Jen Besser and Luisa Beguiristaín at Roaring Brook and Sam Smith at Macmillan Children's UK have jointly acquired at auction middle grade fantasy Vanya and the Wild Hunt by Sangu Mandanna (the Kiki Kallira duology). Pitched as Amari and the Night Brothers meets Nevermoor with a touch of How to Train Your Dragon, the story follows a neurodivergent British Indian girl who is swept away to a magical school where she trains to become a monster hunter and learns to fully embrace her different and wonderful brain. Publication is set for spring 2024; Penny Moore at Aevitas Creative Management brokered the two-book, mid-six-figure deal for world rights.
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Genre: #MiddleGrade #Contemporary #Fantasy
Disability rep: #ND (unknown / unspecified)
Other representation: #Indian
Publication date: #2024year