The novel-in-verse details the life and times of a courageous 12-year-old Latina who decides it will be she who defines her name, her power, her history, and her right to choose what she celebrates in life. Nancy Paulsen at Penguin/Paulsen has acquired, in a preempt, ¡Guerrera Warrior! by Carmen Tafolla, former State Poet Laureate of Texas. Brianne Johnson at Writers House brokered the five-book, six-figure deal, and James Burns at the Bright Agency represented the illustrator. In a universe where everyone bonds with an animal familiar at 10 years old, five very different girls who are not immediately paired discover that their familiars are mythical beasts they must find by working together. The first of four books is scheduled for 2022 Linda Camacho at Gallt & Zacker Literary did the deal.īen Rosenthal at HarperCollins/Tegen has acquired, in an exclusive submission, The Mythics, a middle grade series by Lauren Magaziner, illustrated by Mirelle Ortega.
Unbridled Dreams sponsors underprivileged kids to provide them with access to the healing power of horses each book will feature new friends and new challenges.
Olivia Valcarce at Scholastic has bought world rights to Yamile Saied Méndez‘s Horse Country, a middle-grade series about 11-year-old Carolina Aguasvivas, who has a gift with horses and-with the help of an unexpected friend-starts a new program at Paradise Ranch. If you are an agent and you have a Latinx client who just announced a deal, you can let me know on Twitter, If you are a Latinx author or illustrator writing for children or young adults, and you just got a book deal, send me a message and we will celebrate with you! And if I left anyone out here, please let me know! Here’s to many more wonderful books in the years to come.
The purpose of this series is to celebrate book deals by authors and illustrators in our community and to advocate for more of them. This is an occasional series keeping track of the book deals announced by Latinx writers and illustrators.
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