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CURTIS BROWN NEWSLETTER 
February 2015
CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS

With the Bologna Book Fair on the horizon, we'll be busy putting together a catalogue of our highlights, but in the meantime, this newsletter contains an overview of our latest news.

We're looking forward to seeing many of you in Bologna and enjoying lots of ice cream, of course! 

In this issue:


Jennifer E. Smith gets a Perfect Ten from VOYA

The Voice of Youth Advocates or VOYA, has posted its 2014 Perfect Ten List and Jennifer E. Smith's latest YA novel, The Geography of You and Me, was one of the listed titles. The list contains only books that received a 5Q5P (Q = quality; P = popularity) rating from their reviewers. Of the more than 1,100 title VOYA reviewed last year, only 27 books achieved this rating. We're thrilled that The Geography of You and Me is one of them! 


The Oniria Saga Continues!

French readers will able to get their hands on the second book in the adventure middle grade series Oniria, The Maverick of Oza-Gora, by B.F. Parry as early as April 2015. Book 2 picks up right where the first book ended: Princess Aanor is held captive by the Beast who hopes to use her to conquer the Kingdom of dreams; Elliot finally meets the Sandman only to find out that he is unable to save his father still in a deep coma in the real world. Elliot’s best hope to rescue his father now lies with the mysterious Jabu, the Sandman’s former apprentice who unfortunately fell to the dark side. Will Elliot be able to find and convince him to help his father? Will Elliot also be able to rescue Aanor? The Maverick of Oza-Gora will contain some beautiful illustrations of the kingdom of dreams and Book Three is scheduled for publication in France in October 2015.

Rights to the Oniria series have now been sold in Brazil (Verus), Spain (Bruno), Korea (Random House Korean) and Vietnam (Women’s Publishing).


Welcome to the Yellow Room, behind the scene of Versailles

We are pleased to announce a new partnership with Hachette Jeunesse which will take readers behind the scenes of King Louis XIV’s court, think Gossip Girl in Versailles. Based on an original idea by Charlotte Ruffault and written by Christine Féret-Fleury, the first book in the Yellow Room trilogy, Rivals, will be released in France in May 2015. Material is available in French and English chapters to be available shortly. Let yourself be tempted by the juicy scandals of Versailles!


Other news

Andy Griffiths Tops the Bestsellers Chart for 2014

Laughing at my Nightmare finalist for the ALA award for Excellence in Nonfiction


Recent Deals

Maxi and The Magical Money Tree by Tiffiny Hall Korean translation rights sold to Random House Korea

The Treehouse series by Andy Griffiths, Swedish rights sold at auction to Alfabeta

The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip by George Saunders and Lane Smith sold to Dhampus Publishing in Korea

20 Questions for Gloria by Martyn Bedford sold to Germany/DTV, Spain/Penguin Random House, Italy/De Agostini and France/Nathan

Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum sold to Germany/Boje, Spain/Penguin Random House, Brazil/Sextante and Netherlands/De Fontein.


Coming soon



Reviews

Six by MM Vaughan: "A surprise ending will encourage readers to think beyond the text and grapple with some real-world dilemmas. Inventive, entertaining and thought-provoking" - Kirkus (starred)

Mountwood School for Ghosts by Toby Ibbotson: "This debut has confidence, panto characters to love and hate and a wonderfully peculiar sense of humour. It shares his mother’s irreverence, wit and quiet intellectualism". - The Times

Risk by Fleur Ferris: "Gripping, devastating and terrifying. The scariest thing is that everything that happens in Risk is all too possible". - Rebecca James, author of Beautiful Malice

Fig by Sarah Elizabeth Schantz: “An incredibly haunting story about mental illness and family bonds”. - School Library Journal

Hellhole by Gina Damico: “Fans of Damico’s Croak trilogy will be right at home with the author’s emphasis on grim topics made sardonic, and horror buffs in general will find plenty of scary undertones to this multi-layered plot” - The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Bone Gap by Laura Ruby: "One part magical realism and two parts fantasy, Bone Gap is a story of whispering corn, buzzing bees, and glimpses of magic in parallel universes." - VOYA

Space Case by Stuart Gibbs: "A delightful and brilliantly constructed ­middle-grade thriller". - New York Times

Shoot to Kill by Steve Cole: "Packed with blackmail, murder and revenge, Shoot to Kill is Young Bond at his best’ - Evening Standard


Just delivered

With the End in Sight by Skila Brown

Evil Spy School by Stuart Gibbs

The After Room by Maile Meloy

Phyllis Wong and the Waking of the Wizard by Geoffrey McSkimming

Happy Again by Jennifer E. Smith (sequel to This is What Happy Looks Like)





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