Redhammer and Scholastic Children’s Books are 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 series deal with world rights for a major six figure sum. Elaine McQuade, from Scholastic 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 Redhammer’s Peter 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.”
