Reel Love
TBD | Random House
Polo Orozco at Random House has acquired, in a seven-house auction, Nilah Magruder’s Reel Love. Based on the author’s own experiences embracing being asexual, this middle grade graphic novel follows 12-year-old Nilah, who goes on a summer trip to the Blue Ridge Mountains where she develops a passion for fishing, meets a boy, and learns there’s no getting away from growing up and from facing her questions about identity and love. Publication is scheduled for fall 2023; Patrice Caldwell at New Leaf Literary & Media negotiated the two-book deal for world English rights.
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Creaky Acres
2025 | Kokila
Nora is a prize-winning horseback rider in a suburban area, with a tight-knit circle of best friends. But when her mom gets a prestigious new job in a poor, rural area, she has to adjust to a lot of change: to being the only Black kid in a new class and a new barn called Creaky Acres, where her beloved horse, Hay Fever, will make his new home.
It’s there she meets sweet and geeky Laura, goofy and fun-loving Wilson, and fearless Dolores (aka Dizzy). With her rag-tag team of equestrians, Nora learns it’s okay to stand out and steps into her power as a leader, realizing that being a rider isn’t just about winning—or maybe that winning just might look different than what she’d thought.
Heroes of Olympus: Anniversary Edition
2019 | Disney Hyperion
All five books in the Heroes of Olympus saga–in a paperback boxed set of heroic proportions. From The Lost Hero to The Blood of Olympus, this collection of Rick Riordan’s mega-bestselling series will be a go-to gift for readers who have finished the Percy Jackson and the Olympians books. The hefty package also includes a free poster of the Prophecy of Seven. The accessible and dramatic cover and poster art by graphic novelist Nilah Magruder will attract a new generation of fans.
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Marvel Rising: Heroes of the Round Table
2019 | Marvel Comics
Cover Artist: Audrey Mok | Interior Artists: Roberto di Salvo, Georges Duarte | Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg |
Letterer: Clayton Cowles
Magic, monsters and more! Ms. Marvel and Squirrel Girl are an unbeatable team! But they’re in for a serious challenge, because the city has been invaded by a swarm of knights in shining…cars armed with javelins?! Uh-oh. Kamala Khan and Doreen Green are gonna need allies — and they know just who to call. Miles “Spider-Man” Morales, the Inhuman known as Inferno, former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Daisy Johnson and more join the fray against sorceress Morgan Le Fay, who plans to transform the Inhumans’ home of New Attilan into New Camelot!
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Dactyl Hill Squad
It’s 1863 and dinosaurs roam the streets of New York as the Civil War rages between raptor-mounted armies down South. Magdalys Roca and her friends are on a field trip when the Draft Riots break out and some of their fellow orphans are kidnapped by an evil magistrate, Richard Riker. Can Magdalys and the squad rescue the rest of their friends before it’s too late?
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M.F.K.
2017 | Insight Comics
In a world of sleeping gods, a broken government, and a fragile peace held in the hands of the corrupt, one youth must find the strength to stand up against evil and save humanity.
This story is not about that youth.
It’s about Abbie, who just wants to get to the mountain range called the Potter’s Spine, scatter her mother’s ashes, and then live out her life in sweet, blissful solitude. Unfortunately, everyone she meets wants to whine at her about their woes, tag along on her quest, arrest her for no reason, or blow her to bits.
Journeys are hard on the social recluses of the world.
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