Laura Resau has had an illustrious career so far--seven novels, many many awards and starred reviews, ongoing lovely things like having her books chosen for community reads and state lists. It looks just about perfect, right?

What could make it MORE perfect? I'll tell you what. A brand-new book deal, with a new-to-her editor at a new-to-her house and a giant new publishing team excited as heck about having her on board--all this, plus, it happened with an AUCTION! Here are the thrilling details:

Andrea Davis Pinkney of Scholastic has acquired at auction Américas Award-winning author Laura Resau's THE IMPOSSIBLE CARAVAN, in which an indigenous boy and a Romani (Gypsy) girl form a friendship in rural Mexico that spans the rest of their lives and embraces magic, music, and predictions of impossible destinies, to publish in 2015. Erin Murphy of Erin Murphy Literary Agency brokered the deal, which includes a second middle-grade novel, for world rights.

Huge congratulations, Laura!

—Erin