NEW
YORK, July 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Scholastic,
the global children's publishing, education and media company,
announced today that it will publish Run Away With Me on
April 1, 2025, an unforgettable
coming-of-age love story for young adults by #1 New York Times bestselling author and Caldecott
Medalist Brian Selznick. Releasing
simultaneously in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook formats, this
profoundly romantic and moving novel set in Rome, written by one of today's most
innovative storytellers, will be published in the U.S.,
Canada, the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand.
In Run Away With Me, Selznick makes his triumphant first
foray into young adult literature with a cinematic tour de force,
transporting readers to the Eternal City as he tells the story of
American teenager Danny and Italian teenager Angelo, who find each
other and fall in love over one summer in Rome. The book includes over a hundred pages
of awe-inspiring illustrations, along with twice as many pages of
prose.
In making the announcement, David
Levithan, VP/Publisher and Editorial Director, Scholastic
Press, said, "This is an astonishing novel not just for teen
readers, but for anyone who remembers the intensity, romance, and
insecurity of falling in love for the first time. Brian has an
unparalleled ability to marry wide-spread scope to the most
intimate of details, and the result is a breathtaking love story
for the ages."
Brian Selznick said, "I lived in Rome for nine months with my husband
during the pandemic, where new friends introduced me to their
favorite parts of the ancient city. I marked everything on a map,
and quickly imagined two boys connecting the locations while
falling in love. Soon, stories about other young men, in other
eras, started to appear to me, making a tapestry of love that has
been present throughout all of time. I wanted Danny and Angelo -
and my readers - to remember that we've always existed, and
loved, and found moments of joy."
About Run Away With Me:
Run Away With Me is a stunning creation, weaving
words and illustration to tell the story of a transformative
love. Danny is sixteen and spending his summer in Rome. As his mother works all day in a
mysterious museum, he wanders the city's ancient, streets. Then one
day a voice calls to him, and a strange, beautiful boy steps into
his life. Angelo. Soon Danny is in love for the first
time, but he's also painfully aware that when the summer ends,
he'll have to return to America. Angelo seems to know all of
Rome's twisting corners and hidden
histories . . . even as he holds his own secrets just out of
Danny's reach.
About Brian Selznick
Brian Selznick's books have sold millions of copies,
garnered countless awards worldwide, and have been translated into
more than 35 languages. He broke open the novel form with his
genre-breaking thematic trilogy, beginning with the Caldecott
Medal-winning #1 New York Times
bestseller The Invention of Hugo
Cabret, adapted into Martin
Scorsese's Oscar-winning movie Hugo. He followed that
with the #1 New York Times
bestseller, Wonderstruck, adapted by celebrated filmmaker
Todd Haynes, with a screenplay by
Selznick, and then the New York
Times bestseller, The Marvels. In praising his
body of work, The Washington Post said, "Brian Selznick
proves to be that rare creator capable of following one masterpiece
with another." The Associated Press called Selznick "one of
publishing's most imaginative storytellers." Selznick's most recent
novels, Big Tree (inspired by an idea from Steven Spielberg) and Kaleidoscope, were
both national bestsellers and were named New York Times Notable Children's Books. He
also illustrated the 20th anniversary edition covers of J.K.
Rowling's globally bestselling Harry
Potter series. Selznick has appeared on Good Morning
America, NBC's Today Show, CBS Sunday Morning, and has
been featured in The New York
Times, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, The
Guardian, Le Monde, la Repubblica, among many
other renowned publications worldwide. He and his husband Dr.
David Serlin divide their time
between Brooklyn, New York and
La Jolla, California. For more
information about Brian Selznick and his books, visit
http://mediaroom.scholastic.com/brianselznick and
http://www.thebrianselznick.com.
About Scholastic
For more information about Scholastic, visit
http://mediaroom.scholastic.com/.
RUN AWAY WITH ME by Brian Selznick
Scholastic Press;
320 Pages; $24.99 US
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