Children’s: Young Adult Fiction
Marisa Urgo’s THE GRAVITY OF MISSING THINGS, an #OwnVoices debut in which a bi teen juggles first love and a family secret when her pilot mother’s plane mysteriously vanishes, leaving her mother as the prime suspect in a global investigation, to Jen Bouvier at Entangled Teen, for publication in summer 2022, by Moe Ferrara at BookEnds (world).
Megan Paasch’s DREAM TO ME, about grief and forgiveness, where a girl fears her dreams may be causing a rash of comas in a small Pacific Northwest town while she grapples with the untimely death of her father, to Camille Kellogg at Imprint and Rachel Diebel at Feiwel and Friends, for publication in winter 2023, by Moe Ferrara at BookEnds (world). Natascha Morris at The Tobias Literary Agency now represents the author.
Amanda Quain’s ACCOMPLISHED, a contemporary featuring the beloved younger sister of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE’s Mr. Darcy, in which Georgie Darcy returns to Pemberley Academy after a humiliating “incident” with Wickham, determined to rebuild her reputation, blaze her own trail, and set up big brother Fitz with his new classmate Lizzie Bennet, to Sarah Grill at Wednesday Books, for publication in fall 2022, by Moe Ferrara at BookEnds (world English).
Skye Quinlan’s FORWARD MARCH, when a band geek/potential First Daughter discovers that an out-and-proud, drumline punk might be into her, she’s forced to figure out if she even likes girls, if she might be asexual, and if a relationship with her is worth losing her best friend, to Tamara Grasty at Page Street, for publication in winter 2022, by Moe Ferrara at BookEnds (world English).
Author of the forthcoming THE SKY BLUES Robbie Couch’s BLAINE FOR THE WIN, in which a boy is determined to prove his worth by becoming senior class president after his boyfriend breaks up with him to pursue more “serious guys,” and sacrifices his own sense of self in the process, to Amanda Ramirez at Simon & Schuster Children’s, in a nice deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2022, by Moe Ferrara at BookEnds (world English).
Author of ONLY MOSTLY DEVASTATED Sophie Gonzales and author of THE LOVE INTEREST Cale Dietrich’s OFF THE RECORD, following two boys in America’s biggest boy band who fall for each other while on their first sold-out European tour, and are forced to keep their relationship a secret by their record label, but slowly realize those in charge have no intention of letting them announce their relationship to the world—ever, to Sylvan Creekmore at Wednesday Books, in an exclusive submission, for publication in fall 2021, by Moe Ferrara at BookEnds (world). **Retitled: IF THIS GETS OUT**
Author of ONLY MOSTLY DEVASTATED Sophie Gonzales’s THE EX-GIRLFRIEND GETTER-BACKER EXPERIMENT, in which a bisexual girl who gives out anonymous love advice at her high school is blackmailed by the hot guy in her class into helping him get his ex-girlfriend back, and the unintended consequences of her advice end up affecting everyone, including herself, pitched as THE DUFF meets TO ALL THE BOYS I’VE LOVED BEFORE, to Sylvan Creekmore at Wednesday Books, in an exclusive submission, for publication in 2021, by Moe Ferrara at BookEnds (world). **Retitled: PERFECT ON PAPER**
Robbie Couch’s THE SKY BLUES, in which an openly gay boy’s top-secret promposal plans get leaked to his entire school—including the boy he planned on promposing to, to Amanda Ramirez at Simon & Schuster Children’s, in a nice deal, at auction, for publication in the spring of 2021, by Moe Ferrara at BookEnds (world English).
Dee Garretson’s GONE BY NIGHTFALL, pitched as inspired by The Sound of Music & Anastasia, set in the world of imperial Russia—before her mother’s death, a woman promised she would look after the unruly children in the household of her aristocratic Russian stepfather, putting her own plans to leave the country on hold, until the arrival of a young tutor she hopes will be able to wrangle the children, but when the revolution erupts and Petrograd falls into chaos, the entire family finds itself in danger, to Kat Brzozowski at Swoon Reads, for publication in January 2020, by Moe Ferrara at BookEnds (world).
Sophie Gonzales’s ONLY MOSTLY DEVASTATED, pitched as SIMON VS. THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA meets CLUELESS, inspired by Grease, in which a boy trying to navigate a family crisis and a move to a new school is quickly adopted by a new group of friends and comes face-to-face with his summer fling—only to discover that the perfect boy he remembers now won’t even look at him, to Sylvan Creekmore at Wednesday Books, in a pre-empt, for publication in Spring/Summer 2019, by Moe Ferrara at BookEnds.
Sophie Gonzales’s LAW OF INERTIA, pitched as an LGBT Gone Girl, about a the death of a teen boy and his still-grieving boyfriend as he searches for answers despite the mystery and deceit surrounding the death, to Dayna Anderson at Amberjack, for publication in October 2018, by Moe Ferrara at BookEnds (NA).
Children’s: Middle Grade Non-fiction
Journalist Aly Brown’s THE LAST UNEXPLORED PLACE ON EARTH, a deep dive into the creation and significance of Alvin Submersible, a vessel that has delivered breakthroughs in oceanography and transformed the scientific understanding of how and where life can exist, to Holly West at Feiwel and Friends, in an exclusive submission, for publication in winter 2023, by Moe Ferrara at BookEnds (world).
Children’s: Middle Grade Fiction
J.M. Evenson’s DALYA AND THE MAGIC INK BOTTLE, pitched as part Back to the Future with a nod to The Wizard of Oz, in which a 10-year-old accompanies her father to Istanbul to sell the family’s ancestral home and has no idea that she’ll learn about friendship and family, or that she’ll find a magic ink bottle whose jinn sends her back into the past as a cat, to Michelle Bisson at Capstone, for publication in fall 2020, by Moe Ferrara at BookEnds (world).
Jason Henderson’s YOUNG CAPTAIN NEMO, about the twelve-year-old descendant of the original Captain Nemo who, armed with fantastical undersea tech, works to make the ocean a safer place one adventure at a time, pitched as Percy Jackson goes 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, to Holly West at Feiwel and Friends, in a very nice deal, in a three-book deal, for publication beginning Winter 2019, by Moe Ferrara at BookEnds (World English).
Children’s: Picture book
Illustrator of FRANKENSLIME and VALENSLIME Ashley Belote’s THE ME TREE, an early reader story of a bear who has had it with living with roommates, but when he finally finds his own tree, he discovers that this perfect house may be home to a number of uninvited guests, to Nathaniel Tabachnik at Penguin Workshop, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2021, by Moe Ferrara at BookEnds (world).
Illustrator for the forthcoming FRANKENSLIME and VALENSLIME Ashley Belote’s LISTEN UP LOUELLA, wherein an overly excited elephant learns that listening leads to “ele-phantastic” friendships at summer camp, to Holly West at Feiwel and Friends, in an exclusive submission, for publication in summer 2022, by Moe Ferrara at BookEnds (world).
Joy Keller’s VALENSLIME, about a girl scientist whose experiment to make Valentine friends for her slime creation yields an explosion of little slimes, illustrated by Ashley Belote, to Holly West at Feiwel and Friends, for publication in winter 2022, by Mary Cummings at Betsy Amster Literary Enterprises for the author, and by Moe Ferrara at BookEnds for the illustrator (world).
Phaea Crede’s JET THE CAT (IS NOT A CAT), in which a cat loves to swim and sing, but when other animals try to convince her that she’s not really a cat, she and her friends learn to celebrate what makes them all unique, illustrated by Terry Runyan, to Lisa Rosinsky at Barefoot Books, for publication in spring 2021, by Moe Ferrara at BookEnds for the author, and by Paul Cohen at Creatif Licensing for the illustrator (world English).
Sam Donovan and Kristen Wixted’s MISS RITA, MYSTERY READER, about a young child, their daddy, and his drag queen alter ego: Miss Rita, who makes reading books fun and accepting of all points of view, illustrated by Violet Tobacco, to John Morgan at Imprint, for publication in late 2021, by Moe Ferrara at BookEnds for the author, and by Alexandra Gehringer at The Bright Group for the illustrator (world English).
Anna Lazowski’s T-REXES CAN’T TIE THEIR SHOES, an A-Z picture book that shares all the things kids can do but animals can’t, illustrated by Steph Laberis, to Frances Gilbert at Doubleday Children’s, for publication in summer 2021, by Moe Ferrara at BookEnds for the author, and by Anne Moore Armstrong at The Bright Group for the illustrator (world).
Joy Keller’s FRANKENSLIME, about a girl scientist whose slime experiment comes to life, illustrated by Ashley Belote, to Holly West at Feiwel and Friends, for publication in summer 2021, by Mary Cummings at Betsy Amster Literary Enterprises for the author, and by Moe Ferrara at BookEnds for the illustrator (world).
Hallee Adelman’s WAY PAST MAD, about a girl who starts her day so mad at her little brother it affects everything around her, and WAY PAST WORRIED, about a boy who is so nervous to attend a birthday party that he hides in a tree, illustrated by Sandra de la Prada, to Wendy McClure at Albert Whitman, in a two-book deal, for publication in March 2020 and in September 2020, by Moe Ferrara at BookEnds for the author, and by Ellen Simmons at Illo Agency for the illustrator (world).
Children’s: Graphic Novel
Ben Kahn and Rachel Silverstein’s RENEGADE RULE, in which a four queer female friends have beaten the odds to land themselves in the national championships for one of the hottest virtual reality games in existence, but they’re in for competition fiercer than they ever imagined, overcoming self-doubt, infighting, romantic distraction, and a slew of other world-class teams if they hope to become champions; illustrated by Sam Beck, to Jenny Blenk at Dark Horse, for publication in spring 2021, by Moe Ferrara at BookEnds (world).
PRINCELESS and THE UNSTOPPABLE WASP author Jeremy Whitley and Erfworld artist Jaime Noguchi’s THE SCHOOL FOR EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL GIRLS, the coming-of-age story of a mild-mannered student whose world is shaken up when she discovers she’s actually an alien with fire powers, to Papercutz, in a three-book deal, for publication in fall 2020, by Moe Ferrara at BookEnds (world).
Jeremy Whitley’s THE DOG KNIGHT, in which a nonbinary kid must balance the real life troubles of middle school with the chance to face down the forces of chaos alongside a council of dog superheroes, illustrated by Bre Indigo, to Holly West at Feiwel and Friends, in a nice deal, in a three-book deal, for publication in early 2021, by Moe Ferrara at BookEnds for the author, and by Brent Taylor at TriadaUS Literary Agency for the illustrator (world).
Author/illustrator Matthew Dow Smith’s THE OCTOBER GIRL, in which an 18-year-old’s imaginary friend from childhood walks into her coffee shop as a living, breathing thing, and she is drawn into the world of the night folk—but not everyone welcomes her with open arms; as she learns that everyone seems to know more about her connection to this strange world than she does, a mysterious figure is hell-bent on destroying her, to Mark Irwin at Insight Comics, at auction, in a three-book deal, for publication in spring 2020, by Moe Ferrara at BookEnds (world excl. Brazil, Germany, France, Italy, and Israel).
Fiction: Women’s/Romance
Kate McMurray’s COME HOME TO ME, CATCH AND RELEASE, and BAKING UP TROUBLE, a small-town-esque romance series set in Brooklyn, focusing on the staff of a cat cafe and the friendships and relationships that blossom (or rekindle) there—all while finding purrfect forever homes for the rescue cats in residence at the cafe, to Cat Clyne at Sourcebooks Casablanca, in an exclusive submission, in a three-book deal, for publication in fall 2020, by Moe Ferrara at BookEnds (world). **Retitled: LIKE CATS & DOGS**
Kate McMurray’s HERE COMES THE FLOOD, the first in the three-book m/m Elite Athletes series set at the Summer Olympics that features a diver who wants to stay out of the limelight and the disgraced swimmer who wants to prove he’s more than just another comeback kid, to Lynn West at Dreamspinner Press, in a three-book deal, for publication in spring 2020, by Moe Ferrara at BookEnds (world).
Kate McMurray’s DAMAGE CONTROL, in which a woman is murdered in the apartment of a closeted Republican senate candidate, who hires the best lawyer in NYC…who is also his ex-boyfriend, to Angela James at Carina Press, in a two-book deal, for publication in Summer 2018, by Moe Ferrara at BookEnds (World English).
Wendy Qualls’s WORTH WAITING FOR, in which a comfortably “out” computer expert helps a closeted college professor fight back against his vindictive ex-boyfriend, to Peter Senftleben at Lyrical Press, in a three-book deal, for publication in Summer 2017, by Moe Ferrara at BookEnds (World).