Representative  Deals Jennifer Rofé Agent jennifer@andreabrownlit.com CONTEMPORARY YA: Lauren Strasnick's THEN YOU WERE GONE, about high school rock goddess Dakota Webb whose mysterious disappearance is deemed a suicide, but her ex-BFF Adrienne Knox doesn't buy it and attempts to uncover what really happened. (Simon Pulse/S&S, 2013) CONTEMPORARY MULTICULTURAL YA: Meg Medina's YAQUI DELGADO WANTS TO KICK YOUR ASS, about a 15-year-old honor student who hears a rumor that Yaqui Delgado wants to fight her, but she doesn't even know who Yaqui is. (Candlewick, 2013) TEEN ACTION ADVENTURE: Nick James' SKYSHIP ACADEMY trilogy. Enemies Jesse Fisher and Cassius Stevenson must join forces and harness their individual powers to prevent an invasion that threatens the entire planet. (Flux 2011-2013) LITERARY MIDDLE GRADE: Kathryn Fitzmaurice's debut THE YEAR THE SWALLOWS CAME EARLY. Eleanor 'Groovy' Robinson loves cooking and plans to go to culinary school just as soon as she's old enough, but even her thoughtfully planned menus won't fix the things that start to go wrong the year she turns eleven. (Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins, 2009) COMMERCIAL, HUMOROUS MIDDLE GRADE: Crystal Allen's HOW LAMAR'S BAD PRANK WON A BUBBA-SIZED TROPHY. Lamar Washington may be the maddest, baddest most spectacular bowler ever, but he doesn't have game. So he vows to spend the summer changing his image from dud to stud in order to snag a fine Honey. (Balzer & Bray/HarperCollins, 2011) SMART, LITERARY PICTURE BOOK: Denise Doyen's debut and E.B. White Read Aloud Honor recipient ONCE UPON A TWICE. This cautionary tale for mice is written in the style of Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky. (Random House, 2009) CHARACTER-BASED, COMMERCIAL PICTURE BOOK: Cynthea Liu's WOOBY AND PEEP, illustrated by Mary Peterson, about Wooby—a bear who likes quiet—and Peep—a bird who likes adventure—and the unlikely friendship they develop. (Sterling, 2013)