Recent Graphic Novel Deals, Early December 2024 | News

• A Ghost Is a Wish, by Wendy Xu, a teen can see the ghost of a classmate’s sibling which might help her with her controlling mother, Quill Tree Books, 2028
• Huck ‘N’ Hairball and the Litterbox Time Machine, by Rich Moyer, first of two books about a cat and his hairball friend who invent a time machine, Union Square Kids, fall 2026
• Journey to Tomioka, by Laurent Galandon and Michaël Crouzat, translated from French by Anne and Owen Smith, in which siblings meet yokai (spirits) in the Fukushima nuclear exclusion zone, First Second, 2026
• Signposts, by Ann Clare LeZotte and Claudia Dávila, a girl accepts her deaf and queer identities, Scholastic Graphix, 2027
• Such Great Heights, by Ali Solomon, a girl must fight her fear of heights, FSG, spring 2028
• Yarrow and the Burning Mountain, by Wendy Xu, a goblin tries to stop her cousin from mass-producing the pottery their village is known for, Quill Tree Books, 2027

Source: Publishers Weekly Rights Report, December 2 and December 9

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