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Scholastic is heading to Frankfurt with a new children's book from Irish Booker winner Roddy Doyle. Marion Lloyd Books, an imprint of Scholastic UK, has bought world rights in A Greyhound of a Girl from John Sutton at John Sutton Management in Dublin.
Marion Lloyd described the book as an "absolute gem which adult readers, as well as children of 9+, will find extremely touching, sad, and true".
Scholastic Children’s Books already publishes Roddy Doyle’s fiction for younger readers, including The Meanwhile Adventures, Rover Saves Christmas and Wilderness (winner of the Children’s Book of the Year in the 2008 Irish Book Awards).
Scholastic is handling world rights for the first time and will be presenting it at the Frankfurt Book Fair.