McGhee was well positioned to conduct the contract negotiation. “I had worked with Michael on The Wainscott Weasel and Mean Margaret, I knew how good they are, and the idea they would be available again made me very happy.” “This was a very special and meaningful submission for me,” she said. McGhee, a longtime friend of Seidler, was an editor at HarperCollins when the two earlier books were published. Holly McGhee, creative director of Pippin Properties, brokered the three-book deal with Caitlyn Dlouhy, v-p and editorial director at Atheneum. The publisher tentatively plans to release the reissues in summer 2014, and Firstborn in summer 2015. Atheneum Books for Young Readers has acquired rights to Firstborn, a new middle-grade novel featuring a wolf pack, and to The Wainscott Weasel and National Book Award finalist Mean Margaret, originally published by Michael di Capua Books at HarperCollins in the 1990s and currently out of print. Lamar wants to make his family happy, but is doing what is expected of him worth losing the only true friend he's ever had?įull of bite and beauty that will make you think of White Fang, then Ferdinand, this story cuts to the heart of what's most important: being true to yourself, and being true to others.Tor Seidler, who demonstrated his talent for creating beguiling anthropomorphic animal characters in such novels as A Rat’s Tale, The Wainscott Weasel, and Mean Margaret, will soon have a renewed presence on bookstore shelves. While the other infractions can be begrudgingly tolerated, this one cannot, and the unity of the pack is in jeopardy. Blue Boy grows increasingly dismayed at Lamar's lack of wolf instincts, and then Lamar does the intolerable: he becomes attracted to a coyote. He has little interest in peacocking in front of other clans. He worries if his younger siblings fall behind in the hunt. But Lamar is not turning out the way his father hoped. Blue Boy, the alpha male of his pack, is the largest wolf many have ever seen, and his dream is to have a firstborn son who will take after him in every way. Born into rankings and expected to live up to their roles. A young wolf seeks the bravery to be himself in this lyrical homage to challenging societal stereotypes, from the author of National Book Award Finalist Mean Margaret and The Wainscott Weasel.
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