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.jpg) Redhammer and Scholastic Children's Books are today delighted to announce a new, exciting acquisition for Scholastic’s fiction list: THE JOSHUA FILES by MG HARRIS.
Fighting off competition from four other publishers, Scholastic have secured a 2-book deal with world rights for a major six figure sum from Peter Cox's Redhammer agency, whose previous major children's success is Michelle Paver's series CHRONICLES OF ANCIENT DARKNESS.
Book One in the series, THE JOSHUA FILES: INVISIBLE CITY is an exciting and tense adventure for 11+ readers. Elaine McQuade, MD at Scholastic Children's Books says, "Maria Harris writes so well. She has created a spooky action adventure with an incredibly clever but accessible plot where ancient Mayan myths meet the X-Files - it gripped us from beginning to end and we know that it will do the same for young readers."
"THE JOSHUA FILES is the biggest children's deal for a first-time writer this year," says Cox. Josh is such a universally accessible kid - he's smarter than Alex Rider, but much more vulnerable and human. It was wonderful for Maria, a first-time author, to have so much interest from publishers," continues Cox. "The quality of the offers and the proposals we received from them was extremely high. Finally, when we carefully looked at the marketing proposals, the sheer commitment and enthusiasm of Scholastic's entire team shone through brilliantly. They are a powerful force in children's publishing, and we have total confidence in them to make this the hit it deserves to be."
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