Congratulations to Margaret Peterson Haddix, whose novel FOUND (Simon & Schuster, 2008), the first in The Missing series, won the 2009-2010 Sunshine State Young Reader Award for Grades 3-5. The award from Florida is selected by children across the state. For more information, click here.

R.J. Anderson’s FAERY REBELS: SPELL HUNTER (HarperCollins, 2009) was named one of two honor books for the Book of the Year for Children Award by the Canadian Library Association. Congratulations, R.J.! For more information, click here.

This week, Variety broke the news that Disney and ImageMovers have wrapped a deal to partner with The Gotham Group to adapt Kat Falls’ debut novel, DARK LIFE (Scholastic Press, May 2010), with Academy Award-winner Robert Zemeckis attached to direct. To see the article, click here.

We love the young readers of the state of Massachusetts—and, apparently, they love our authors! The winners of the 2010 Massachusetts Children’s Book Awards were announced this week, and it was an Adams Literary trifecta: Margaret Peterson Haddix’s FOUND (Simon & Schuster, 2008) was this year’s winner, while Jacqueline Davies’ THE LEMONADE WAR (Houghton Mifflin, 2007) and Cynthia Lord’s RULES (Scholastic Press, 2007) were among 4 honor books. To see all the winners, click here.

This week, Entertainment Weekly broke the exclusive news on the covers and titles of the final two books in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, The 39 Clues, including Margaret Peterson Haddix’s thrilling conclusion to the series. The final book will be called INTO THE GAUNTLET (Scholastic Press), and will be published on August 31, 2010. To see the article, click here.

Margaret Peterson Haddix’s FOUND (Simon & Schuster, 2008), the first book in her series The Missing, won the 2009-2010 Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award, for Grades 6-8. Haddix had previously won the award for AMONG THE HIDDEN, the first book in her series The Shadow Children, in 2002.

Seriously silly Alan Katz, author of the bestselling SILLY DILLY songbooks and the poetry collection OOPS!, is one of 30 authors taking part in 30 Poets/30 Days, a celebration of children’s poetry during National Poetry Month, sponsored by the Academy of American Poets. For more information, click here, and for 30 Poets/30 Days activities, click here.

Congratulations to Newbery Honor author Cynthia Lord, whose debut picture book, HOT ROD HAMSTER (Scholastic Press, 2010), illustrated by Derek Anderson, just zoomed onto the Publishers Weekly Bestseller List. Vroom, vroom!

Vaunda Micheaux Nelson’s picture book about the life of deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves, BAD NEWS FOR OUTLAWS, has been named as a finalist for the 2009 ForeWord Book of the Year Awards in the juvenile nonfiction category. ForeWord’s Book of the Year Awards were designed to discover distinctive books from independent publishers in a variety of genres.

We’re thrilled to report that R.J. Anderson’s FAERY REBELS: SPELL HUNTER has been shortlisted for the Canadian Library Association’s Children’s Book of the Year, along with 8 other books for young readers. In addition, the Ontario Library Association has named the book one of it’s 10 “best bets” for children based on its literary and artistic merit, as well as its appeal to young readers. For more information on the CLA announcement, please click here.

Author Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, whose picture book BAD NEWS FOR OUTLAWS recently won the Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award, is the cover story of the March 2010 issue of School Library Journal. The article highlights how Vaunda tracked down the true story of legendary hero Bass Reeves in a one-on-one interview. To read the article, click here.

As reported in Variety, The Gotham Group has optioned film rights to Kat Falls’ debut, DARK LIFE, to be published in May 2010 by Scholastic. Set in a near-future world in which rising ocean levels and natural catastrophes have led some people to homestead on the ocean floor, DARK LIFE follows an underwater teen boy and a surface girl who join forces to uncover a government conspiracy. Gotham's Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Lee Stollman will produce. Gregory Little, who brought the novel into the company, will shepherd the project and will also serve as a producer. "We fell in love with the idea of an underwater Western," said Goldsmith-Vein, who praised Falls for creating a "thoroughly original world." To read the full article, click here.

Congratulations to Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, who is the 2010 Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award winner. Fittingly announced today—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day—by the American Library Association, the award honors Nelson’s picture book, BAD NEWS FOR OUTLAWS: THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF BASS REEVES, DEPUTY U.S. MARSHAL (Carolrhoda Books, 2009), illustrated by R. Gregory Christie.

New York Times bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix will be appearing not only in bookstores, but on posters across her home state of Ohio. The State Library of Ohio is creating a series of READ posters featuring prominent Ohioans and some of their favorite books. A limited number of the posters are printed and are also available for downloading. To download a copy, click here.

Congratulations to Jackie Davies, whose novel, LOST (Marshall Cavendish, 2009), was named a 2009 Sydney Taylor Honor Book in the Teen Reader category. The Sydney Taylor Book Award honors new books for children and teens that exemplify the highest literary standards while authentically portraying the Jewish experience, and is presented by the Association of Jewish Libraries.

THE DEATH-DEFYING PEPPER ROUX (HarperCollins, 2010), the upcoming title from Printz Award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author Geraldine McCaughrean, has received its fourth starred review. School Library Journal says of the book: “Pepper, in all his endearing innocence and goodness, will capture readers’ hearts, and Duchesse, the cross-dressing steward, may be the most hilarious yet wise character in children’s literature this decade.”

Alan Katz’s upcoming collection of poetry, UH-OH! (McElderry Books, March 2010), illustrated by Edward Koren, received a glowing review from Kirkus. “So brisk and varied is the mix of wordplay...that it’s hard to stop reading—or reading aloud, for that matter,” says the publication about this follow-up to OOPS!, and calls the poems “as clever and funny as the poetry of Jack Prelutsky in his prime.”

Congratulations to Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, whose picture book BAD NEWS FOR OUTLAWS—the story of deputy U.S. Marshall Bass Reeves—was named a best book of the year by both The Washington Post and Kirkus Reviews. There has been much good news for BAD NEWS lately, as it has received four starred reviews. To see The Washington Post’s best books for children for 2009, click here.

Congratulations to Amy Huntley, whose debut novel, THE EVERAFTER, was named a finalist for the 2010 William C. Morris Award. The award, which is presented by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), honors a book written for young adults by a previously unpublished author.

Congratulations to Margaret Peterson Haddix, who received two Buckeye Awards for 2009. FOUND won the Buckeye Children’s Book Award in the 3rd-5th Grade category, and UPRISING took second place in the Teen category. The awards are voted on by young readers in the state of Ohio. To view all the Buckeye Children’s Book Award winners, click here, and for the Teen Buckeye Book Award winners, click here.

R.J. Anderson’s debut novel, KNIFE (aka. FAERY REBELS: SPELL HUNTER), has received a glowing review on the popular teen program The Shak on Australia’s Nine TV network. The show’s host, Willow, says of the novel: “You have no choice but to be utterly compelled.” To watch the video, click on the image below.


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We're happy to report that Parents Magazine has named Alan Katz's hilarious board book, KARATE PIG, to its 20 Best Children's Books for 2009 list. Hiya!

We'd like to congratulate Adams Literary authors R.J. Anderson, Julia Golding and Jenny Valentine on their nominations for the 2010 CILIP Carnegie Medal, awarded annually to the writer of an outstanding book for children. To see the complete list, please click here.

We would like to congratulate authors Linda Ashman (COME TO THE CASTLE), John Claude Bemis (THE NINE POUND HAMMER) and Coleen Murtagh Paratore (SUNNY HOLIDAY) on their works being named on the New York Public Library's 2009 Best Books for Children list.

We're excited to welcome author Ann Jaramillo to Adams Literary. A middle-school teacher in Salinas, California, Ann is the author of the acclaimed YA novel LA LINEA. You can learn more about Ann here.

New York Times bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix begins her 6-city reading tour of Germany today in Bremen for the launch of THE MISSING series (IM SOG DER ZEITEN) there.

We're excited to welcome author Karen Fisher-Baird to Adams Literary. Originally from Canada, Karen spent nine years in the music industry at an alt-rock radio station before getting her MFA at Vermont College and moving to Los Angeles, where she lives with her screenwriter husband and two young children. We're sure you'll be hearing more about her poignant and funny debut YA novel ROCK ANTHEM—about 17-year-old Sadie, whose lifelong dream of working in radio quickly becomes a nightmare—in the very near future. You can learn more about Karen here.

Margaret Peterson Haddix—whose latest novel, SENT, is on THE NEW YORK TIMES bestseller list for the 6th week in a row since its release—this week earned a unique spot in pop culture history by being an entry in THE LOS ANGELES TIMES crossword puzzle, syndicated in newspapers across the country. Next week, Margaret goes across the Atlantic for the Frankfurt Book Fair and a book tour throughout Germany for the launch there of THE MISSING series (known as IM ZOG DER ZEITEN). Haddix fans in Deutschland will also be happy to know of the debut of the German website about Margaret and her books, www.haddix.de.

Amy Huntley, whose just-released debut YA novel THE EVERAFTER—about a girl who relives moments of her life through objects she had lost—has been getting a lot of buzz among booksellers, and on teen blog sites. This week Amy is blogging about her book as the guest blogger on the HarperTeen MySpace page. To see her post about the things in her life that most often go astray, please click here. For a few recent interviews with Amy on some teen blog sites, please click here and here.

We're happy to report that Margaret Peterson Haddix's SENT, Book 2 of THE MISSING series, is on THE NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller list for the fourth time in the four weeks since it was released.

Adams Literary is pleased to announce its updated web site (www.adamsliterary.com), featuring a refreshed and modern design, improved navigation, higher quality, "zoom-able" images of our clients and their books, videos, a special password-protected downloads section for our affiliates, a news & events RSS feed, and updated submission guidelines and online form.