AWAGO BEACH BABIES
by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki
First Second books/Groundwood books (Canada)
coming 2013

Groundwood Books publisher Patsy Aldana has acquired Canadian rights to Awago Beach Babies, a new graphic novel by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki, about summers at the cottage, teen party games, and a Burger King in Niagara Falls that makes girls pregnant. World rights excluding Canada have gone to New York publisher First Second Books. The deal was arranged by Sam Hiyate at The Rights Factory.