Book Deals: Alison Stine's DUST to Wednesday Books!

Working with Alison Stine has been such a career highlight for me. Her novels, from Road Out of Winter to Trashlands, have shocked and awed me, as well as readers! Road Out of Winter scooped up the Philip K. Dick Award, Trashlands has been nominated for a bundle of things (including the Mark Twain prize!). And with good cause. Her books are stunning.

And well, now she’s entering the world of YA, and I’m beyond thrilled.

Her novel, DUST, was scooped up by St. Martin’s Press / Wednesday Books, and will be in bookstores everywhere next year. Here’s a bit about it from Publisher’s Marketplace:

Philip K. Dick Award-winning author Alison Stine's DUST, about a partially deaf girl in a strict, reclusive family who meets someone else in the Deaf community for the first time, finding connection amidst a land ravaged by climate change, and when a second Dust Bowl of apocalyptic proportions approaches, she and the boy who has begun to secretly teach her sign language must convince their skeptical rural community to flee to safety.

I can’t wait for kids to experience Alison’s powerful voice, with a story that’s so wildly close to her.

Congrats Alison!