work of fiction set during the Armenian genocide for an adolescent audience. And for good reason. This is a wrenching story to tell. But Dana Walrath pulls off the impossible in a heart-breaking tale of familial love, blind trust, and the crushing of innocence. ... Based in part on Walrath's family history, this is compelling reading, rich with texture, detail, and honor. A fine and haunting work" - Karen Hesse, Newbery winner for OUT OF THE DUST Dana Walrath A writer, artist, and anthropologist, Dana Walrath often blends all three of these roles into her work. She finished this manuscript during her year as a Fulbright Scholar in Armenia, while also making art and writing stories about the experience of aging in this ancient culture. The project, titled “The Narrative Anthropology of Aging in Armenia,” builds on her Aliceheimer’s graphic memoir series. She earned a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania and an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. After a year in the mountains of Armenia, she will return to her home in the mountains of Vermont.

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Liv, Forever by Amy Talkington, proprietor Soho Teen US publisher Soho Teen First publication: March 2014 Available: Frankfurt 2013 256 pages Ages 12+

*Gripping thriller from award-winning screenwriter and director Amy Talkington* Sixteen-year-old Liv Bloom is a quirky aspiring artist who has somehow managed to escape a dead-end foster child life: she landed a scholarship at Wickham Hall, a prestigious New England boarding school. Amused (and overwhelmed) by its weird traditions and rituals, she plunges in to life at Wickham blind to its darkest secret. Over the past 150 years, students have been murdered in the name of an unimaginable conspiracy. Unbeknownst to anyone but the victims—and Gabe Nichols, a poor kid Liv’s age, cursed with an ability to see the dead—the spirits linger on campus. Liv’s first six weeks at Wickham are a whirlwind of unexpected romance. Malcolm Astor, scion of one of the school’s original families, falls for her. Malcolm does seem different than the other “Wickies:” for starters, he knows more about art than she does. Gabe warns her not to get involved, but she can’t help herself. By the time she realizes she’s in love, too, she becomes Wickham Hall’s next victim: murdered by an unseen assailant, with the crime expertly covered up as a suicide. With Gabe’s help, she is able to prove to the bereft Malcolm that she’s still present … lingering with the other dead. Together, Liv, Gabe, and Malcolm expose the terrible truth that has haunted Wickham—literally and figuratively—since its founding. Amy Talkington Amy Talkington is a writer and director living in Los Angeles. Amy has written screenplays for Fox 2000, 20th Century Fox, MGM, Summit Entertainment, and New Line Cinema. She has also written for television and is at work on a young adult novel. Originally from Texas, Amy graduated magna cum laude from Barnard College with a degree in art history. She went on to receive an MFA in film from Columbia University.

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A Mad, Wicked Folly by Sharon Waller, proprietor Scott Treimel NY US publisher Penguin US First publication: March 2014 386 pages Ages 12+

*She has talent, wealth, and beauty - but all she wants is to be free.* Welcome to the world of the fabulously wealthy in London, 1909, where dresses and houses are overwhelmingly opulent, social class means everything, and women are taught to be nothing more than wives and mothers. Into this world comes seventeen-year-old Victoria Darling, who wants only to be an artist—a nearly impossible dream for a girl. After Vicky poses nude for her illicit art class, she is expelled from her French finishing school. Shamed and scandalized, her parents try to marry her off to the wealthy Edmund Carrick-Humphrey. But Vicky has other things on her mind: her clandestine application to the Royal College of Art; her participation in the suffragette movement; and her growing attraction to a working-class boy who may be her muse—or may be the love of her life.

As the world of debutante balls, corsets, and high society obligations closes in around her, Vicky must figure out: just how much is she willing to sacrifice to pursue her dreams? Sharon Biggs Waller Sharon Biggs Waller lived in the United Kingdom for six years, after meeting her own British constable and marrying him. She did extensive research on the British suffragettes for her novel, A Mad, Wicked Folly, with the help of the curators of the Museum of London—when she wasn’t working as a riding instructor at the Royal Mews in Buckingham Palace. Today, she is a full-time freelance writer in the magazine industry in the US and UK, and she has three non-fiction books published. She is a dressage rider and trainer, and she lives on a 10-acre sustainable farm in Northwest Indiana, just outside of Chicago, with her husband, two horses, four dairy goats, five cats, two dogs, and 60 laying hens. You can find her at www.sharonbiggswaller.com.

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The Merciless by Danielle Vega, proprietor Alloy Entertainment First publication: July 2014 250 pages Ages 14+

*Inspired by a true story, THE MERCILESS is a chilling story in the tradition of Stephen King’s coming-of-age thriller CARRIE and THE EXORCIST.* Sofia Flores just wants to fit in. And once she meets Riley and her friends Grace and Alexis, she feels like she finally does. So when Riley asks for Sofia’s help in taming renowned wild-child Brooklyn, Sofia agrees to do whatever she can. But as Sofia soon discovers, Riley’s plan for Brooklyn isn’t to invite her to sleepovers and bond over secrets. Riley thinks Brooklyn is possessed—and the only way to save her is to perform an exorcism. Sofia finds herself on one side of a deadly game as Riley and the girls tie Brooklyn up in an abandoned house and vow not to let her go until the demon is released. The more Sofia tries to stop Riley from doing the unthinkable, the more she fears she may be next…. THE MERCILESS is a breakout novel in the YA horror genre by debut author Danielle Vega. Danielle Vega Danielle Vega spent her childhood hiding under the covers while her mother retold tales from the pages of Stephen King novels. Now an adult, she can count on one hand the number of times in her life she's been truly afraid. Danielle has won numerous awards for her fiction and non-fiction, and earned a 2009 Pushcart Prize nomination for her short storyDRIVE. She lives in Brooklyn and works in the digital marketing department at a major publishing company.

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The Museum of Intangible Things by Wendy Wunder, proprietor Alloy Entertainment US publisher Razorbill First publication: April 2014 248 pages Ages 12+

*An unforgettable read from the acclaimed author of THE PROBABILITY OF MIRACLES, THE MUSEUM OF INTANGIBLE THINGS sparkles with the humor and heartbreak of true friendship and first love.* Loyalty. Envy. Obligation. Dreams. Disappointment. Fear. Negligence. Coping. Elation. Lust. Nature. Freedom. Heartbreak. Insouciance. Audacity. Gluttony. Belief. God. Karma. Knowing what you want (there is probably a French word for it). Saying Yes. Destiny. Truth. Devotion. Forgiveness. Life. Happiness (ever after). Hannah and Zoe haven’t had much in their lives, but they’ve always had each other. So when Zoe tells Hannah she needs to get out of their down-and-out New Jersey town, they pile into Hannah’s beat-up old Le Mans and head West, putting everything—their deadbeat parents, their disappointing love lives, their inevitable enrollment at community college—behind them. As they chase storms and make new friends, Zoe tells Hannah she wants more for her. She wants her to live bigger, dream grander, aim higher. And so Zoe begins teaching Hannah all about life’s intangible things, concepts sadly missing from her existence—things like audacity, insouciance, karma, and even happiness. Praises for THE PROBABILITY OF MIRACLES: “Beautiful. . . Fans of Gayle Forman’s If I Stay (2009) and others will find hope and laughs amid tragedy” — Kirkus starred review “a witty, clever, meaningful, kind of kooky life-sometimes-stinks-but-it’s-all-wehave tour de force” – School Library JournaL starred review “Wunder gracefully balances comedy and tragedy in this debut novel” – Publishers Weekly Rights sold German(Goldmann) Wendy Wunder When she’s not writing or spending time with her husband and miraculous daughter, Cadence, Wendy teaches yoga in Boston. Like Cam, she has always wanted a Volkswagen Beetle in Vapor. THE PROBABILITY OF MIRACLES is her first novel, and yes, Wendy Wunder is her real name.

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Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis, proprietor Erin Murphy Literary Agency US publisher Amulet (Abrams) First publication: Fall 2014 85,000 words Ages 12+

*Every time Nolan closes his eyes he's in another world - literally...* Blinking is complicated for seventeen-year-old Nolan Santiago, no matter how much medication he takes. For the past decade, whenever he closes his eyes, he’s drawn into the body of Amara, a mute servant from another world. Nolan aches to live his life uninterrupted—at this point, even being able to focus during school sounds like a good deal. Amara’s unaware of the permanent passenger witnessing her life. She has her own problems. Her healing abilities make her the perfect servant to the cursed, rogue Princess Cilla, and by now, Amara has lost count of how often she’s nearly died to protect her. By all rights, she should despise Cilla—and part of her does—but growing up together under the harsh command of Cilla's caretaker has created a bond neither of them can admit to. Nolan’s latest medication changes everything. Instead of tagging along, he can control Amara’s body, sending her into a panic. Being controlled means she can’t protect Cilla, and if the caretaker finds out, it’s Amara’s own life at stake, too. Amara and Nolan are forced to cooperate to escape the caretaker, but that doesn’t stop Amara from dreading Nolan’s constant presence. As secrets come to light about Amara’s ability, her and Nolan’s connection, and Cilla’s curse, Nolan and Amara have to decide: just how far are they willing to go to be free of each other? Corinne Duyvis Corinne Duyvis was born and raised in Amsterdam, making English her second language--and giving her the hobby of surprising people with her utterly American accent. She's a superhero nerd and former portrait artist, and now spends her days inexpertly juggling writing, sleeping, and watching television. It's a tough life.

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The Other Way Around by Sashi Kaufman, proprietor Lerner Publishing US publisher Carolrhoda Books (Lerner) First publication: Spring 2014 290 pages Ages 12+

*As Andrew travels the country with his new friends he leaves behind the expectations of others and discovers what he expects of himself.* Andrew West didn’t intend to run away. He just wanted to escape Thanksgiving with his mother—headmistress of the all-girls school he’s forced to attend, his bedwetting cousin Barry, and his delusional uncle. But his escape plan to Grandma’s house is thwarted when his mother admits she neglected to tell him his grandmother had died earlier in the week. Furious with his mother, and out of other options, Andrew accepts a ride from a group of teenage street performers he meets in the bus station—a moment of spontaneous rebellion which turns into a cross-country road trip. The teens are Freegans and their lifestyle takes a little getting used to, but dumpster diving for food and clothing fits Andrew’s limited budget. The chance to spend more time with Emily—the dreadlocked street performer who can do tricks with a hula hoop that make any hot-blooded male stare—certainly sweetens the deal. As Andrew gets to know Emily, Jesse, and the rest of the Freegans, he learns that not everyone is on the road just for the lifestyle, and that not everything in the past can be outrun.

Sashi Kaufman THE OTHER WAY AROUND is Sashi Kaufman's debut novel. Sashi is a middle-school science and English teacher who lives in Portland, Maine, with her husband and daughter. She is also an amateur trash picker. Http://sashikaufman.wordpress.com/

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Ravenswood proprietor Alloy Entertainment US publisher HarperCollins Inc First publication: June 2014 250 pages Ages 12+

*A PRETTY LITTLE LIARS spin-off series coming from Harper Collins in Summer 2014.* Not far from the town of Rosewood—a town full of secrets and lies; where no one, least of all four pretty little liars, is as they seem—lies the picturesque town of Ravenswood. But Ravenswood has its secrets too, including a generations-old curse. When Caleb Rivers learns that his family is originally from Ravenswood, he sets out for answers—only to find that he and four strangers are linked by the curse, which threatens to strike again. Now the five teenagers must dig into the mysteries of Ravenswood before it’s too late for all of them. The TV series will premiere on ABC Family following the annual Pretty Little Liars special Halloween episode in October 2013.

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The Real Prom Queens of Westfield High by Laurie Boyle Crompton, proprietor Erin Murphy Literary Agency US publisher Sourcebooks First publication: February 2014 309 pages Ages 12+

*Reality television is heading to high school! Watch the drama unfold as the three biggest nobodies in Westfield High’s senior class get a shot at becoming popular!* Shannon’s ‘clique’ is made up of just her and her best friend, Marnie; she has never lived down her very public most embarrassing moment; and she has a burning passion for the dowdy sport of quilting. It is not a huge shock when her class votes her least likely to be crowned prom queen. What IS shocking is the new television reality show Shannon finds herself starring in, called 'The Prom Queen Wannabes!' The producers of the innovative hidden camera show have singled out Westfield High and are about to turn things upside down. Literally. As in, the social hierarchy of the entire senior class is about to be upended. Shannon must battle fellow Wannabes, Kelly and Amy, to be elected Prom Queen and snag the One! Million! Dollar! prize. Kelly is a goth girl who seriously needs that cash prize and Amy just wants to escape her role as Westfield’s resident overweight loser, but Shannon sees the show as an opportunity to get even with alpha-queen Grace Douglas for the humiliating gym class incident Grace orchestrated two years ago. As senior year begins, Shannon begins to realize just how manipulated they all are by the forces behind the reality program and must decide what she's willing to do to expose the truth.

Laurie Boyle Crompton When she was seventeen, Laurie Boyle Crompton painted her first car hot pink using 40 cans of spraypaint. The paint dried a bit drippy, but the car looked great when it was flying down the back roads of Butler, PA where she grew up. Laurie now lives near NYC, but she loves to visit the mountains and maintains a secret identity in New Paltz, NY, where she and her family can often be found tromping through the forest. You can visit her at www.lboylecrompton.com.

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The Rich and the Dead by Liv Spector, proprietor Alloy Entertainment US publisher HarperCollins Inc First publication: January 2014 330 pages Ages Adult/ Crossover

*THE RICH AND THE DEAD is a new adult series from Alloy published on the same list as the bestselling 666 PARK AVENUE series* On New Year’s Day five years ago, twelve of Miami’s wealthiest, most powerful individuals were found in the home of hotel magnate Chase Haverford—dead. Within moments, the Star Island massacre was being called the crime of the century. It was never solved. When ex-detective Lila Day—whose career never recovered from her failure to solve the murders—is approached by mysterious tech billionaire Teddy Hawkins and asked to solve the case, she tells him it can’t be done. But then Teddy reveals the catch: she’s going to solve the case before it happens. He’s built a time machine, and he’s going to send her back in time as an undercover agent. Lila travels back to the months before the murders, with strict instructions not to prevent the crime, just to find the killer. But the more time she spends among Miami’s elite, the more tangled and confused the case becomes. No one in this world is innocent. Worst of all, Lila finds herself doing the one thing she promised Teddy she wouldn’t do... falling in love, in the past. Liv Spector Liv Spector was raised on Cape Cod and currently lives in Canada. She has worked as an oyster shucker, dancer, farmhand, journalist, and teacher. A graduate of McGill University in Montreal, she received her MFA from Brooklyn College.

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Save the Enemy by Arin Greenwood, proprietor Soho Teen US publisher Soho Teen First publication: November 2013 288 pages Ages 12+

*An unlucky family’s drama snowballs into a high-stakes political thriller* Zoey Trask has reached the end of her proverbial rope. She's a new senior at a weird private school in Old Town Alexandria, full of people too nice to be true. Her mother was murdered in a random mugging, and her father has been kidnapped. Now with a clock on Dad's life, she is suddenly sole caretaker of her autistic-spectrum 15-year-old brother, Ben. To complicate matters, Ben seems to hold the key to Dad's ransom in his Dream Diary: a bizarre journal of names and places he claims their dead mother has shared with him from beyond the grave. To Zoey's horror, everything in the Dream Diary also seems to indicate that their kidnapped father killed people for a living. Zoey navigates a fledgling romance with a classmate, her responsibility for Ben, and an investigation as to the true origin and meaning of the Dream Diary. Soon, she embarks on a lethal battle to rescue her father, and to her surprise, she must rely on all the seemingly stupid skills he taught her as a kid ("Protecting yourself and living off the land might be the difference between life and death") if she is to succeed in saving the remains of her family and discover the truth. Arin Greenwood Arin Greenwood is a writer and former lawyer living just outside Washington, D.C., with her husband, Ray, their dog, Murray, and their cat, Derrick. Arin is an editor for The Huffington Post, covering things both nerdy and weird, like Virginia cats running for U.S. Senate, in and around the nation's capital. Her stories have appeared in Slate, the Washington City Paper, the American Bar Association Journal, and dozens of other publications. Her first novel—Tropical Depression, published in 2011—was loosely based on the five-odd, sometimes very odd, years Arin spent lawyering on a small island near Guam. Save the Enemy is her first young adult novel. Read some of Arin's stories and get in touch at www.aringreenwood.com.

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Second Star by Alyssa Sheinmel, proprietor Alloy Entertainment US publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux First publication: March 2014 246 pages Ages 14+

*A contemporary take on the classic Peter Pan tale, SECOND STAR is at once an adventure, a coming-of-age story, and a sweeping romance.* Ever since her brothers' disappeared nine months ago, Wendy Darling has been living in a haze. She graduates high school, and gets ready to go to college, but she's not quite present for any of it. Until she meets Pete. Leader of a ragtag group of surfers known as the Lost Boys, Pete introduces Wendy to Kensington, their carefree, sun-drenched paradise. Wendy comes alive again, and starts to feel like her brothers—diehard surfers always in search of the next great wave—must be out there, somewhere. It’s up to her to find them, and she knows she has come to the right place. But when she meets Jas, a darkly brooding dealer known for getting surfers hooked on a deadly drug called dust, she realizes that this world is as dangerous as it is beautiful. As she follows the trail of her long-lost brothers, Wendy finds herself torn between Pete and Jas, and learns what it really means to grow up. In this contemporary reimagining of the classic tale, debut author Alyssa Sheinmel has created a new kind of Neverland, and an all-new dynamic between Wendy, Pete and Hook. Alyssa Sheinmel Alyssa B. Sheinmel is the author of THE STONE GIRL, THE BEAUTIFUL BETWEEN and THE LUCKY KIND. She grew up in Northern California and New York, and attended Barnard College. Alyssa lives and writes in New York City.

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Slumber by Tamara Blake, proprietor Working Partners Ltd US publisher Diversion Books First publication: July 2013 192 pages Ages 12+

*Once upon a time, Ruby believed in magic. Now she must find a way to break the curse she and her family are under, keep her humanity, and resist the charms of a boy she knows she can’t trust.* 17-year-old Ruby is living a crappy life in a crappy trailer park in a crappy town. Her mother is working several jobs just to try and keep food on the table for Ruby and her younger sister, Shelley. And just when they think it can’t get any worse, Ruby’s mother falls ill. When Ruby volunteers to take her mother's housecleaning shift at the gothic Cottingley Heights mansion, she thinks it's going to be business as usual. Clean out the fridge, scrub toilets, nothing too unusual. But nothing could prepare her for the decadent squalor she finds within. Rich people with more money than sense trashing their beautiful clothes and home just because they can. After the handsome Tam discovers her cleaning up after him and his rich friends, Ruby has never felt more like a character from her sister’s book of fairy tales. Tam sees beyond Ruby’s job and ratty clothes, and sweeps her off her feet, treating her like a real princess, but Ruby is sure this beautiful boy is too good to be true. And as one tragedy after another befalls Ruby and her family, Ruby painfully learns that magic is all too real, and it always comes with a price. When Ruby tries to leave and get back to real life, she unwittingly unleashes a whole heap of fairytale revenge on herself – and on her family. Can Ruby uncover the secret of Cottingley Heights and get her life back under control – or is it already too late?

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When I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds, proprietor Pippin Properties US publisher Simon & Schuster Inc First publication: January 2014 212 pages Ages 12+

*In Bed Stuy, New York, a small misunderstanding can escalate into having a price on your head—even if you’re totally clean. This gritty, triumphant debut captures the heart and the hardship of life for an urban teen.* 15-year-old Ali has never known anything other than the Bed-Stuy neighborhood he grew up in and the crazy characters that share his block. And though he’s seen it all, he’s always managed to keep himself out of trouble. Besides, his mom would kill him if she found out he was running with the wrong crew. The one exception is his best friend, Noodles. His mother may not approve of their friendship, but she knows that trying to separate them would be impossible. But when Noodles starts giving in to the pressures of being a kid from the wrong part of town, Ali has to decide just how many times he’s willing to bail him out. An astonishing novel from a debut author. Rights Sold German(Reihe Hanser)

Jason Reynolds Jason Reynolds studied at the University of Maryland where he earned a degree in English, with a concentration in Writing and Rhetoric. His first book, co-written by friend and artist Jason Douglas Griffin, MY NAME IS JASON. MINE TOO, was published in 2009 and received good reviews as well as a writeup in the Washington Post. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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Witch Hunt by Tabitha Morrow, proprietor Working Partners Ltd UK publisher Diversion Books First publication: July 2013 183 pages Ages 12+

*The greatest danger facing New Salem comes from inside its own walls.* For sixteen-year-old Ruth, life in New Salem is simple. Obey her parents, go to school, stay inside the walls, and never question the will of the Council. The Council governs New Salem and keeps its people safe, burning mysterious effigies to remind the villagers of the physical and spiritual dangers that seek to infiltrate New Salem's walls. When Ruth takes to exploring the woods at night, she makes a terrifying and exhilarating discovery: she and her friends Sarah and Elizabeth are witches. But it's dangerous to be different in New Salem, and it isn't long before rumors of witchcraft spread from the Council to the townspeople. After Elizabeth is imprisoned by the Council, it is up to Ruth and Sarah to fulfill their destiny. A coven of witches harbors great strength, and it is only with that strength that they will be able to save New Salem

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Words and Their Meanings by Kate Bassett, proprietor Greenhouse Literary Agency US publisher Flux First publication: Spring 2014 60,000 words Ages 12+

*Our stories are rich and jagged and full of love. And it matters. All of it.* Raised in the dying auto-factory town of Grey Iron, Michigan, 17-year-old Anna O'Mally is a born writer – gifted, perceptive, headed for the stars. Or she was, until the day, one year ago, when the person she loved more than anyone else died. Joe was her uncle, raised as her brother, barely older than Anna herself, but she worshipped the ground he walked on, treasured his opinions, and lived in the glow of knowing she was the most important person in his world too.

But there’s one thing hardly anyone else knows: Anna killed Joe. Oh, she never meant to. How could she have guessed that because of her neediness, her refusal to share him, Joe would catch the pneumonia that would kill him? But Anna knows she’s a murderer, and now her family’s slowly imploding around her. Worst of all, her beloved words, all those first lines she was destined to write, have run dry and she knows she’ll never write again. With Joe’s one-year deadaversary, Anna’s great healing is supposed to begin, but that looks totally impossible. Until Anna meets Mateo, the young chef from the wrong side of the river who turns food into art and somehow begins to melt her carefully constructed walls of pain. Until she discovers a strange email that suggests she maybe didn’t know saintly Joe quite as well as she thought she did. And until her beloved grandfather’s last illness begins a trail of events and discoveries that breaks open everything Anna thought she knew and understood about her family, the past, the possibilities of love. As Anna goes in search of the truth, she discovers that while every story, every human being, has a last line, it might still be possible to find the words for a new beginning. But first of all she must step into the most unsettling story of all – her own. Kate Bassett Kate Bassett is the Michigan Press Association award-winning editor of her small town's paper, Harbor Light News, and contributing writer for Traverse Magazine. She has covered Mount Everest climbers, New York Times best-selling authors, and pet pig obituaries with the same philosophy for 11 years: that voice matters. She lives in Harbor Springs, MI, with her young family.

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