Kristen Pettit at HarperTeen has acquired Sarena and Sasha Nanua's YA fantasy RIA & RANI and a sequel. The series follows two twins separated at birth—one now a princess, the other a street thief—who switch places, only to discover that their destinies may be to join together in a bid to stop their kingdom from falling apart. Publication is scheduled for summer 2021.
Kelsey Horton at Delacorte has bought THE SPICE ROAD, a fantasy set in an Arabian-inspired land where a nation of tribes famous for their spices are attacked by an occupying king after he discovers their secret tea magic. The first book follows a teen girl who must guard the key to the source of her nation's magic, and the orphan-turned-assassin whose future depends on him taking it from her. Publication is slated for spring 2021.
Laura Schreiber at Disney-Hyperion bought Daniel Aleman's young adult contemporary INDIVISIBLE, about a Mexican-American teenage boy whose parents, undocumented immigrants, are detained by ICE, leaving him to care for his young sister and fight for his family's future, sold to Laura Schreiber at Disney-Hyperion. Publication is planned for fall 2020.
Cindy Loh at Bloomsbury bought Sara Holland's HAVENFALL and a sequel, via Glasstown Entertainment, following a girl whose family runs an inn that sits at the crossroads between several fantasy realms -- and she may be the key to keeping a tentative peace between them.
Nicole Sclama at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt BFYR bought Emily Bain Murphy's young adult historical fantasy SPLINTERS OF SCARLET, about an orphaned seamstress in 19th-century Copenhagen who goes to work for a retired ballerina and uses her magic to investigate her father's mysterious death while working for the same family years ago. Publication is planned for spring 2020.
Nancy Siscoe at Knopf Children's bought Kate O'Shaughnessy's middle grade debut THE LONELY HEART OF MAYBELLE LANE, in which an 11-year-old travels hundreds of miles in order to enter a singing competition and, she hopes, meet her radio DJ father for the first time—a journey that will require her to discover the courage within her and the unlikely friends around her. Publication is planned for spring 2020.
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