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Laura Rennert
Senior Agent
ljrennert AT mac DOT com
CONTEMPORARY YA WITH EMOTIONAL POWER: Jay Asher's THIRTEEN REASONS WHY, a debut about a high school student who receives a box of mysterious audiotapes from his first love, and follows her recorded voice on a strange night journey to discover why she committed suicide two weeks before. (Razorbill, 2007)
PARANORMAL WITH LITERARY BENT: Maggie Stiefvater's SHIVER, a darkly romantic young adult novel about the searing first love between a 16-year-old girl and a mysterious boy who spends his winters as a wolf, and who is fighting to stay human as the temperature drops. (Scholastic, 2009)
SOPHISTICATED YA / CROSSOVER: Christina Meldrum's debut MADAPPLE, alternating between the isolated existence of a 16-year-old girl, for whom mythology, virgin births, and runic symbols are more real than modern life, and her trial for murder. (Knopf, 2008)
LITERARY-COMMERCIAL WOMEN'S FICTION: NYT bestselling author Ellen Hopkins' first adult novel TRIANGLES, about the dark side of love and friendship for three women at mid-life, as they face infidelity, the trials of parenting adolescents, and turning forty. (Atria/S&S, Oct. 2011)
MG SERIES: Jeff Stone's THE FIVE ANCESTORS series, set in China 350 years ago, following the adventures of five young monks, each of whom specializes in a different style of 'animal' kung fu, who alone manage to escape a brutal attack on their secret Shaolin Temple that is led by a renegade 'dragon' brother monk. (Random House, 2005-2010)
QUIRKY PICTURE BOOK WITH HEART: Tammi Sauer's MOSTLY MONSTERLY, illlustrated by Scott Magoon, about a monster who likes to pick flowers and pet kittens just as much as she likes to growl and cause mayhem. (Simon & Schuster, Aug. 2010)
CONTEMPORARY YA WITH EMOTIONAL POWER: Catherine Ryan Hyde's JUMPSTART, a teen girl moves into an apartment and falls in love with the guy next door, only to have her view of herself and of love challenged when she discovers he's transgendered. (Knopf, 2010)
INNOVATIVE NARRATIVE STRUCTURE: Ellen Hopkins' PERFECT, which explores the drive among teens to attain perfection through surgery, self-regulated eating and extreme exercise. (S&S/McElderry Books, 2011)
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