Congratulations to Margaret Peterson Haddix, whose novel FOUND (Simon & Schuster, 2008), the first in The Missing series, won the 2009-2010 Sunshine State Young Reader Award for Grades 3-5. The award from Florida is selected by children across the state. For more information, click here.

R.J. Anderson’s FAERY REBELS: SPELL HUNTER (HarperCollins, 2009) was named one of two honor books for the Book of the Year for Children Award by the Canadian Library Association. Congratulations, R.J.! For more information, click here.

This week, Variety broke the news that Disney and ImageMovers have wrapped a deal to partner with The Gotham Group to adapt Kat Falls’ debut novel, DARK LIFE (Scholastic Press, May 2010), with Academy Award-winner Robert Zemeckis attached to direct. To see the article, click here.

We love the young readers of the state of Massachusetts—and, apparently, they love our authors! The winners of the 2010 Massachusetts Children’s Book Awards were announced this week, and it was an Adams Literary trifecta: Margaret Peterson Haddix’s FOUND (Simon & Schuster, 2008) was this year’s winner, while Jacqueline Davies’ THE LEMONADE WAR (Houghton Mifflin, 2007) and Cynthia Lord’s RULES (Scholastic Press, 2007) were among 4 honor books. To see all the winners, click here.