WONDLA Mentioned in PW
S&S to Launch New DiTerlizzi Series
Spiderwick Chronicles author launches new middle-grade project
By John Sellers — Publishers Weekly, 3/4/2010 4:52:00 PM
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers has just announced a new middle-grade series by Tony DiTerlizzi. The Search for WondLa, about a 12-year-old girl—raised underground by a robot—and her search for other humans. The first volume in the series will be published on September 21 with a 300,000-copy first printing. The book will feature two-color artwork throughout and will incorporate “augmented reality” in several places, a first for the publisher. S&S plans to promote the book with a $350,000 marketing campaign.
DiTerlizzi has published several books with S&S, including the Spiderwick Chronicles (with Holly Black), Kenny & the Dragon, and the Adventure of Meno series (with his wife, Angela). “I’m thrilled to mark a decade of making books with Simon & Schuster with the launch of my newest novel,” said DiTerlizzi in a statement. “When I first conceived of The Spiderwick Chronicles, I imagined a story from the past coming forward to the present. In The Search for WondLa I am bringing a story back in time from the future. My vision is to create a 21st century fairy tale.”
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Oh man..So excited. This sounds like the perfect TD book, the one I’ve been waiting for.
Thanks guys! If you look up “augmented reality” on youtube, you’ll get an idea of what we are going to do with the book. It is a component only – I wanted the book to stand alone on its text and art before we gussied it up with some extra goodies. I’ll be unveiling more very soon…
dude. lost for words.
I can’t wait to read it!
Yea i like the “Spider Wick” books. I read almost all of them. Tony can u plz email me i wanna chat. nicholashopp@gmail.com
Hi Nicholas,
What’s up?
What are you doing with the pics will they be in color or pen and ink?
Hey Gabe,
I am using all new materials for this one. I will detail my process in a future post, but I am using technical pens on vellum.