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'This Star Won't Go Out' Celebrates a Young Life
On January 28, Dutton will publish This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl, which compiles the writings, sketches, and photographs of Esther Earl, who died of thyroid cancer in 2010 at the age of 16.
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From Query to Book Deal in 72 Hours: Debut Author Elise Parsley
It's a true story that reads like fiction. Elise Parsley, a 27-year-old piano teacher in Plymouth, Minn., leapt from being an unpublished, agentless author-illustrator to one with both an agent and a book contract in three days.
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Rights Report: Week of December 16, 2013
New deals for Mac Barnett, Michelle Cuevas, Terry Farish, and Jean Reagan & Lee Wildish.
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MTV Lands 'The List' by Siobhan Vivian
The List, Siobhan Vivian's YA novel about the fateful ranking of the ugliest and prettiest girl in each grade at Mount Washington High, has been optioned for television by MTV.
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Blue Apple Rolls Out Jump-into-Chapters Books
In January, Blue Apple Books will release the debut titles in its Jump-into-Chapters series of early readers.
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'Beyond Magenta' Spotlights Transgender Teens
Six transgender or gender-neutral young adults candidly share their stories in Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin.
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Judy Moody and Hank Zipzer Look to a Younger Audience
Two popular children's book characters will soon star in a new series aimed at younger readers.
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Rights Report: Week of December 9, 2013
New deals for Susan Nielsen, Aimee Carter, Mike A. Lancaster, Kate Klimo, and others.
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African-American Interest Young Readers' Titles 2013–2014
A selective list of African-American interest books for young readers publishing between September 2013 and March 2014.
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Galley Talk: The Country Bookshop
Angie Tally, children's manager at the Country Bookshop in Southern Pines, N.C., is eager to introduce three YA novels to customers in the new year.
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Rights Report: Week of December 2, 2013
New deals for Brian Anderson, Lauren Morrill and others.
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Fox Chapel Rushes 'Rubber Band Jewelry'
The independent publisher went from conception to publication in just seven weeks on Totally Awesome Rubber Band Jewelry, written by Colleen Dorsey, a Fox Chapel employee.
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You're a Good Citizen, Charlie Brown
Regnery's children's publishing program has acquired a five-year license with Peanuts Worldwide, and will feature Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang in books about American history, heroes, government, and civics.
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Rights Report: Week of November 25, 2013
New deals for Ken Liu, Elaine Dimopoulos and Jonah Winter & Shane Evans.
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Rights Report: Week of November 19, 2013
New deals for Julianne Moore, Gayle Forman, Matthew Cordell, Christina Lauren, Georg Rauch and others.
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Ransom Riggs Returns to Miss Peregrine's Home with 'Hollow City'
The eccentric, often downright creepy, inhabitants of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children return in Hollow City: The Second Novel of Miss Peregrine's Children, due January 14 from Quirk Books.
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Could a Small Press in New England Have One of This Year's Christmas Favorites?
Last month 10-year-old Bunker Hill Publishing released what could turn out to be one of its biggest books to date: Robert Sullivan's A Child's Christmas in New England, illustrated by Glenn Wolff.
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Movie Alert: 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'
The epic journey continues for a furry-footed hero, a wizard, and a posse of dwarves when The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug opens in theaters on December 13.
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Eighth Wimpy Kid Sells Over 1M In Its First Week
The newest title in Jeff Kinney's wildly popular Wimpy Kid series, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck, had an extremely strong first week, moving 1.3 millions copies worldwide, in all formats.
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'Good Night, Gorilla' Turns 20
Putnam is marking the 20th anniversary of Peggy Rathmann's Good Night, Gorilla with a new hardcover edition.



