J. I. Locatelli’s LITTLE SISTERS, BIG LIES, a debut horror novel about a desperate-to-fit-in freshman sorority pledge investigating a fellow pledge’s disappearance, alongside the hottest girl she’s ever met (who notoriously refused to complete her own initiation two years earlier), as she begins to literally lose parts of herself in seductive sorority bonding rituals, to Tyiana Combs at Penguin Workshop, for publication in fall 2028, by Rebecca Matte at Bradford Literary Agency (world).

Husband-and-wife team Eduardo Gutierrez and Jolene Gutierrez’s PARTY EN LA PLAZA, which celebrates Mexican plazas, as ringing bells call a family toward the town square, alive with mariachi music, dancing, pinatas, food, and community, illustrated by Teresa Martinez, to Deidra Purvis at Free Spirit, with Alison Behnke editing, for publication in summer 2027, by Kaitlyn Sanchez at Bradford Literary Agency for the authors, and by Christina Doffing at Astound US for the illustrator (world).

Author-illustrator Katie Dwyer’s debut PAY ATTENTION, OLIVER!, in which a boy has a big imagination and often lives in a world of make believe, so when his mom grows frustrated with him, he shows her all the small, beautiful things the world holds when one truly pays attention, to Michael Green at Marble Press, in a nice deal, for publication in spring 2027, by Kaitlyn Sanchez at Bradford Literary Agency (world).

Author-illustrator Tom Crestodina‘s WORKING BOATS: FERRY, A LOOK-INSIDE BOOK, the second book in the Working Boats board book series; and the third book in the picture book series, WORKING BOATS: EXPLORERS!, featuring 10 cross-sections of vessels used to explore our oceans, to Jill Saginario at Sasquatch Books, in an exclusive submission, for publication in fall 2026 and 2028, by Hillary Fazzari at Bradford Literary Agency (world).

Jen Devon‘s THE PROMPOSAL, pitched as TO ALL THE BOYS I’VE LOVED BEFORE meets She’s All That, in which a quiet, D&D-loving teen is mistakenly on the receiving end of an extravagant promposal from her high school’s popular lacrosse team captain, leading to fake dating for mutual benefit and the realization that their worlds aren’t so different and that they’re far more compatible than either of them had imagined, to Madelyn Blaney at Avon A, for publication in March 2027, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (world).

Author of the Dark Olympus series Katee Robert‘s THE TAROT TRIALS, in which the daughter of the former champion of the Moon will enter a tournament to the death to become one of the five rulers and find out the truth about her mother’s murder, to Stephanie Stein at Tor, in a major deal, for seven figures, at auction, in a three-book deal, for publication beginning in fall 2026, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (NA). Rights also to Gillian Green at Tor UK, in a major deal, at auction, in a three-book deal; to Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial (Spain), in a pre-empt, in a three-book deal, to Penguin Random House Portugal (Portugal), at auction, in a three-book deal, and to Companhia Das Letras (Brazil), at auction, by Sandra Bruna at Sandra Bruna Literary Agency; to Lyx (Germany), in a three-book deal, by Uwe Neumahr at Agence Hoffman; to Newton Compton (Italy), at auction, in a three-book deal, by Cristiana Chiumenti at The Italian Agency; to Tredaniel (France), in a three-book deal, by Pauline Cuchet at La Nouvelle Agence; to Maxim (Hungary), by Norbert Uszeka at Lex Copyright Office; on behalf of Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency and Taryn Fagerness at Taryn Fagerness Agency. Translation: Taryn Fagerness at Taryn Fagerness Agency

Author of THE RESURRECTIONIST A. Rae Dunlap‘s THE BONESEEKER, set in Victorian-era London, in which a troubled artist witnesses a gruesome crime and finds an unlikely calling as a forensic sculptor at the nascent Scotland Yard, to Elizabeth Trout at Kensington, in a nice deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in 2027, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (world).

Meredith Mundy at Abrams Appleseed has acquired world rights to Party Panic by Jolene Gutiérrez (l.), illustrated by Angel Chang. Birdy, a child who is easily overwhelmed, agrees to attend an event she imagines will be very stressful: a party. With new and overwhelming noises, smells, foods, and more, can Birdy brave this new world to help support a friend for their celebration? Publication is set for spring 2027; Kaitlyn Sanchez at Bradford Literary Agency represented the author, and Susan Penny at the Bright Agency represented the illustrator.