![]() ![]() Ruby is slated for winter 2019, and the second book in the deal, which is currently untitled, is set for winter 2020.Ĭomedian and radio talk show host Rickey Smiley sold world rights to Stand by Your Truth to Jeremie Ruby-Strauss at Gallery Books. Glick explained: “Ruby’s story is about the walls we hide behind and the magic that can happen when we’re brave enough to break free.” The manuscript won a number of plaudits, including 2016’s SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) Work-in-Progress Award and the 2016 PEN-New England Susan Bloom Discovery Award. Stacey Glick at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret, who represented Ferruolo, said the book is a “modern-day Because of Winn-Dixie meets Walk Two Moons.” It follows a 12-year-old named Ruby Moon Hayes who is desperate to hide the fact that her mom has been arrested from the kids at her new school. In a two-book North American rights deal, Jeanne Zulick Ferruolo sold her middle grade debut, Ruby in the Sky, to Janine O’Malley at FSG at auction. ![]()
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