WCA Deal Report for July 31, 2026
- Natalie Ku’s PEBBLE GIRL AND THE SECRETS OF MOUNT HUA, in which an overlooked girl ventures to a kung fu camp on China’s deadliest mountain to earn a spot in a place where she finally shines, while protecting a family secret and learning to wield the qi she’s born with, to Claire Caldwell at Annick Press, for publication in fall 2027, by Bridgette Kam at Westwood Creative Artists (world).
- Author John Larsen and astronaut Jeremy Hansen’s EARTHRISE, a first-person account of the iconic 2026 Artemis II mission, the groundbreaking human mission into deep space, and Hansen’s journey to preparing for lift-off, to Lauren McKeon at Harper Canada, at auction, for publication in October 2026, by Hilary McMahon at Westwood Creative Artists. Rights also to John Glynn at Hanover Square Press, with Mia Council editing (US); and to Michel Lafon (France); rights sales by Harper Canada.
- Author of WRONG SIDE OF THE COURT H.N. Khan’s ZEROS AND ONES, which follows a 17-year-old coding prodigy who runs a YouTube channel dedicated to exposing corporate greed; still grieving the death of his mother and trying to save his father’s struggling bookstore, his life is upended when he stops a cyberattack on Toronto’s City Hall, which puts him on the radar of a notorious dark-web hacker, to Barry Jowett at Cormorant Books, in a nice deal, by Geffen Semach at Westwood Creative Artists (world English).
