Representative  Deals Jennifer Laughran Agent JennL@andreabrownlit.com EDGY YA: Tara Kelly's HARMONIC FEEDBACK, about a 16-year old music obsessed, smart-mouthed girl with Asperger's syndrome who starts a band, falls in lust and learns to question what "normal" really means. (Holt, 2010) FANTASY YA: Jackie Dolamore's MAGIC UNDER GLASS, in which a dance-hall girl discovers the spirit of a dashing fairy gentleman trapped inside a clockwork automaton, waiting for someone to break his curse. (Bloomsbury, 2010) FUNNY CHAPTER BOOK: Kate Messner's MARTY MCGUIRE, FROG PRINCESS, an illustrated chapter book about a second-grade tomboy who would much rather be a scientist than a floofy pink ballerina; she is cast as the reluctant lead princess in the class play, with wildly unexpected and comic results. (Scholastic, 2010) TRADITIONAL MIDDLE GRADE: Kate Messner's BRILLIANT FALL OF GIANNA Z about a 12-year-old girl who has until the end of the week to finish her huge 7th grade leaf project, but she faces comic catastrophes (and real drama) at every turn. (Walker, 2009) OFFBEAT PICTURE BOOK: Daniel Pinkwater's BEAUTIFUL YETTA (THE YIDDISH CHICKEN), in English, Spanish and Yiddish, with illustrations by Jill Pinkwater, in which beautiful Yetta must peck for herself when she gets lost in the strange and magical city of Brooklyn, New York...Oy! (Feiwel & Friends, 2010)