Coming in Fall 2012
From PW Children’s Bookshelf:
Kate Sullivan at Little, Brown has bought Morris Award finalist Malinda Lo’s two-book YA series Adaptation. The premise? After an ominous series of mass bird deaths, a girl questions whether she is still human after she undergoes a mysterious procedure, and is torn between feelings for her crush David and a seductive new girl. The first book is due out in fall 2012. Agent Laura Langlie did the deal for world rights except the U.K. and Japan.
Want a sneak peek at Adaptation? Below is a video from my Litquake 2011 reading, when I read an excerpt from the book. In this scene, the 17-year-old main character, Reese, has recently met a girl named Amber. Amber invites Reese over to her house. She goes over. This is what happens. (Yes, Adaptation has a scifi premise, but it’s not necessary to know that to understand this scene.)
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers — U.S. and Canada (Hardcover: Fall 2012)