Paige Terlip

Sarah Mughal Rana's LETTERS FOR MY BROWN SELF, a YA novel in prose and verse pitched as THE HATE U GIVE meets THE POET X, exploring Islamophobia post-9/11; when a Muslim spoken word artist's letters about a politician go viral, she must decide whether to stay silent or use her voice, to Wednesday Books, for publication in Winter 2024.

Rosalyn Ransaw's SMOKE & MIRRORS, pitched as FROM THE DESK OF ZOE WASHINGTON meets THE PARKER INHERITANCE, in which a Black boy is forced to spend his summer refurbishing an old mansion and in the process is pulled into the unsolved mystery of the previous owner, a famous magician who disappeared without a trace, to Amulet, for publication in fall 2024.

Emily Varga's YA fantasy, FOR SHE IS WRATH, pitched as a Pakistani Count of Monte Cristo fantasy, following a girl determined to exact her revenge after being accused of a crime she didn't commit, but when the person standing in her way is the ex-lover who condemned her, retribution becomes a complicated game of cat and mouse; and an untitled YA fantasy, pitched as an anti-colonial Indiana Jones meets A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES, to Wednesday Books, in a two-book deal, for publication in Winter 2024 and Winter 2025.

Gigi Griffis's WE ARE THE BEASTS, when a series of mysterious deaths start to plague the countryside and whispers of a beast reach the little French hamlet of Mende, most people think it's a curse—but a sixteen-year-old girl and her best friend see it as their chance to escape their brutal lives; pitched as based on the unsolved mystery of the Beast of Gevaudan, to Delacorte for publication in fall 2024.

Ally Russell's MG debut IT CAME FROM THE TREES, in which no one believes a girl after her best friend is taken by a terrifying creature on a scouting retreat; determined to save her friend, she joins a new local scout troop and ventures back into the woods, but when the unthinkable happens, the scouts—armed with only their wits and toiletries—must band together to survive the night, to Delacorte, for publication in summer 2024.

Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow's WHEN YOU SEE ME, in which a girl who feels invisible in her all-white class finds friendship and community with a new Muslim student, illustrated by Shahrzad Maydani, to Abrams Children's, in a pre-empt, for publication in spring 2024.

Bex Glendining's INDIGO PORT, a YA graphic novel in which a young woman struggling with the grief of losing her estranged grandmother discovers there was more to her grandmother than meets the eye, taking her down a magical rabbit hole of love and forgiveness, to Abrams Amulet, for publication in spring 2025.

Jesse White's BRAVE LIKE FIREWEED, which takes readers on an affirmational journey exploring how the characteristics of plants mirror their own changing emotions, to Union Square Kids, for publication in Fall 2023.

Evie Zhu's illustration debut TAKE ME TO LAOLAO, in which a little girl with a big heart and an even bigger imagination goes on a Chinese mythology-inspired adventure to visit her laolao during the spring lantern festival, text by Kelly Zhang, to Karen Chaplin at Quill Tree for publication in Winter 2024.