Quercus signs debut by Scholastic's Sanger

Quercus has bought a debut novel by Scholastic Books’ employee David Sanger. Editor Richard Arcus bought world rights, excluding the US, to All Their Minds in Tandem from Becky Thomas at Fox Mason. All Their Minds in Tandem takes place in New Georgetown, West Virginia, in October 1879, the month that a mysterious figure named The Maker enters the small town and, immediately upon doing so, begins to enter the minds of the townsfolk. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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