Recent Graphic Novel Deals, Late Mar 2023 | News

• The Absolute Value of Verity, by Hope Larson, an overachieving eighth grader struggles with dyscalculia, HarperAlley, summer 2025.
• Desert Rain, by Kristin Kemper, clones in a futuristic dystopia seek to find the truth behind the city, IDW, spring 2027.
• Finishing School, by Casey Gilly and Rye Hickman, about a school for the “final girls”, the survivors left after the horror story or supernatural fight, IDW, spring 2027.
• The Froggy Archive, by Julie Fiveash, a frog tries to reinvigorate a community library, Levine Querido, 2025.
• My Sister the Freak, by Dani Jones, a middle-schooler and her older sister cope with alien visitors and the secret they reveal (previously a webcomic), HarperCollins, summer 2026.
• The Pet Placement Society, by Primo Gallanosa, tweens want to find homes for the animals at the shelter in the first of a three-book series compared to The Baby-Sitters Club, Disney-Hyperion, spring 2025.
• Schoolbot 9000, by Sam Hepburn, an 11-year-old tries to cope with his teachers being replaced by robots, Dial, fall 2024.
• Weird!, by Indira Dudley, a sixth grade girl works to shake the “weird” label applied to her to be “normal”, IDW, spring 2026.
• A Worm’s Tale, by Konstantin Nien Shen Steshenko, an earthworm seeks to protect the insect kingdom by becoming a knight, IDW, fall 2026.
• You Belong Here, by Sara Phoebe Miller and Morgan Beem, teen struggles with her senior year of high school, including college applications , First Second, 2024.

Source: Publishers Weekly Rights Report, March 20 and March 27

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