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March 19, 2014
THE CHUDNEY AGENCY
2014 Rights List
Beaufrand, Mary Jane
Believe in David Bowie, Teen Novel. Sold to Abrams—New Deal
There’s evil brewing in the city of Portland. A dead teenage girl has been found in a vat of beer in the Pfefferbrau Haus, a giant brewery. When his best friend, Evan, collapses with a “headache” in front of the brewery, Noah’s feels things aren’t right. His suspicions are confirmed when he meets Ziggy, who is everything Noah is not—handsome, suave, and confident. Ziggy tells Noah that the owners of the Pfefferbrau Haus are brewing something called the “Marr,” a sucking evil that is devouring people one by one, and that Evan has been infected. The only things that can defeat the Marr are music and hope, which is why they have to enter the Pfefferfest music festival. Unfortunately, there’s little time. Can he bring things together in time to defeat the Marr and save his friend? Or is the problem really Ziggy, who Noah suspects might be a ghost from his past, here to make all the people he cares about disappear forever?
Manuscript: available
Foreign Language /UK /Audio Rights: Chudney Agency
Publication Date: May 2015
The River, Teen Novel/Mystery. Sold to Little, Brown
Moving to a new town with her famous chef mother and attorney father hasn’t been easy, Ronnie is making the best of things. She has a couple of new friends, but cherishes the most little Karen Armstrong, a girl she babysits. But when Karen is found dead in the river, everything changes. The death is called an accident, but Ronnie can’t let go of the feeling that something is suspicious. When her friend Gretchen begins to act strangely and lose weight, Ronnie discovers she’s been using serious drugs, and begins to connect the dots as she investigates the drowning. What really happened to little Karen?
Foreign Language /UK /Audio Rights: Chudney Agency
Publication Date: February 2010
***Foreign deals: Germany (Coppenrath)
***Nominated for 2011 Edgar Award Best Mystery Teen Novel
Bigelow, Lisa
Starting From Here, Teen Novel. Sold to Amazon Publishing
16-year-old Colby’s heart has been broken too many times. Her mother’s been dead three years, her father’s away a lot for work, her ex-almost-girlfriend has dumped her for a boy, and now she’s failing chemistry. Why bother, she wonders? If you don’t manage to screw things up yourself, the universe steps in and does it for you, right? When a stray dog lands at her feet, bleeding and broken on a busy road, the incident only confirmsColby’s philosophy.But it also knocks a chink in the walls she’s built around her heart. Against her better judgment, she decides to care for the dog. Still, Colby manages to alienate her best friend Van, friends, and her dad--and a new girl she's attracted to. Will Colby allow the people that love her into her heart?
Books: available
Foreign Language /UK /Audio Rights: Chudney Agency
Publication Date: September 2012
Bonk, John
MADhattan Mystery, Middle Grade. Sold to Walker/Bloomsbury
Lexi and her younger brother are spending a few weeks in New York City with their actress aunt while their father is away on his honeymoon with his new wife. While waiting for their aunt in the Grand Central train station’s famousWhispering Gallery, Lexi overhears aconversationabout a big jewel heist. Once the kids meet Kim Ling Levine in the building, bold and all knowing, she urges them to ditch day camp and dig into the more excitingmystery Alexi overheard in Grand Central--even though mostlikelyit was probably a unlikely jewel heist. This is a wonderful novel set in NY, with many NY locations, quirky characters, mystery & humor.
Books: available
Foreign Language /UK /Audio Rights: Chudney Agency
Publication Date: May 2012
***Foreign Deals: Germany (DTV)
Butler, Emily
The Drollery Letters, Middle Grade. Sold to Egmont USA—2-book Deal
Josephine Drollery is a 12-year-old detective trying to solve the mystery of her beloved parents' deaths. Sadly, she is hindered by the fact that she, herself, is a ghost.
After Josephine's mother hosts a party, inviting a number of close family friends to enjoy a magic show and a little musician who has performed in the royal courts ofEurope. After playing a few songs on his harp, the party is suddenly over.So is life as Josephine knows it, for when she wakes up, she’s dead. And she’s not the only one: her beloved parents are also dead, as well as most of the servants and the guests who attended the party. Josephine suspects treachery. Josephine learns she’s being pursued by some ruthless government agents from the Department of Research and Phantasmology. Will Josephine discover what happened to herself and her family?
Manuscript: July 2014
Foreign Language & Audio Rights: Chudney Agency World English: Egmont
Publication Date: Fall 2015
Chapman, Elsie
Divided, Teen Novel. Sold to Random House. Companion novel to Dualed.
West Grayer is finally a Complete. She’s defeated her Alt, has proven her worth as a soldier, and earned her rightful place to live within the gated city of Kersh. She now has the life she’s always wanted: advanced education, better food, the freedom to dream about all that is possible for her and boyfriend Chord. Except West is still haunted. Not just by the memory of her own Alt, but everyone she had to kill as she trained her way towards survival. So when Kersh’s governing body contacts her with an offer that promises eventual redemption, she finds herself suddenly thrust back into a life she thought she’d long left behind. She begins to question how far the Board will go to ensure Kersh remains safe from the war-torn Surround beyond its walls. And instead of escaping the guilt of the past, West now faces a new danger, one that threatens not only her future and the future of those she loves, but her own mental grasp on an already fragile sense of what’s real and what’s not.
Manuscript: available
Foreign Language/UK/Audio Rights: Chudney Agency
Publication Date: April 2014
***Foreign Deals: France (Lumen), Korea (Bookscent)
Dualed, Teen Novel. Sold to Random House
An Alternate. West Grayer has one, just like everyone else in the world. A double, a virtual twin in every way. Chances are they would never have even met, except for the fact that she is the one person West has to kill, before her Alt kills her. West is haunted by guilt over the hand she played in her brother Luc’s death, and is torn by her feelings for his best friend Chord--who has demons of his own regarding how Luc died. Terrified of what she has to face--West runs. As a means of escape, she continues to work as a Striker, a hired assassin for other people’s Alternates. Each target, each contract, numbs her that much more. But as events come to a head, West must find her way back home--not only to save Chord from the danger that spills over to threaten his life, but to save herself…in every way that counts.
Books: available
Foreign Language/UK/Audio Rights: Chudney Agency
Publication Date: February 2013
***Foreign Deals: Germany (Droemer), France (Lumen), Korea (Bookscent)
Davis, Tanita
Happy Families, Teen Novel. Sold to Knopf / RH
A teenage brother and sister spend Spring Break with their father in an effort to come to terms with his newly exposed gender identity lifestyle while struggling through individual challenges, prejudices and fears to trust the love that once made them a happy family. Insightful, dignified, well written.
Books: available
Foreign Language/UK/Audio Rights: Chudney Agency
Publication Date: May 2012
Mare’s War, Teen Novel. Sold to Knopf / RH
Mare's Waris the story of how a young, poor, African American girl in the 1940s manages to escape her terrible life on the family farm who lies about her age in order to enlist in the army during World War II and eventually gets shipped of to England and Paris for her service. This was unusualenoughfor any woman tohavedoneso in those days, but for African American women--even more so. Mare's voiceis exceptional, and the novel is told in alternating periods: back during the War, and some present day chapters when we see Mare take her 2 granddaughters on a car trip to tell them her story.
Books: available
Foreign Language/UK/Audio Rights: Chudney Agency
Publication Date: May 2009
***Coretta S. King Honor novel / Selection of the Junior Library Guild
***Audio sold to Recorded Books
A La Carte, Teen Novel. Sold to Knopf / RH
Lainey is an aspiring chef, and hopes one day to have her own TV cooking show—why not dream large? When Simeon, a former guy friend that Lainey had a wicked crush on returns to her life, he shakes things up for her once again—and Lainey isn’t sure if even her cooking muse and goddess Julia Child can save her.
Books: available
Foreign Language/UK/Audio Rights: Chudney Agency
Publication Date: May 2008
Flores-Scott, Patrick
Jumped In, Teen Novel. Sold to Christy Ottaviano/Henry Holt
Sam's life sucks. Dumped at his grandparents after his mom leaves him to “find herself,” Sam is content to disappear under his sweatshirt hood. But then he finds his life altered when Luis, one of the school’s bad boys is seated next to him--for every single one of his classes. Soon Sam is forced by Luis to team up for the tenth grade poetry jam--which terrifies Sam. Over time the boys become friendly, a friendship both have needed. When Luis disappears on the day of the festival, Sam revels in success, alone, but not fully fulfilled--and then embarks on a journey to find the real Luis, his missing new friend.
Books: available
Foreign Language/UK/Audio Rights: Chudney Agency
Publication Date: Fall 2013
Hammel, Sara
True Friends. Middle Grade Novel. Sold to Farrar, Straus & Giroux. New Deal
Who killed Annabel Harper?Regulars at the local health and tennis club are haunted by the death of the beautiful teenager. The list of suspects among thetennis players, coaches, members and staff is as deep as the Club's Olympic-sized pool.12-year-old plump Evie and her best and only friend Chelsea jump on the opportunity to investigate, especially as Annabel was one of the few people who was nice to her. All summer Evie spends her time watching the tennis prodigies train, fending off boys who tease her—while her very special friendship with Chelsea—who has a big secret of her own—is the only thing keeping her going.As they learn secrets about the Club's regulars, they stumble onto a disturbing truth that will test their special friendship and prompt an act of heroism that will change them both forever. Evie eventually discovers a powerful gift within herself that will alter the course of her life. The resolution is uplifting, moving, and beautiful—and is a portrait of a pure, true and sweet friendship.
Manuscript: July 2014
Foreign Language /World English: Chudney Agency
Publication Date: April 2016
Harkrader, Lisa
Cool Beans, Illustrated Middle Grade, Sold to Houghton Mifflin
Perfect for kids who love graphic novels like Wimpy Kid and Big Nate and are ready to move on to traditional novels, this funny and action-packed sequel toThe Adventures of Beanboyfollows the quirky but likeable Tucker MacBean in his quest to make art—and himself—seem cool in seventh grade.
Ms: available
Foreign Language/UK Rights/Audio: Chudney Agency
Publication: May 2014
The Adventures of Beanboy, Middle Grade. Sold to Houghton Mifflin
Tucker MacBean wasn't born with any super powers. If he did, he could stop his mom from working long hours at work, move his dad back home.But Tucker loves everything about comic books: reading them, writing them, collecting them and drawing them. So when a contest is announced with the grand prize of a full college scholarship and getting his comic book published--Tucker is psyched. The scholarship is perfect for his mom, and having his comic book published would be a dream come true! But then his arch-enemy, Sam Zawicki, gets in the way and nearly spoils everything. How could one girl create so much chaos so quickly? Fully illustrated by the author.
Books: available
Foreign Language/UK Rights/Audio: Chudney Agency
Pub. Date: Fall 2012
Airball: My Life in Briefs, Middle Grade novel. Sold to Roaring Brook Press.
Kirby loves basketball: He loves to watch it on TV, loves to talk about it, loves to dream about it—too bad he’s terrible at playing it. But when he gets the chance to meet a famous basketball player who Kirby suspects of being his long lost father, well, that’s when Kirby realizes he’ll need all the help he can get on the court—even if it comes in the form of wearing “invisible” basketball outfits from the teams odd coach.
Books: Available
Foreign Language/UK Rights: Chudney Agency
Pub. Date: Fall 2005
Hicks, Deron, The Letterford Mysteries—Sold to Houghton Mifflin—2 book deal.
Book #1—Secrets of Shakespeare’s Grave, Middle Grade.
12-year-old Colophon Letterford is the daughter of the owner of a small, prestigious publishing company -- Letterford & Sons. The company has suffered a number of serious setbacks, including the death of an author and the loss of an important author to another publisher. Colophon decides to help out by finding the family's rumored lost treasure. The search begins with deciphering clues contained in a 400 year old painting, and takes her to Stratford, England and then to London. Will Colophon and her brother Case find the family treasure in time to save the family business? Antique paintings, secret passages, locked rooms, family secrets and treasure, puzzles and riddles, quirky characters and humor all combine to make for an engaging and fun series debut.