Here's a round up of the latest book news, deals and some cover reveals
that I've discovered over the past few weeks! It's also basically a
digest of all the exciting news stories that come my way and which I've
mostly already posted on my twitter and Facebook feeds, so if you want
up-to-the-minute book news and you don't want to have to wait around for
me to type this up, you can follow me on those sites!
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The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E. Smith || Release date: April 2014
Lucy and Owen meet
somewhere between the tenth and eleventh floors of a New York City
apartment building, on an elevator rendered useless by a citywide
blackout. After they're rescued, they spend a single night together,
wandering the darkened streets and marveling at the rare appearance of
stars above Manhattan. But once the power is restored, so is reality.
Lucy soon moves to Edinburgh with her parents, while Owen heads out west
with his father.
Lucy and Owen's relationship plays out across
the globe as they stay in touch through postcards, occasional e-mails,
and -- finally -- a reunion in the city where they first met.
A
carefully charted map of a long-distance relationship, Jennifer E.
Smith's new novel shows that the center of the world isn't necessarily a
place. It can be a person, too.
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Book Deals, Book Deals, Book Deals....
New Two-Book Deal for Huntley Fitzpatrick
Jessica Garrison at Dial has
bought two more contemporary teen romances by former romance editor Huntley
Fitzpatrick, whose debut novel My Life Next Door was published by
Dial in summer 2012. Dial is releasing Fitzpatrick's sophomore novel, What I
Thought Was True, in April 2014; the first title in the new deal will be a
sequel to My Life Next Door. Christina Hogrebe at the Jane Rotrosen
Agency sold world rights.
Rhiannon by David Levithan
Nancy Hinkel at Knopf has acquired David Levithan's Rhiannon,
the companion to Every Day, his recent novel about A, the character who
changes bodies on a daily basis. The new book is told from the perspective of
A's love interest, Rhiannon. Publication is set for spring 2015; Bill Clegg at
WME brokered the deal for North American rights.
The Creeping by Alexandra Sirowy
Navah Wolfe at Simon &
Schuster has bought world rights to The Creeping
by debut author Alexandra Sirowy in a two-book pre-empt. It's a YA
thriller in which a girl vanished with her friend when they were both five, and
was the only one who returned. Now, years later, she is beginning to recover
memories from that time amid a wave of creepy events. Publication is set for
summer 2015; Brianne Johnson at Writers House brokered the deal.
Underneath Everything by Marcy Beller Paul
Sara Sargent at Balzer + Bray has
acquired world English rights to Underneath Everything,
a YA debut by Marcy Beller Paul. It's a contemporary psychological
thriller about two girls bound by an obsessive friendship. When Mattie decides
to take back the boyfriend, friends, and life she thinks Jolene stole from her
years ago, she's drawn into an intoxicating – and toxic – relationship that
blurs the boundary between friendship and love. Publication is scheduled for
fall 2015; Michael Bourret at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management did the
deal.
Love, Lucy by April Lindner
Pamela Garfinkel at Little, Brown's Poppy imprint has bought
Love, Lucy by April Lindner, author of Jane and Catherine.
It centers on 17-year-old Lucy Sommersworth, who, after falling for a street
musician while backpacking in Florence,
faces the realities of her freshman year of college; it was inspired by A
Room with a View. Publication is set for fall 2014; Amy Williams at
McCormick & Williams Literary Agency brokered the deal for world
rights.
The 100 Society by Carla Spradbery
Hodder Children's Books has bought two novels
from debut author Carla Spradbery, acquiring world rights from Stephanie
Thwaites at Curtis Brown.
Spradbery's debut The 100 Society is described
as a "suspenseful" standalone YA thriller about six sixth-form
students at an elite boarding school who form a society, The 100 Society,
based around a dangerous game. When a menacing stalker, the Reaper, becomes
involved, the game takes a darker turn.
Pottesman called Spradbery "a brilliant
storyteller whose manuscript gripped, thrilled and teased me until the last
page."
The book will be published in September 2014, to
be followed by a further standalone novel in 2015.
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More Book Covers of Awesome...
Better off Friends by Elizabeth Eulberg || Release date: February 2014
WHEN HARRY MET SALLY . . . for teens, from romantic comedy star Elizabeth Eulberg.
For
Macallan and Levi, it was friends at first sight. Everyone says guys
and girls can't be just friends, but these two are. They hang out after
school, share tons of inside jokes, their families are super close, and
Levi even starts dating one of Macallan's friends. They are platonic and
happy that way.
Eventually they realize they're best friends --
which wouldn't be so bad if they didn't keep getting in each other's
way. Guys won't ask Macallan out because they think she's with Levi, and
Levi spends too much time joking around with Macallan, and maybe not
enough time with his date. They can't help but wonder . . . are they
more than friends or are they better off without making it even more
complicated?
From romantic comedy superstar Elizabeth Eulberg
comes a fresh, fun examination of a question for the ages: Can guys and
girls ever really be just friends? Or are they always one fight away
from not speaking again -- and one kiss away from true love?
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The Here and Now by Ann Brashares || Release date: April 2014
Follow the rules. Remember what happened. Never fall in love.
Thrilling, exhilarating, haunting, and heartbreaking, The Here and Now is a twenty-first-century take on an impossible romance. Ann Brashares’ first novel for teens since The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is
about a girl from the future who might be able to save the world . . .
if she lets go of the one thing she’s found to hold on to.
Meet seventeen-year-old
Prenna James, who immigrated to New York when she was twelve. Except
Prenna didn’t come from a different country. She came from a different
time—a future where a mosquito-borne illness has mutated into a
pandemic, killing millions and leaving the world in ruins.
Prenna
and the others who escaped to the present day must follow a strict set
of rules: never reveal where they’re from, never interfere with history,
and never, ever be intimate with anyone outside their community. Prenna
does as she’s told, believing she can help prevent the plague that will
one day ravage the earth. But everything changes when she falls for
Ethan Jarves.
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Out of the Shallows by Samantha Young || Release date: January 2014
Live young. Live hard. Love deep.
Jake and Charley’s story concludes in Out of the Shallows…
Somehow,
after everything they’ve been through, Jake Caplin and Charley Redford
have made their way back to one another. But finding each other and
staying together are two completely different things. As Charley fights
for the future she wants for herself and with Jake, parents, exes,
friends, and her own distrust, are resolved to yank her back into the
real world.
While Jake is determined how deeply they feel for one
another will get them through their issues, Charley has to wonder… is
love alone really ever enough?
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| Click to read my review of Into The Deep |
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Love and Chaos (Brooklyn Girls #2) by Gemma Burgess || Release date: Feb. 2014
Wild child and secret
romantic Angie wakes up in a hotel room with $3,000 and no memories of
the night before. Her best friends aren’t talking to her, she can’t get a
job in fashion, her parents are divorcing, and she’s about to turn
twenty-three. And life is about to get much worse.
Brooklyn Girls: Love and Chaos continues
the story of our five favorite grads sharing a brownstone and starting
out in New York City through Angie’s eyes. On a journey from private
jets and yacht parties to dirty subways and hipster bars via crazy
storms, flash floods, and retail jobs from hell, Angie discovers who she
is, what she wants, how she’s going to get it —and a crazy little thing
called true love.
Meanwhile, her roommates lives are imploding,
too. Coco’s self-medicating and self-loathing, Pia’s breaking up and
cracking up, Madeleine’s finding her voice and Julia might—just
might—have met someone she can actually date.
Brooklyn Girls is
the hilarious, inspiring Gemma Burgess series every twenty-something
has been waiting for that tells you that whatever you do, whatever
mistakes you make, everything is going to be okay. All you need is a
little luck, a little work, and your best friends.
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From Book to Screen....
Leads Cast in Movie Adaptation of Lauren Kate's Fallen
Presenting Addison Timlin as Lucinda Price and Jeremy Irvine as Daniel Grigori.
What do you think of the Fallen cast so far? I haven't seen either actor in anything before, but I guess both of them look the part, at least. (Luke Mitchell was my dream pick for Daniel - that's how I pictured him while reading Fallen. I think I also pictured him as Hayden Christensen at one point).
You might like to take a look at Lauren Kate's dream movie cast for Fallen which she wrote as a guest post for the blog a while back. Check it out here. I think Lauren got it so right when she chose Ed Westwick as Cam - I would love to see that happen!
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Please note that book covers may not be final and may be subject to change. Additional sources: PW Children's Bookshelf, The Bookseller, Goodreads, Amazon UK.
