The Summer Prince

[utsusemia]

It can finally be told…my YA debut is coming out next spring from Arthur Levine/Scholastic, and I am so excited!

You can read the announcement on PW’s Children’s Bookshelf (scroll down). Here’s the description, though:

Alaya Dawn Johnson’s The Summer Prince. Set in a utopian city in a futuristic Brazil, it’s a coming-of-age story about a rebellious

Comments

[badgerbag]

Ooooo, I can't wait to read it! 8-)

[utsusemia]

I'm very excited! Of course, it's not coming out for a year, but there will be galleys sooner.

[ecmyers]

I want to congratulate you in every form of social media available. Congratulations!

[utsusemia]

Dude, you are a social media *machine*! And thanks :P

[comrade_cat]

SQUEE! :D

[comrade_cat]

Hm, by next spring do you mean the one that hasn't quite started yet? Or do you mean 2013?

[comrade_cat]

And I wrote that squee after I had just read the book description. But I love your travel description!!

Where is the city with the eyes? Is it real? It reminds me of 'the eyes of the city are opening now, it's the end of the dream' from a song by Al Stewart.

[utsusemia]

Thanks! It is real-- it's street art from Sao Paulo, and a lot of my novel involves street art. There is no better place in the world to admire it, too.

[shveta_thakrar]

AWESOME. :)

[rosefox]

So exciting!