Genre: YA FantasyWord Count: 91,000 Query: In an underwater village where talking to the Grey species is forbidden, sixteen-year-old Alphi McClure ignores her mother’s orders to desert her darker-skinned friend....
Read MoreGenre: YA Paranormal SuspenseWord count: 55,000 Query: River Morgan’s petite, pink-haired and not quite twenty, but she has already mastered the art of how to erase a memory from those...
Read MoreGenre: Upper YA historical fiction, Bildungsroman Word count: 120,000 Query: Dear [Agent], I noticed you’re interested in historical fiction, and hope you will consider And Jakob Flew the Fiend Away,...
Read MoreJanice Sperry SHE CAME FROM THE HILL Genre: YA Gothic Fantasy Word count: 56,000 Query: Clay went to Strawberry Hill for the camping, not the ghost hunting. His friends’ stories...
Read MoreGenre: MG Mystery Word Count: 41,500 Query: Twelve-year-old Maggie McCoy wants to be brave and spontaneous. But she’s not. So when she and her fearless cousin Jake stumble upon century-old...
Read MoreGenre: YA Sci-FiWord count: 79,000 Query letter: Dear Mr./Mrs. Uber-Agent, The Surgeon Generals are liars. The lives squirming inside the guts of Katia and the other clones aren’t parasites. They’re...
Read MoreGenre: MG FantasyWord count: 50,000 Query: Dear Erica, Thirteen-year-old Princess Leila thought her biggest problems were picking out which dress to wear and entertaining boring princes like Henrick. But when...
Read MoreGenre: YA Dystopian Word count: 72,000 Query: Dear Ms. Chapman, When sixteen-year-old Misty Evans discovers a hidden notebook in her mother’s art room, she’s excited and terrified. Paper is against...
Read MoreGenre: YA Urban Fantasy Word count: 60,000 Query: Ms. Fury, Sixteen-year-old Kitty is a Chinese weredragon and an operative for the US government’s Draconic Intelligence Command, or as she likes...
Read MoreGenre: YA/ChristianWord Count: 63,000 Query: Dear Ms. Chapman, Rachel Harker prayed for God to change someone’s life; she never imagined it would be hers. When sixteen year old Rachel gets...
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