Feb 1 / Michael

Raise the Woof: Two-book deal!

book deal, Michael Northrop, novel, rescue dog, Rotten, Rotties, Rottweiler, Scholastic, YA novel, Young Adult

Some books are dog-eared, and some books are dog tales. My next young adult novel aims to be both: It’s about a rescue Rottweiler named Jonny Rotten and a kicked-around 16-year-old named Jimmer “JD” Dobbs. Here’s the official announcement from Publishers Marketplace:

February 1, 2012, Children’s: Young Adult
TRAPPED author Michael Northrop’s ROTTEN, the tale of a rescue Rottweiler and a troubled teen who overcome each other’s defenses only to have everything threatened by a treacherous friend and one snap of the dog’s powerful jaws, again to Anamika Bhatnagar at Scholastic, in a two-book deal, by Sara Crowe at Harvey Klinger (world).

Amazing, right? We had a lot of dogs when I was growing up—as many as five at a time, a lot of them rescues—and I’ve always wanted to feature a dog as a main character. JR was really a joy to write, and now readers will get to meet him. If I were any more excited, I’d chew up the couch!