Rebecca Gardyn Levington‘s I WISH THAT YOU KNEW, about a child at their late grandmother’s unveiling ceremony, reflecting upon and celebrating the special relationship they shared, illustrated by Alyssa Russell, to Jaime Gelman at Little Bee Books, for publication in summer 2026, by Kaitlyn Sanchez at Bradford Literary Agency for the author, and by Christie Megill at The CAT Agency for the illustrator (world).

DK Ryland’s DON’T OPEN THIS BOOK! GIRAFFE AND FRIENDS ARE SLEEPING, the third book in the Giraffe series, featuring a giraffe and friends as they try to get back to sleep after the reader wakes them up by opening the book, to William Kiester at Page Street Kids, in an exclusive submission, for publication in fall 2026, by Kaitlyn Sanchez at Bradford Literary Agency (world English).

Kanya Sesser and Nisha Lamsam Ligon‘s NO LEGS, NO LIMITS, about young Kanya, who was born without legs, as she learns to stand up for herself and finds joy in skateboarding, illustrated by Lenny Wen, to Jaime Gelman at Little Bee Books, for publication in fall 2026, by Kaitlyn Sanchez at Bradford Literary Agency for the author, and by Christy Ewers at The CAT Agency for the illustrator (world).

Alicia Thompson‘s IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY, a romance about an American woman who ends up in a coma and mysteriously wakes up in Ireland, where she shares a couple of days with a closed-off Irish mechanic, to Kristine Swartz at Berkley, in an exclusive submission, in a two-book deal, for publication in summer 2026, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (world English).

Jenn Bennett‘s PRINCE OF MOURNING, a YA dark Gilded Age romantasy about a nursing student who’s summoned to an upstate New York mansion to care for a dying millionaire and discovers an immortal boy being held prisoner at the estate, to Nicole Ellul at Simon & Schuster Children’s, for publication in fall 2025, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (NA).

Soraya Lane‘s next four books in the Lost Daughters series, to Laura Deacon at Bookouture (UK), in an exclusive submission, in a four-book deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency; also to Droemer Knaur (Germany), in a six-figure deal; to Oceaan (The Netherlands); to Otava (Finland), to Albatros (Poland); and to Kagge (Norway).

Jacqueline Firkins‘s THE GOODE GIRLS OF MAPLE LANE, a New Adult novel about a struggling vet student and a neglected golden retriever who save each other as the dog’s social media account goes viral and a cute neighbor lends a hand, to Laura Schreiber at Avon, in an exclusive submission, for publication in fall 2025, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (world).

Jenn Bennett’s THIRD COAST, a romance pitched for fans of Outer Banks and The Goonies, about an Ivy League student who reconnects with her old childhood best friend-turned-enemy when she returns to her beach hometown on Lake Michigan, and the couple is drawn into a treasure hunt that connects both their families, to Shannon Plackis at Avon, in an exclusive submission, for publication in summer 2026, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (world).

Grace Demyan’s REVENGE, INC, a humorous contemporary debut about two women who shake up their quiet small town by starting a revenge-for-hire business, to Chantelle Aimee Osman at Lake Union Publishing, for publication in fall 2025, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (world).

Author of CRUZITA AND THE MARIACHEROS Ashley Granillo’s CHOIR GRRRL, in which a girl who shreds on her guitar dreams of playing in the orchestra, but if her hardcore emo family catches her dabbling in a different genre she could ruin her dad’s big comeback tour, her sisters’ dreams, and keep her mom away from home for good, to Amy Fitzgerald at Lerner Publishing, in a nice deal, for publication in the spring of 2026, by Hannah Andrade at Bradford Literary Agency (world).