Recent Acquisitions

Author of HOPELESSLY TEAVOTED and the forthcoming VENGEFULLY MATCHED Audrey Goldberg's PERSONAL SPACE ISSUES, the author's debut YA rom-com, pitched as Roswell meets THE HATING GAME with a nod to the keen reporting of Lois Lane, following a teen journalist who finds herself investigating her frustratingly hot academic rival and the secret he's hiding: that he's part extraterrestrial, to Sara Schonfeld at Harper Teen, for publication in winter 2027, by Jessica Mileo at Inkwell Management (world English).

Jen Calonita's PRACTICALLY MAGIC, in which, on the eve of Halloween, a sister's well-intentioned love spell turns into a curse, to Sara Schonfeld at Avon A, by Dan Mandel at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates (world).

Author of A STUDY IN DROWNING and FABLE FOR THE END OF THE WORLD Ava Reid's WINTERVEIL, a duology set in an alternate future where the Cold War still rages, following four precocious teenage criminals with dark skills and darker secrets who are offered a fresh start by enrolling at a secret military academy—but instead of training to end the war, they find themselves on a mysterious mission that will test loyalties, forge romances, and maybe end the world as they know it, to Sara Schonfeld at Harper Children's, in a major deal, in an exclusive submission, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2026, by Sarah Landis at Sterling Lord Literistic. Rights also to Sarah Levison at Electric Monkey (UK).

Marvel screenwriter and author of THE BECKONING SHADOW Katharyn Blair's THE LAST LOVE STORY, a dystopian romance in which a teen writer is recruited to the rebellion after all books are outlawed, only to find herself falling in love with the leader of a much more violent rebel group and the president's son—a betrayal-filled love triangle like something out of a story where only she can write the ending, to Sara Schonfeld at Avon A, in an exclusive submission, for publication in August 2026, by Gwen Beal at UTA(world).

Cara Stout's ENCHANTED TO MEET YOU, a romance in which, after setting fire to her last summer job, a teen gets cast as a princess at Fairytale Gardens, with the mission to expose potential fraudulent activities, with only one problem:”she has to ignore the sparks that fly with the handsome prince in the cast, who also happens to be the owner's son, to Sara Schonfeld at Harper Teen, in a two-book deal, for publication in winter 2026, by Jemiscoe Chambers-Black at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (NA).

Sara Schonfeld at HarperCollins has bought North American rights to Lisa Greenwald's next middle grade series entitled Friend Group. Told half in narrative and half in texts, a new middle schooler accidentally gets added to the group chat of a friend group she'd give anything to be in, only to discover many of their secrets; it turns out that her long-time crush likes her, and she actually has a chance of being in the group IRL. But what if the price of entry means losing her lifelong bestie? Publication will begin in summer 2026; Alyssa Eisner Henkin at Birch Path Literary did the three-book deal.

Bram Stoker finalist Ally Malinenko's BROKEN DOLLS, about a girl with arithmomania and selective mutism, who moves upstate after her grandfather's death and starts to lose her sister to a creepy doll—who wants to turn her into a doll herself—and the girl must stop her sister's transformation, because dolls never die, to Sara Schonfeld at Harper Children's, in an exclusive submission, for publication in summer 2025, by Rena Rossner at Deborah Harris Agency (NA).

NYT-bestselling author and social media influencer Joey Graceffa's THE TWELVE, about 16-year-old twin sister witches born minutes apart—with the powers of separate zodiac signs—who are recruited by a powerful coven that may or may not have their best interests at heart, written with Laura Sullivan, to Kristen Pettit while at Harper Teen, with Sara Schonfeld editing, by Kirsten Neuhaus at Ultra Literary (NA).

A.R. Vishny's THE NIGHT OWLS, following two estries—owl-shifting women vampires from Jewish tradition—who both break their oaths to never fall in love in order to face Manhattan's monstrous underworld and save the girl one of them loves with help from the crush of the other, to Sara Schonfeld at Harper Teen, in a very nice deal, for publication in fall 2024, by Linda Epstein at Emerald City Literary Agency (world English).

Melanie Wick Singer's MARTINA'S MUY BAD DAY, following a young girl as she returns home after a bad day; while searching for a distraction, she finds her abuela making magic en la cocina and realizes that bad days are worth celebrating, too, illustrated by Natalia Jimenez Osorio, to Sara Schonfeld at Harper Children's, in a nice deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2024, by Ramona Pina and Naomi Davis at BookEnds for the author, and by Aurora Barlam at Astound US for the illustrator (world).

Author of DIARY OF A CONFUSED FEMINIST Kate Weston's MURDER ON A SCHOOL NIGHT, a humorous teen murder mystery romcom in which a teen's amateur sleuthing into social media bullying turns bloody when a classmate is found murdered, suffocated with a menstrual cup—and when another dies by sanitary pad, she finds herself hot on the trail of a menstrual murderer, to Sara Schonfeld at Katherine Tegen Books, in a good deal, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 23, by Chloe Seager at Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency (NA).

Rachel Moore's THE BOOK OF FADES, a paranormal rom-com pitched as UNDEAD GIRL GANG meets NINTH HOUSE, following a girl on a quest to connect to her late father through a mysterious book, leading her to an equally mysterious boy—who is definitely cute, is probably a ghost, and just might be behind a string of disappearances at her school, to Sara Schonfeld at Katherine Tegen Books, in a six-figure deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2023, by Claire Friedman at Inkwell Management (world English).

Tina Athaide's SUNSHINE IN THE MONSOONS, illustrated by Archana Sreenivasan, to Sara Schonfeld at Katherine Tegen Books, for publication in summer 2025, by Stephanie Fretwell-Hill at Red Fox Literary for the illustrator.

Emi Pinto's BEE BAKSHI AND THE GINGERBREAD WITCH, pitched as a modern retelling of Hansel and Gretel, following a 12-year-old who is self-conscious of her too-Indian family in a white community with a sinister secret, but her stress about fitting in is soon the least of her worries when she's drawn to a strange house and history begins to repeat itself, to Sara Schonfeld at Katherine Tegen Books, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in the fall 2023 and fall 2024, by Emily Forney at BookEnds (world).

Kate Fussner's O&E, pitched as a queer retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice in verse, in which two middle school girls learn to love each other and themselves as they fight not to lose one another, to Sara Schonfeld at Katherine Tegen Books, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2023, by Eric Smith at P.S. Literary Agency (world English).

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and activist Alice Walker's THERE IS A FLOWER AT THE TIP OF MY NOSE SMELLING ME, a celebration of the self and the world we live in through poetry and art, illustrated by Queenbe Monyei, to Sara Schonfeld at Katherine Tegen Books, for publication in June 2022, by by Sylvie Hamel at Anna Goodson Illustration Agency for the illustrator.

Author of the forthcoming GHOST GIRL Ally Malinenko's THIS APPEARING HOUSE, pitched as A Monster Calls-esque story navigating the effects of trauma and illness, following a girl and her best friend who get trapped inside a haunted house that turns out to be a lot more than what it seems, to Sara Schonfeld at Katherine Tegen Books, for publication in summer 2022, by Rena Rossner at Deborah Harris Agency (NA).