UK Cover Reveal
Check out Bloomsbury's amazing cover for Needy Little Things! Out in the UK on the 13th of February, 2025!
Needy Little Things publishes in paperback, ebook and audio format in the UK on 13 February 2025! I am so grateful to the Bloomsbury team and Michelle Brackenborough for designing this amazing cover!
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Cover Reveal!
In this debut speculative YA mystery, a Black teen with premonition-like powers must solve her friend’s disappearance before she finds herself in the same danger.
I am so thrilled to share the gorgeous cover of my debut speculative YA mystery, NEEDY LITTLE THINGS. Add it on Goodreads today, and look for it in stores February 4, 2025. If you’re feeling especially eager, it’s available for pre-order now!
Thank you to Kerri Resnick for this amazing cover design and to Taj Francis for the beautiful illustration. I am also forever thankful for my editor Tiffany Shelton and my agent Molly Ker Hawn.
Sariyah Lee Bryant can hear what people need—tangible things, like a pencil, a hair tie, a phone charger—an ability only her family and her best friend, Malcolm, know the truth about. But when she fulfills a need for her friend Deja who vanishes shortly after, Sariyah is left wondering if her ability is more curse than gift. This isn’t the first time one of her friends has landed on the missing persons list, and she’s determined not to let her become yet another forgotten Black girl.
Not trusting the police and media to do enough on their own, Sariyah and her friends work together to figure out what led to Deja’s disappearance. But when Sariyah’s mother loses her job and her little brother faces complications with his sickle cell disease, managing her time, money, and emotions seems impossible. Desperate, Sariyah decides to hustle her need-sensing ability for cash—a choice that may not only lead her to Deja, but put her in the same danger Deja found herself in.
Add NEEDY LITTLE THINGS on Goodreads and Storygraph!
Needy Little Things is now listed on Goodreads and Storygraph!
Great news! Needy Little Things is now listed on Goodreads and Storygraph. Add it to your want-to-read list today and stay tuned for the official cover reveal — coming soon!
NEEDY LITTLE THINGS is coming to the UK!
Needy Little Things will be published by Bloomsbury UK Children’s in the UK and Commonwealth.
Needy Little Things will be published by Bloomsbury UK Children’s in the UK and Commonwealth
Publishers Marketplace Deal Report
Debut author Channelle Desamours's NEEDY LITTLE THINGS, set in modern-day Atlanta, where neither the police nor the media pay much attention to another missing Black girl, and a 17-year-old's peculiar form of clairvoyance is just one tool she'll need to solve the mystery of her friend's disappearance, to Tiffany Shelton at Wednesday Books, in a significant deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in winter 2025.
Children's: Young Adult Fiction
Debut author Channelle Desamours's NEEDY LITTLE THINGS, set in modern-day Atlanta, where neither the police nor the media pay much attention to another missing Black girl, and a 17-year-old's peculiar form of clairvoyance is just one tool she'll need to solve the mystery of her friend's disappearance, to Tiffany Shelton at Wednesday Books, in a significant deal, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in winter 2025, by Molly Ker Hawn at The Bent Agency (NA)
Publishers Weekly Rights Report
Tiffany Shelton at Wednesday Books has acquired, at auction, Needy Little Things by debut author Channelle Desamours. The YA speculative mystery follows 17-year-old Sariyah Lee Bryant, a Black teen living in Atlanta who can telepathically hear what people need. When neither the police nor the media pay much attention after another one of her friends goes missing, Sariyah must use her gift to find out what really happened. Publication is scheduled for winter 2025; Molly Ker Hawn at the Bent Agency negotiated the two-book deal for North American rights.
