Representative  Deals Jennifer Mattson Associate Agent jmatt@andreabrownlit.com REALISTIC/CONTEMPORARY YA: Tom Leveen's debut PARTY, in which eleven dovetailing perspectives chronicle a raging all-nighter, and where the characters' intersecting experiences drive home the complexities of race, sex, spirituality, love, and friendship. (Random House, 2010) CONTEMPORARY YA WITH ARTSY VIBE: Tom Leveen's second novel ZERO, in which a discouraged young painter finds her footing again after an intense first romance with an indie punk musician. (Random House, 2012) FUNNY, CHARACTER-DRIVEN MIDDLE GRADE: THE BARFTASTIC LIFE OF LOUIE BURGER, about a fifth-grade aspiring stand-up comedian who faces crippling stage fright (and his best friend's apparent betrayal), told in a mix of first-person narrative and sidebars from Louie's hilarious comedy sketchbook. (FSG, 2012) BOISTEROUS PICTURE BOOK: Kim Norman's TEN ON THE SLED, in which rollicking verses celebrate the fun and mayhem when ten Arctic animals pile aboard for a wild downhill ride. (Sterling, 2010) PICTURE BOOK IN SERIES: Gail Page's HOW TO BE A GOOD CAT, created by the author-illustrator behind two previous books about Bobo the dog, about Bobo's steep learning curve when he naively volunteers to care for a kitten. (Bloomsbury, 2012)