Representative  Deals Kelly Sonnack Agent kelly@andreabrownlit.com CONTEMPORARY, LITERARY YA: Steve Watkins' WHAT COMES AFTER about the misadventures of a 16-year-old girl whose world is turned upside-down after her father's death when she is forced to move to a North Carolina farm with her hardbitten aunt and a cousin she barely knows. A gripping portrait of a teen's struggles through grief and abuse and the miraculous power of animals to heal us. (Candlewick, 2011) LIGHT SCI FI YA: Anna Sheehan's A LONG, LONG SLEEP in which a princess of the future is regularly put into stasis so that her parents can properly raise her between their interplanetary trips. And when she falls in love with a boy they disapprove of, they punish her in the worst of ways: they don't wake her up. Sixty years later, she must confront the ugly truth about her parents and come to terms with what she has lost. (Candlewick, 2011) JUVENILE GRAPHIC NOVEL: James Burks' GABBY AND GATOR, the story of the unlikely friendship between a feisty but quiet, young environmentalist and the trouble-making, dog—and cat-eating alligator that terrorizes their neighborhood. (Yen Press/Hachette, 2010) MULTICULTURAL, LITERARY MG: Carolyn Marsden's THE WHITE ZONE, about a boy living in Baghdad during the Iraq War who is half Sunni, half Shiite and doesn't know which side to fight for or against, based around several true events during the height of the conflict. (Lerner, 2012) HILARIOUS PICTURE BOOK: Bridget Heos' BABY WITH A MUSTACHE about a mustachioed baby whose parents must wait patiently to find out whether his is a good-guy mustache or a bad-guy mustache. (Clarion, TBD) SWEET, YOUNG, READ-ALOUD PICTURE BOOK: Diane Adams' TWO HANDS TO HOLD YOU, a story about one father's helpful hands and the loving ways he helps his children grow. (Chronicle, TBD) THOUGHTFUL, POETIC PICTURE BOOK: Jessica Young's MY BLUE IS HAPPY, a lively and lyrical exploration of the emotions associated with colors as experienced by a young girl who finds out that colors mean different things to different people. (Candlewick, TBD) FUN NON-FICTION PICTURE BOOK: Bridget Heos's WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING LARVAE, the first in a series about the life cycles and parenting techniques of different animals. (Millbrook/Lerner, 2011)