Megan McCafferty’s “Jessica Darling” series (Sloppy Firsts: A Novel is the first book in the series) is one of my favorites. I was so sad when the final book came out last month, even though I loved, loved, loved the resolution to the series. I was mostly sad that I didn’t have anything else to look forward to from McCafferty. And then I read this announcement from HarperCollins:
Alessandra Balzer at Balzer & Bray/HarperCollins Children’s Books acquired World English rights to New York Times bestselling author Megan McCafferty’s new novel in a two-book deal from Heather Schroder at ICM. Bumped is a sharply funny and provocative dystopian novel set in a world where only teens are able to have babies, and are contracted by adults to carry them to term. Megan is best known for her Jessica Darling series, which started with Sloppy Firsts and most recently ended with Perfect Fifths.
YAY YAY YAY!!!! I literally did a little happy-dance when I read the announcement. Anyone who reads my blog regularly knows that dystopian fiction is my favorite genre. So dystopian fiction, written by one of my favorite authors? Where do I sign up?!
The only downside? I apparently have to wait awhile to read it! 🙂
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My sister just called me over the weekend to see if I had read Sloppy Firsts because she just finished it and loved it. I told her know but once she said the author’s name it sounded familiar. I realized that it was when you talked about the release of the last book. I did not realize that it was YA at the time. My sister is going to send it to me, and I can’t wait!