BOOKS
Told from the perspectives of a pompous new house, the girl who adores it and the boy she thought was her best friend. “For fans of Rebecca Stead and Katherine Applegate.”
Agent Molly Ker Hawn Rights World English (Walker/Candlewick)
DHH
Asking for a Friend Kate Mallinder A feel-good YA "up-lit" story, from the author of Summer of No Regrets, about valuing the friends that value you.
Agent Hannah Sheppard Rights UK & Commonwealth (Firefly)
Ace of Spades Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé “‘Gossip Girl’ meets ‘Get Out’” in an “explosive” high-school thriller that delves deep into the heart of institutionalised racism.
Agent Hannah Sheppard Rights UK & Commonwealth (Usborne)
Eve White
The Paninis of Pompeii Andy Stanton, Sholto Walker (illus) A rollicking ride through Roman times by the bestselling author of Mr Gum!
Agent Eve White Rights UK (Egmont), Germany
My Life Gone Viral Rae Earl Millie Porter returns in this hilarious story about vlogging, making it online and one very intrusive cat.
Agent Eve White Rights US (Macmillan Children’s Books)
Life
Elli Woollard An ambitious, lyrical and beautifully illustrated poem charting the history of life on Earth.
Agent Eve White Rights UK (Penguin Random House Children’s)
The Fairytale Hairdresser and Red Riding Hood Abie Longstaff, Lauren Beard (illus) The latest in Kittie Lacey’s
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Agents’ Hotlists Children's Spring Special
bestselling fairytale adventures.
Agent Eve White Rights UK (Penguin Random House Children’s)
Once You’re Asleep Sarah Coyle
Rhea and Mary won’t fall asleep until they guess what their parents will be up to while they slumber. A funny and heartwarming bedtime picture book.
Agent Eve White Rights UK (Egmont)
Jo Unwin
Grimwood Nadia Shireen Two urban foxes, Sid and Nancy, struggle to feel at home when they are forced to leave the only place they’ve ever known and move to the so-called idyllic countryside. “‘The Animals of Farthing Wood’ meets High Rise Mystery”.
Agent Jo Unwin
The Book that No One Wanted to Read Richard Ayoade The first children’s book from writer/actor/ filmmaker Ayoade is an “anarchic story about the joy of books” in which a book that no one wants to read is happy to remain unread—until a young intrepid reader decides she wants to challenge things.
Agent Jo Unwin
Blood Moon Lucy Cuthew “Sarah Crossan meets ‘Sex Education’”: a feminist YA verse novel about periods, sex, shame and “going viral for all the wrong reasons”.
Agent Rachel Mann Rights World English (Walker), US (Candlewick)
The Ash House Angharad Walker An unsettling and multi-layered literary middle-grade story: “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children meets Lord of the Flies.”
Agent Rachel Mann Rights World English (Chicken House), US (Scholastic), Italy (Mondadori), France (Casterman)
INTRODUCES THE NEXT INSTALMENT OF KITTIE LACEY'S ADVENTURES
ABIE LONGSTAFF AT EVE WHITE
WONDERLAND IS THE LATEST FROM BESTSELLING YA AUTHOR JUNO DAWSON AT MMB
Love is for Losers Wibke Brueggemann Laugh-out-loud YA diary of socialism, Starbucks and LGBT+ sex-positivity.
Agent Rachel Mann Rights World English (Macmillan Children’s), US (FSG), Czech (Euromedia), Dutch (Gottmer), France (Gallimard Jeunesse), German (dtv), Hebrew, Slovakian, Spanish (Urano), Swedish (Natur&Kultur), Turkish (Dogan Egmont)
Madeleine Milburn
The Reinvention of Lottie Brooks Katie Kirby
Début middle-grade novel from bestselling author Kirby, billed as “if Louise Rennison wrote Diary of a Wimpy Kid”.
Agent Chloe Seager Rights UK & Commonwealth (PRH Children’s)
While We’re Here Brianna Bourne YA romance “destined to break readers’ hearts and put them back together”, for fans of Stephanie Perkins and John Green.
Agent Alice Sutherland-Hawes
Rights North American (Scholastic), German (Carlsen)
Good Girls Die First Kathryn Foxfield "Karen McManus’ One of Us is Lying meets Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None."
Agent Chloe Seager Rights UK & Commonwealth (Scholastic), German (S Fischer), Italian (Newton Compton), Russian (AST), film & TV (Kindle Entertainment)
The Guardlings Ryan Robinson The first in a series featuring Will, an average 11-year-old boy, and Kip, the Guardling resembling a tiny polar bear who is sent to save Earth from the universe’s worst villains.
Agent Alice Sutherland-Hawes
Saint Novesta Lizzie Mary Cullen For 11-year-old Novesta, being internet famous for witnessing a miracle
is making normal life difficult. But when she receives a letter from someone claiming to know what really happened, life takes several unexpected turns.
Agent Alice Sutherland-Hawes
MMB
Wonderland Juno Dawson What happens when you fall down the rabbit hole? “A searing exploration of mental health, gender and privilege” from the bestselling YA author.
Agent Sallyanne Sweeney Rights UK & Commonwealth (Hachette Children’s)
The Life In-Between Sarah Ann Juckes Alice may be bed-bound, but that doesn’t stop her from living: every day, she logs into Stream Cast and lives through other people’s daily lives. A YA love story about illness, identity and what it really means to live.
Agent Sallyanne Sweeney Rights UK & Commonwealth (PRH Children’s)
Into the Volcano Jess Butterworth Middle-grade adventure set on top of a super volcano. Dodging bubbling mud spots, steaming hot springs and rainbow-filled calderas, this story is about coming to terms with grief and, ultimately, finding hope.
Agent Sallyanne Sweeney Rights World rights (Hachette Children’s)
The Purple Stars Priscilla Mante Friendship, football and family with a group of friends who, despite their many differences, are there for each other no matter what and prove you should never underestimate girls with ambition.
Agent Sallyanne Sweeney
The Familiars Scott Payne
“‘Hocus Pocus’ meets ‘Homeward Bound’” in a magical middle-grade adventure by screenwriter Payne.
Agent Sallyanne Sweeney
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