MUSTANG SUMMER by Amy Alznauer sells to Neal Porter/Holiday House

Taylor Norman at Neal Porter Books/Holiday House has acquired, in a preempt, world rights to Mustang Summer: Told for Posterity by Nash Eliza West, a debut middle grade novel by picture book author Amy Alznauer. Coda meets The Black Stallion in this cowboy's determined quest to solve her horselessness once and for all—convincing her Deaf parents, saving her estranged Deaf cousin, and earning a wild mustang's trust. But when disaster strikes, keeping this horse will demand not only the help of her human and animal, Deaf and hearing communities, but an all-out miracle. Publication is slated for fall 2026; Rosemary Stimola at Stimola Literary Studio brokered the deal for this and a second untitled middle grade novel.