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THE POSSIBILITY OF SOMEWHERE de Julia Day

An emotional and poignant young adult romance debut!

THE POSSIBILITY OF SOMEWHERE
by Julia Day
Saint Martin’s Griffin, September 2016

Ash Gupta is having an amazing senior year, hanging out with his tight circle of friends and cranking out the grades his wealthy, immigrant Asian-Indian parents expect. A model student in every way, Ash is on track to earn every school honor there is… except one. It looks as if valedictorian will go to the anti-social, foul-mouthed girl who has been a thorn in his side throughout high school, and that’s just not a part of Ash’s—or his parents’—plan. Eden Moore’s biggest goal is to escape the poverty that haunts her family. When she’s not babysitting a special needs boy, managing the high school website, or attending classes, she’s studying her ass off. To both of their surprise, when Eden and Ash are forced to work together on a school project, sparks fly. As they spend more time together, antagonism changes to romance.

THE POSSIBILITY OF SOMEWHERE is Julia Day’s debut YA contemporary romance.

MOMOTARO: XANDER AND THE LOST ISLAND OF MONSTERS de Margaret Dilloway

In the spirit of HAYAO MIYAZAKI and PERCY JACKSON, a new middle-grade adventure series with high stakes and wonderful heart

MOMOTARO: XANDER AND THE LOST ISLAND OF MONSTERS
by Margaret Dilloway ; illus. by Choog Yoon
Disney Hyperion
, April 2016

Xander Miyamoto would rather do almost anything than listen to his sixth grade teacher, Mr. Stedman, drone on about weather disasters happening around the globe. If Xander could do stuff he’s good at instead, like draw comics and create computer programs, and if Lovey would stop harassing him for being half Asian, he might not be counting the minutes until the dismissal bell. When spring break begins at last, Xander plans to spend it playing computer games with his best friend, Peyton. Xander’s father briefly distracts him with a comic book about some samurai warrior that pops out of a peach pit. Xander tosses it aside, but Peyton finds it more interesting.
Little does either boy know that the comic is a warning. They are about to be thrust into the biggest adventure of their lives-a journey wilder than any Xander has ever imagined, full of weird monsters even worse than Lovey. To win at this deadly serious game they will have to rely on their wits, courage, faith, and especially, each other. Maybe Xander should have listened to Mr Stedman about the weather after all. . . .

Margaret Dilloway is the author of three adult novels. Her novels often explore (among other things) what it means to be Japanese-American.

JABberwocky Literary Agency et Abrams Books : deux nouvelles représentations pour notre agence !

Nous sommes ravis d’annoncer que nous représentons désormais l’agence littéraire JABberwocky et l’éditeur Abrams Books en France.

2015-10-09_102022The JABberwocky Literary Agency s’occupe principalement de l’univers Science Fiction & Fantasy et d’Historical Romance. Parmi leurs auteurs principaux : Brandon Sanderson, Charlayne Harris, John Hemry, Peter V. Brett, Michael J. Sullivan ou encore Tanya Huff.

Abrams Books publie des livres pour la jeunesse et des livres illustrés pour adultes.

 

Le nouveau roman de Jennifer Donnelly convoité par les éditeurs étrangers

A moins d’une semaine de l’inauguration de la Bologna Children’s Books Fair, les droits pour THESE SHALLOW GRAVES ont été déjà vendus au Royaume-Uni (Hot Key Books, droits préemptés), en Allemagne (Piper, droits préemptés) et en Italie (Mondadori, après enchères). En Grèce, les négociations sont en cours et ça ne saurait tarder dans d’autres pays.

 

Life is dirtier than Jo Montfort could have ever imagined. And the truth may be the dirtiest part of all

THESE SHALLOW GRAVES
by Jennifer Donnelly
Delacorte, September 2015

2015-03-20_122524Jo Montfort is beautiful, rich, and soon to be married off to a rich bachelor—but that’s the last thing she wants. Instead, Jo dreams of becoming a newspaper reporter like Nellie Bly, the boundary-breaking female reporter made famous by her book Ten Days in a Madhouse. Jo’s biggest problem is not having her writing aspirations taken seriously. That is, until she learns that her father is dead—reported to have shot himself while cleaning his pistol. Charles Montfort was a newspaper tycoon, and, Jo knows, far too meticulous to accidentally set off a loaded gun. The more Jo hears about his death, the more something feels wrong about the story. Suicide is the obvious explanation, but Jo feels sure that is not the case. Then she meets Eddie—the young, smart, infuriatingly handsome reporter at her father’s newspaper, and it becomes all too clear howmuch she stands to lose if she keeps searching for the truth. Only now it might be too late to stop.

Jennifer Donnelly is the author of Carnegie winning A NORTHERNLIGHT, REVOLUTION, and, most recently, THE WATER FIRE SAGA.