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The Expeditioners and the Secret of King Triton’s Lair by S.S. Taylor • illustrated by Katherine Roy
Kit, Zander, and M.K. West are settling into their new lives as students at the Academy for the Exploratory Sciences when Kit finds another mysterious map left for him by their father, the brilliant, famous—and presumed dead—Explorer Alexander West. Why did Alexander leave the maps behind, and why are government agents so determined to seize them? What is really going on in a mysterious and unknown stretch of the Caribbean, famous for its violent storms and shipwrecks? And what is the huge contraption M.K. is building in her workshop? As two world powers come to the brink of war, Kit must find a deadly hidden island and unlock its secrets, hoping he has the courage to follow the trail of maps, wherever it may lead. “Full of kid power, clues, codes and maps, this will appeal to sophisticated readers who appreciate their adventure served with heaping helpings of cleverness.” —Kirkus Reviews september 2014 hardcover 6.5" × 8.5" isbn: 978-1-940450-20-9 $22 rights: world
Stories Upon Stories Edited by Alessandro Baricco
Stories Upon Stories is an epic re-imagining of ten classic tales: Dave Eggers rewrites Jules Verne’s rollicking “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea,” Ali Smith reconceives Sophocles’ tragedy “Antigone,” Umberto Eco reimagines the mind-bending Italian classic “The Betrothed,” along with seven more equally inspired pairings of timeless masterpieces with contemporary literary masters. Featuring breathtakingly original illustrations on every page, and bound as lavishly as a textbook worthy of Hogwarts, this book will spark the imaginations of children and adults alike.
Featuring dave eggers alessandro baricco yiyun li
umberto eco andrea camilleri and many more!
october 2014 hardcover 7.75" × 10" isbn: 978-1-940450-01-8 $40 rights: north america
Girl at the Bottom of the Sea
by Michelle Tea • illustrations by Amanda Verwey
Sophie Swankowski is the hero from the stories she’s been hearing all her life: she’s the girl who will save the world. Or so she’s been told. Now she and her unlikely guardian—the gruff, filthy mermaid Syrena—must travel the pitch-black seas from broken-down Chelsea, Massachusetts, to Syrena’s homeland in Poland. Along the way, Syrena will reveal the terrible truth about her past, and teach Sophie about the ages-old source of her newly discovered power. But left behind in Chelsea, without Sophie to protect them from the dark magic she’s awakened, what will become of Sophie’s friends and family? Girl at the Bottom of the Sea is the follow-up to Michelle Tea’s beloved Mermaid in Chelsea Creek, “a refreshing breath of air in the world of YA, equal parts eerie, heartbreaking, and fantastical.” (ZYZZYVA).
october 2014 hardcover 6" × 8" isbn: 978-1-940450-00-1 $19.95 rights: world
Night Life by Amy Martin
Mr. Nimbus has spent his whole life trying to go to sleep. Night after night he tosses and turns in his room, counting sheep, stars, and holes in the ceiling. Only when the sun is about to come up does he turn off like a light. One night, after a day trip to the zoo (which he slept through), he receives a letter. “Please return to our studios between midnight and dawn,” the letter reads. “Signed, Tarsier, Studio 35, Hall of the Nocturnal Beasts, Zoo.” Mr. Nimbus decides that tonight, instead of counting sheep, he will go out into the night and see what waits there for him. During a bike ride across the sleeping city, he realizes that he is, for the first time, truly awake and fully alive. When he arrives at the zoo, he finds the Hall of Nocturnal Beasts blazing with light, color, and art.
october 2014 hardcover 12" × 9 1/2" isbn: 978-1-940450-22-3 $18.95 rights: world
Awake Beautiful Child
by Amy Krouse Rosenthal • illustrated by Gracia Lam
New York Times bestselling picture-book author Amy Krouse Rosenthal teams with McSweeney’s regular Gracia Lam to tell the sweet, simple story of a young child’s typical day—from morning to bedtime. Each scene is described in three-word “ABC” phrases, such as “Awake Beautiful Child.” Secret “ABC” scenes hidden throughout the artwork—as a secondary “seek and find” game of sorts—will encourage multiple readings and reward close-looking. An ideal readaloud book to read just after waking or just before bed.
november 2014 hardcover 10" × 10" isbn: 978-1-938073-9-22 $17.95 rights: world* (except fk, gb, gg, gi, gs, ie, im, io, je, ms, pn, sh)