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).

Ellie Palmer’s ‘TIL UNDEATH DO US PART, to Cinna (Germany), by Janou Dittmer at Agence Hoffman, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.

Author of Sydney Taylor Book Award Notable book FINDING FORGIVENESS and WHATEVER COMES TOMORROW Rebecca Gardyn Levington’s APPLES ALL AROUND, a poetic ode to fall, where a family of four enjoys a fun-filled day of apple picking, making memories that will last a lifetime, illustrated by Gillian Eilidh O’Mara, to Joy Peskin at Farrar, Straus Children’s, in an exclusive submission, for publication in spring 2028, by Kaitlyn Sanchez at Bradford Literary Agency for the author, and by Jennifer Laughran at Andrea Brown Literary Agency for the illustrator (world).

Author of FREE TO BE FABULOUS and ROCK ‘N’ ROLL BABY David McMullin’s PERCY AND SPECK, an early reader series featuring a dog and a bug; the book can be read three times: from the dog’s point of view, from the bug’s point of view, and with both characters together, illustrated by Lauren Stohler, to Siobhan Ciminera at Simon Spotlight, with Elizabeth Barton editing, in a three-book deal, for publication in fall 2026, by Kaitlyn Sanchez at Bradford Literary Agency for the author, and by Thao Le at Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency for the illustrator (world).

Tessa Bailey’s book three in the Bellinger Sisters series, to Harper Nordic (Sweden), by Monique Oosterhof at Mo Literary Services, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.

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).