Algonquin Young Readers

Fall 2018

Algonquin Young Readers NO. QTY. $

73373 A ROOM AWAY FROM THE WOLVES (12) 9781616203733 Suma 18.95 73700 HERE TO STAY (12) 9781616207007 Farizan 17.95 73815 YOU ARE THE EVERYTHING (12) 9781616208158 Rivers 17.95 73781 (DON'T) CALL ME CRAZY (24) (paperback original) 9781616207816 Jensen 16.95 73565 THE END OF THE WORLD AND BEYOND (12) 9781616205652 Avi 16.95 73856 THE UNEXPECTED LIFE OF OLIVER CROMWELL PITTS (24) 9781616208561 (paper) Avi 7.95 73855 ALL THE WIND IN THE WORLD (24) 9781616208554 (paper) Mabry 10.95 73854 THE DIRE KING (24) 9781616208547 (paper) Ritter 9.95

FALL 2018

Algonquin Books NO. QTY. $

73563 BLOOD HIGHWAY (paperback original) (24) 9781616205638 Wohlsdorf 16.95 73574 SEAWEED CHRONICLES (12) 9781616205744 Shetterly 24.95 73705 OTHER PEOPLE'S LOVE AFFAIRS (24) (paperback original) 9781616207052 Owen 15.95 73843 BURNING DOWN THE HAUS (12) 9781616208431 Mohr 28.95 73358 THE COLLECTOR’S APPRENTICE (12) 9781616203580 Shapiro 27.95 73662 MINDING THE STORE (22) 9781616206628 Gaines 21.95 73852 THE MUSEUM OF MODERN LOVE (24) (paperback original) 9781616208523 Rose 15.95 73621 SUGAR RUN (12) 9781616206215 Maren 26.95 73677 THE CURRENT (12) 9781616206772 Johnston 27.95 73792 THE BOOK OF DELIGHTS (12) 9781616207922 Gay 23.95 73241 PURPLE HIBISCUS (24) 9781616202415 (paper) Adichie 15.95 73142 SILVER SPARROW (24) 9781616201425 (paper) Jones 15.95 73870 ON FIRE (24) 9781616208707 (paper) Brown 16.95 73861 SHADOW OF THE LIONS (24) 9781616208615 (paper) Swann 15.95 73862 SAVAGE COUNTRY (24) 9781616208622 (paper) Olmstead 15.95 73863 THE FLOATING WORLD (24) 9781616208639 (paper) Babst 15.95 73867 THE MILK LADY OF BANGALORE (24) 9781616208677 (paper) Narayan 16.95 73864 STRANGERS IN BUDAPEST (24) 9781616208646 (paper) Keener 15.95 73866 WOMAN AT 1,000 DEGREES (24) 9781616208660 (paper) Helgason 16.95

Algonquin Young Readers9781616203733Pub Date: 9/4/2018Ship Date: 8/1/2018$18.95Hardcover

304 PagesCarton Qty: 12Ages 14 to 18, Grades 9 to 13Young Adult Fiction / GhostStories

A Room Away From the WolvesNova Ren Suma

SummaryA spellbinding ghost story set in a refuge for troubled girls deep in the heart of New York City, from the critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Walls Around Us.

Bina has never forgotten the time she and her mother ran away from home. Her mother promised they would hitchhike to the city to escape Bina's cruel father and start over. But before they could even leave town, Bina had a new stepfather and two new stepsisters, and a humming sense of betrayal pulling apart the bond with her mother--a bond Bina thought was unbreakable.

Eight years later, after too many lies and with trouble on her heels, Bina finds herself on the side of the road again, the city of her dreams calling for her. She has an old suitcase, a fresh black eye, and a room waiting for her at Catherine House, a young women's residence in Greenwich Village with a tragic history, a vow of confidentiality, and dark, magical secrets. There, Bina is drawn to her enigmatic downstairs neighbor Monet, a girl who is equal parts intriguing and dangerous. As Bina's lease begins to run out, and nightmare and memory get tangled, she will be forced to face the terrible truth of why she's come to Catherine House and what it will take for her to leave . . .

Contributor BioNova Ren Suma is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling The WallsAround Us, a finalist for an Edgar Award. She also wrote Imaginary Girls and 17 &Gone and is co-creator of FORESHADOW: A Serial YA Anthology. She has an MFA infiction from Columbia University and teaches at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Shegrew up in the Hudson Valley, spent most of her adult life in New York City, and nowlives in Philadelphia.

Quotes"Nova Ren Suma surpasses herself with this gorgeously-told, mesmerizing, tense and twisted story about the ways in which mothers fail their daughters, the lies that daughters tell their mothers, and the love that girls show one another when all the wolves are closing in." -Laura Ruby, National Book Award Finalist and Printz-Winning author of Bone Gap

"Eerie and atmospheric as only Nova Ren Suma can write, A Room Away From the Wolves is a page-turning thrill . . . I couldn't tear my eyes away." -Emily X.R. Pan, New York Times bestselling author of The Astonishing Color of After

"Bina's voice recalls the unsettling beauty and verve of characters like Shirley Jackson's Merricat, but exists as something wholly its own, stunning and true."-Courtney Summers, author of All the Rage and Sadie

Marketing Plans

Prepublication trade, librarian, and consumer buzz campaignNational trade and consumer advertising campaignNational print and online reviews and featuresMajor ARC distributionCover reveal with exclusive excerpt on BustleMajor BEA and BookCon presenceExtensive online promotion, social media campaign, and giveawaysMajor librarian and educator promotion and outreach including authorappearances at national conferences and teen book festivals

Algonquin Young Readers Fall 2018

Algonquin Young Readers 9781616207007Pub Date: 9/18/2018Ship Date: 1/16/2019$17.95Hardcover

304 PagesCarton Qty: 12Ages 13 to 17, Grades 8 to 12 Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes

Here to StaySara Farizan

SummaryA powerful novel about fighting bullying and Islamophobia and finding your voice--told with humor and heart by the award-winning author of If You Could Be Mine.

For most of high school, Bijan Majidi has flown under the radar. He gets good grades, reads comics, hangs out with his best friend, Sean, and secretly crushes on Elle, one of the most popular girls in his school. When he's called off the basketball team's varsity bench and makes the winning basket in a playoff game, everything changes in an instant.

But not everyone is happy that Bijan is the man of the hour: an anonymous cyberbully sends the entire school a picture of Bijan photoshopped to look like a terrorist. His mother is horrified, and the school administration is outraged. They promise to find and punish the culprit. All Bijan wants is to pretend it never happened and move on, but the incident isn't so easily erased. Though many of his classmates rally behind Bijan, some don't want him or his type to be a part of their school. And Bijan's finding out it's not always easy to tell your enemies from your friends . . .

Contributor BioSara Farizan, the daughter of Iranian immigrants, was born in Massachusetts. She isan MFA graduate of Lesley University and holds a BA in film and media studies fromAmerican University. Sara grew up feeling different in her private high school, notonly because of her ethnicity, but also because of her liking girls romantically, her lackof excitement in science and math, and her love of writing plays and short stories. Soshe came out of the closet in college, realized math and science weren't so bad (butwere not for her), and decided she wanted to be a writer. Sara has been a Hollywoodintern, a waitress, a comic book/record store employee, an art magazine blogger, amarketing temp, and an after-school teacher, but above all else she has always beena writer. Sara lives near Boston, loves Kurosawa films, eighties R&B, and graphicnovels, and thinks all kids are awesome. She is the acclaimed author of If You CouldBe Mine and Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel.

Marketing Plans

Prepublication trade, librarian, and consumer buzz campaignNational trade and consumer advertising campaignNational print and online reviews and featuresMajor ARC distributionPromotion through early reader review programsCover reveal with exclusive excerpt in Entertainment WeeklyMajor BEA and BookCon presenceAuthor appearances at Teen Book FestivalsExtensive online promotion, social media campaign, and giveawaysMajor librarian and educator promotion and outreach including authorappearances at national conferences

Algonquin Young Readers Fall 2018

Algonquin Young Readers 9781616208158Pub Date: 10/30/2018Ship Date: 9/26/2018$17.95Hardcover

272 PagesCarton Qty: 12Ages 13 to 18, Grades 8 to 13 Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes

You Are The EverythingKaren Rivers

SummaryA story about life lived and lost, and what two teens hold onto in the wake of a tragic plane crash, told in a unique voice and style that put readers directly inside the heroine's mind.

Can you want something--or someone--so badly that it changes your destiny?Elyse Schmidt never would have thought so, until it happened to her. When Elyse and her not-so-secret crush, Josh Harris, are the sole survivors of a plane crash, tragedy binds them together. It's as if their love story is meant to be. Everything is perfect, or as perfect as it can be when you've literally fallen out of the sky and landed hard on the side of a mountain--until suddenly it isn't. When the pieces of Elyse's life stop fitting together, what's left?

You Are the Everything is a story about the fates we yearn for, the fates we choose, and the fates that are chosen for us.

Contributor BioKaren Rivers's books have been nominated for a wide range of literary awards andhave been published in multiple languages. When she's not writing, reading, orvisiting schools, she can usually be found hiking in the forest that flourishes behindher tiny old house in Victoria, British Columbia, where she lives with her two kids, twodogs, and two birds. Find her online at karenrivers.com and on Twitter: @karenrivers.She is the acclaimed author of A Possibility of Whales, The Girl in the Well is Me, andLove, Ish.

QuotesPraise for The Girl in the Well Is Me

"I dare you to pick up this riveting novel without reading straight through to its heart-stopping conclusion. Karen Rivers has penned a dazzling voice, at once hilarious, heartbreaking, and searingly honest. The Girl in the Well Is Me is a triumph."-Katherine Applegate, Newbery Medal-winning author of The One and Only Ivan

"A gripping story that doesn't shy away from the dark places but explores them with heart, humor, and light." -Kate Messner, author of All The Answers

"Funny, surreal, occasionally heartbreaking . . . a compulsively readable story." -School Library Journal

Marketing Plans

National advertising campaignNational print and online reviewsPrepublication trade, librarian, and consumer buzz campaignMajor ARC distributionExtensive online promotion, social media campaign, and giveawaysOutreach to librarians and educatorsInstitutional advertising

Algonquin Young Readers Fall 2018

Algonquin Young Readers 9781616207816Pub Date: 10/2/2018Ship Date: 8/29/2018$16.95Trade Paper Original

240 PagesCarton Qty: 24Ages 14 to 18, Grades 9 to 13 Young Adult Nonfiction / Social Topics

(Don't) Call Me Crazy33 Voices Start the Conversation about Mental HealthKelly Jensen

SummaryEssays, lists, poems, and art explore the ways in which 33 contributors cope--and thrive--with mental illness, including actress Kristen Bell, figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, and bestselling YA authors like Libba Bray, Adam Silvera, and Victoria Schwab.

Who's Crazy?

What does it mean to be crazy? Is using the word crazy offensive? What happens when such a label gets attached to your everyday experiences?

In order to understand mental health, we need to talk openly about it. Because there's no single definition of crazy, there's no single experience that embodies it, and the word itself means different things--wild? extreme? disturbed? passionate?--to different people.

(Don't) Call Me Crazy is a conversation starter and guide to better understanding how our mental health affects us every day. Thirty-three writers, athletes, and artists offer essays, lists, comics, and illustrations that explore their personal experiences with mental illness, how we do and do not talk about mental health, help for better understanding how every person's brain is wired differently, and what, exactly, might make someone crazy.

If you've ever struggled with your mental health, or know someone who has, come on in, turn the pages, and let's get talking.

Contributor BioKelly Jensen is a former librarian-turned-editor for Book Riot and Stacked. She's theauthor of It Happens: A Guide to Contemporary Realistic Fiction for the YA Reader,and Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World. She loves black licorice and debatinggenre. Follow her on Twitter: @veronikellymars.

Marketing Plans

Prepublication trade, librarian, and consumer buzz campaignARC mailings to booksellers, educators, and mental health professionalsInstitutional announcement advertisingNational print and online reviews and featuresTop-tier national consumer campaign for Mental Health Awareness Month, withwidespread promotion and partnerships with health, counseling, and educationalorganizationsExtensive online promotion, and giveaways with contributing authorsDiscussion guide

Sample Spreads

Algonquin Young Readers Fall 2018

Algonquin Young Readers 9781616205652Pub Date: 1/29/2019Ship Date: 1/2/2019$16.95Hardcover

304 PagesCarton Qty: 12Ages 8 to 12, Grades 3 to 7 Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure

The End of the World and BeyondAvi

SummaryIn this sequel to The Unexpected Life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts by NewberyMedalist Avi, Oliver's adventures take him to the 18th century Americancolonies, where he is forced to fend for himself in the harsh wilderness, live asan indentured servant, and come face to face with the brutality ofenslavement.

Convicted of thievery and transported from England to America, Oliver Cromwell Pitts,shackled to his fellow prisoners, endures inedible food, filthy conditions, and deadlystorms on his voyage across the Atlantic. But the hazardous shipboard journey isnothing compared to the peril that waits for him on the colonial shores.

In Annapolis, Oliver's indentured servitude is purchased by the foul, miserly Fitzhugh,who may have murdered another servant. On Fitzhugh's isolated tobacco farm,Oliver's only companion is an enslaved boy named Bara. Oliver and Bara become fastfriends with one powerful goal: to escape Fitzhugh. Oliver hopes he can find his sister,Charity, brought somewhere in the colonies on a different ship. Bara dreams ofreaching a community of free black people in the cypress swamp who may help himgain his liberty. But first the boys must flee Fitzhugh's plantation and outrun theirbrutal pursuer and the dangers that lurk in the swamp.

Contributor BioAvi is the author of the Newbery Medal novel Crispin: The Cross of Lead and theNewbery Honor books Nothing But the Truth and The True Confessions of CharlotteDoyle, among many other books for young readers. Catch You Later, Traitor wasinspired by his own childhood in Brooklyn during the Red Scare. Avi now lives inColorado. You can visit him online at www.avi-writer.com.

Marketing Plans

Prepublication buzz campaignMajor ARC distributionNational print and online reviews and featuresSelect author appearancesBEA presenceOnline promotion, social media campaign, and giveawaysMajor librarian and educator promotion and outreachInstitutional announcement advertising

Algonquin Young Readers Fall 2018

Algonquin Young Readers 9781616208561Pub Date: 12/17/2018 Ship Date: 11/21/2018$7.95Trade Paperback

304 PagesCarton Qty: 24Ages 9 to 13, Grades 4 to 8 Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure

The Unexpected Life of Oliver Cromwell PittsBeing an Absolutely Accurate Autobiographical Account of My Follies, Fortune,and FateAvi

SummaryHigh adventure from a master storyteller about one boy’s attempt to fend forhimself among cruel orphan masters, corrupt magistrates, and connivingthieves.

In the seaside town of Melcombe Regis, England, 1724, Oliver Cromwell Pitts wakesto find his father missing and his house flooded by a recent storm. He’s alone in hisruined home with no money and no food. Oliver’s father has left behind a barelylegible waterlogged note: he’s gone to London, where Oliver’s sister, Charity, is introuble. Exploring damage to the town in the storm’s aftermath, Oliver discovers ashipwreck on the beach. Removing anything from a wrecked ship is a hangingoffense, but Oliver finds money that could save him, and he can’t resist thetemptation to take it. When his crime is discovered, Oliver flees, following the trail ofhis father and sister. The journey is full of thieves, adventurers, and treachery--andLondon might be the most dangerous place of all.

In the tradition of his Newbery Honor book The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle,Avi mixes high adventure and short, page-turning chapters with a vivid historicalsetting featuring a cast of highwaymen, pickpockets, and villainous criminalmasterminds.

A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2017

Contributor BioAvi is the author of the Newbery Medal novel Crispin: The Cross of Lead and theNewbery Honor books Nothing But the Truth and The True Confessions of CharlotteDoyle, among many other books for young readers. Catch You Later, Traitor wasinspired by his own childhood in Brooklyn during the Red Scare. Avi now lives inColorado. You can visit him online at www.avi-writer.com.

Quotes"An ingeniously plotted Dickensian story filled with suspense, surprises, and ultimatelysatisfaction. It reminds us, who may have forgotten, why reading is such highentertainment and pleasure." -Booklist, starred review

"Riveting . . . This first in a new series will capture the hearts and minds of readersand history buffs alike . . . Avi's examination of the plight of the desperately poor isworthy of Dickens. Impossible to put down." -Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"Avi's ability to write compelling historical fiction is evident here, and readers willwant to stay tuned for the next installment." -School Library Journal

Marketing Plans

National consumer advertisingBook club outreachSocial media campaign & featured title in #iLoveMG social media campaignsExtensive school outreachFeatured title at school and library conferencesDownloadable reader's guide, author Q&A, and more

Algonquin Young Readers Fall 2018

Algonquin Young Readers 9781616208554Pub Date: 10/9/2018Ship Date: 9/12/2018$10.95Trade Paperback

272 PagesCarton Qty: 24Ages 14 to 18, Grades 9 to 13 Young Adult Fiction / Romance

All the Wind in the WorldSamantha Mabry

SummaryLonglisted for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature

Keep your eyes open . . . your head down . . . and your love secret.

Sarah Jac Crow and James Holt have fallen in love working in the endless fields that span a bone-dry Southwest in the near future--a land that's a little bit magical, deeply dangerous, and bursting with secrets. To protect themselves, they've learned to work hard and, above all, keep their love hidden from the people who might use it against them. Then, just when Sarah Jac and James have settled in and begun saving money for the home they dream of near the coast, a horrible accident sends them on the run. With no choice but to start over on a new, possibly cursed ranch, the delicate balance of their lives begins to give way-and they may have to pay a frighteningly high price for their love.

All the Wind in the World is a breathtaking tale of dread and danger, romance and redemption.

Contributor BioSamantha Mabry credits her tendency toward magical thinking to her GrandmotherGarcia, who would wash money in the kitchen sink to rinse off any bad spirits. Sheteaches writing and Latino literature at a community college in Dallas, where she liveswith her husband, a historian, and a cat named Mouse. She is the author of A Fierceand Subtle Poison and All the Wind in the World. Visit her online atsamanthamabry.com or on Twitter: @samanthamabry.

QuotesAn Amazon.com Best Books of 2017: Teens & Young Adult

"Mabry's powerful descriptions haunt, and her sentences pierce." -The Boston Globe

"In aching, luminous prose, Mabry crafts a story impossible to forget, infused with southwestern folklore and magical realism . . . A gripping, fable-like story of a love ferocious enough to destroy and a world prepared to burn with it."-Booklist, starred review

"Presents a fierce new world with high stakes, where complicated romantic relationships among various characters linger beyond the end of the book." -School Library Journal, starred review

"Mabry's second novel is a gracefully written, mysterious, sometime painful romance that will draw readers into the unique setting immediately."-VOYA, starred review

Marketing Plans

Prepublication buzz campaignAuthor appearances at teen book festivalsMailing to target book clubsSocial media campaginFeatured title at school and library conferencesAuthor Attended TLA 2018 in Dallas

Algonquin Young Readers Fall 2018

Algonquin Young Readers9781616208547Pub Date: 8/7/2018Ship Date: 7/4/2018$9.95Trade Paperback

352 PagesCarton Qty: 24Ages 13 to 18, Grades 8 to 12Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy

The Dire KingA Jackaby NovelWilliam Ritter

SummaryThe dramatic and shocking conclusion conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Jackaby series features wry humor and a cast of unforgettable characters facing off against their most dangerous, bone-chilling foe ever.

The fate of the world is in the hands of detective of the supernatural R. F. Jackaby and his intrepid assistant, Abigail Rook. An evil king is turning ancient tensions into modern strife, using a blend of magic and technology to push the earth and the otherworld into a mortal competition. Jackaby and Abigail are caught in the middle as they continue to solve daily mysteries in New Fiddleham, New England--like who's created the rend between the worlds, how to close it, and why the undead are appearing around town.

At the same time, the romance between Abigail and the shape-shifting police detective Charlie Cane deepens, and Jackaby's resistance to his feelings for the ghostly lady of 926 Augur Lane, Jenny Cavanaugh, begins to give way. But before the four can think about their own futures, they will have to defeat an evil that wants to destroy the future altogether.

Contributor BioWilliam Ritter is an Oregon author and educator. He is the proud father of the twobravest boys in the Wild Wood, and husband to the indomitable Queen of the DeepDark. The Dire King is the fourth and final book in his acclaimed New YorkTimesbestselling Jackaby series. Visit William Ritter online at rwillritter.wordpress.com andfind him on Twitter: @Willothewords.

Quotes"Offers a pointed and timely message about pluralism and the value of bridges over barriers. A humorous, energetic, action-packed, and magical conclusion." -Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"Twists and turns provide for action-packed pages. Events that have been heavily foreshadowed throughout will come to fruition in a satisfying ending that offers tantalizing hints of the characters' fortunes." -School Library Journal

"The Dire King challenges hatemongers and bullies. It promotes tolerance, resilience, courage and hope. More than ever, this is a message our young people need to hear, and William Ritter delivers." -Kitsap Sun

"Filled with the candid, fast-paced, adventurous writing style of William Ritter, readers will plunge right into all the action, adventure, and plot twists that will keep them guessing to the very end." -Dixon Independent Voice

Marketing Plans

Prepublication buzz campaignSocial media campaign on Instagram and FacebookBook club outreachDownloadable 926 Augur Lane tour availableFeature in Fall AYR Newsletter

Algonquin Young Readers Fall 2018