Recent Graphic Novel Deals, Early October 2025 | News

• Ghost and Bat: Guardians of the Garden, by Jen White, first in the three-book series about nature and investigation is The Phantom Pollinator, Norton Young Readers, Fall 2027
• Love Letters to the Dead, by Ava Dellaira and Talia Dutton, a graphic novel adaptation of the epistolary novel about a young woman coping with the death of her sister by writing letters to dead famous people, FSG, Fall 2028
• Nakano Takeko: The Last Onna-Musha, by Sumiko Nakano and Alpha Yu, about a legendary female Japanese warrior, Rebel Goose, Fall 2027
• River Song, by Julie Flett, a coming-of-age story, Greystone Kids, Fall 2027
• Sir Silly, by Gavin Aung Than, three-book series about a goose who wants to be a knight, First Second, 2027
• There’s a Monster in Nocturne Grove, by Caroline Palmer, a new person in a small town thinks there’s a secret monster there, Atheneum, Fall 2027
• The Transformation of Noah Mendez, by Kevin Casas and Ria Martinez, a new werewolf has trouble in high school, First Second, 2027
• Vile, Wrecked, & Rotten, by Gabe Soria, Steve Burns, and Jim Campbell, a youngster in a music-loving city is the protege of two composers, Penguin Workshop, Summer 2027

Source: Publishers Weekly Rights Report, October 6 and October 13

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