ALT an agent’s guide to: CALM DOWN, CLOVER (middle grade fantasy; 60k words)

ALT PITCH when a spunky 12yo witch hunter and a struggling witch student are kidnapped by hangry trolls, they must work together to escape and break the curse rotting by the world. COMP TITLES • the curse of eelgrass bog by mary averling (sapphic, spooky curses, messy families) • the mossheart’s promise by rebecca mix (sapphic, enemies-to-crushes, unlikely heroes) • the cruel prince by holly black (“if I can’t be better than them, I’ll be worse”) • stardust 2007 film (forced proximity, witches, ghosts, and hijinks) • the percy jackson series by rick riordan (quirky humor, funny monsters, impulsive 12yos)

ALT SNIPPETS “The witch and I exchange looks. Then I remember I hate her, and stare at our shoes.” “She’s not that scary. She’s polished and neat, even scratched up. Everybody probably loves her. She looks like she’s loved. Are all witches this pretty? How witches of them.” “I’m not lucky, like a charm. I’m rare, like a gem. Or a degenerative disease. She’s not the boss of me.” “You can’t win school.” “I can.” “Clover, you don’t even know how to read,” I say. “It can’t be that hard.” She shrugs.

ALT •tween thieves •sapphic witches •girls with swords •found fam •magic school •ghosts •cute siblings •& one very angry cat PICTURES OF CLOVER AND NOOR MADE WITH A PICCREW BY BABYSALADD: 2 tween girls, one with red curly hair and one with brown hair in pigtails. tweet by @lindzdta: when I was 7 I had a crush on a girl in my class & I didn’t know how to deal with it so I wrote her a note that just said “get out of my school”

ALT “A tween witch student with an inferiority complex struggling to survive magic school” Girl with brown hair, pigtails, blue eyes, and a bloody nose. Made with a piccrew template by @babysaladd

ALT MIDDLE GRADE FANTASY ~ DUAL POV ~ 60k WORDS CALM DOWN, CLOVER By me!

ALT A few of my favorite chapter titles: •status: troll-trapped with the ENEMY •status: doing great! (Actually dying) •status: in trouble •status: stew? •status: there’s definitely not a portal in my pocket •status: in trouble (again) •status: seancing (send help!) •status: armed and ready for school

ALT “A 12yo witch hunter who’s high key the cockiest kid in the world” A girl with red hair that is short and curly, freckles, dark circles under her eyes, and scars on her face. She smirks.