Recent Graphic Novel Deals, Late Jan 2023 | News

• The Boy from Clearwater, by Yu Pei-Yun and Zhou Jian-Xin, translated by Lin King, graphic memoir about Tsai Kun-Lin, who went to jail for attending a school book club in Taiwan, fall 2023, Levine Querido
• Coming Out Perfect, by Richard Mercado, a debut about a teen boy who runs for student council to become “the perfect gay kid”, fall 2025 (sequel in spring 2027), Scholastic/Graphix
• The Deadliest, by Dr. Eleanor Spicer Rice, a six-book series about deadly species humorously competing to win the title prize, spring 2025, Norton Young Readers
• Diary of a Nature Nerd, by Tiffany Everett, a debut featuring a girl who lives in a blended-family RV visiting national parks who discovers her stepsister has a secret, spring 2025, Scholastic/Graphix
• Pretty Evil, by Rebekah McKendry, David Ian McKendry, and Tim Seely, two-book series about a famous teen singer who becomes a demon slayer, fall 2024, McElderry Books

Source: Publishers Weekly Rights Report, January 16 and January 23

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