Random House Children’s Books has announced the sale of Newes from the Dead by Mary Hooper to Simon Boughton of Roaring Brook Press (Holtzbrink Group) in the US. This sale comes after a hotly contested auction and was brokered by Linda Summers, Associate Publisher (Rights) at Random House Children’s Books.
German rights have been bought by Verlagsgruppe Random House and French rights by Editions du Panama.
Charlie Sheppard, Editorial Director of Children’s Fiction at RHCB, who acquired this title from Rosemary Canter at PFD, comments: “This is an incredible novel and all the more powerful because it’s based on a true story. I was thrilled that we had so much interest from the US and I’m delighted that Simon will be publishing this book. I look forward to raising a glass of bubbly with him in Bologna and drinking to the success of this exciting acquisition”.
