![]() Entertainment Weekly announced that Gray’s trilogy had been acquired in a preempt, and Oprah Daily ran a cover reveal and excerpt from the novel. To date, translation rights have been sold into 16 territories.īeasts of Prey’s road to becoming one of the buzziest books of the fall began more than a year ago when Penguin Young Readers kicked off a lead-up campaign. Last month, Netflix announced it will be developing the series as a feature film, produced by Bryan Unkeless’s Clubhouse Pictures and adapted by Melody Cooper. Out of the gate, the book landed at #4 on the New York Times young adult hardcover bestseller list and has remained on the list for a second week. ![]() The story of two Black teens, who form a dangerous alliance and venture into the magical Greater Jungle in pursuit of a terrifying, murderous creature called the Shetani, launched with a first printing of 250,000 copies on September 28. Perhaps fitting for a tale featuring a high-energy hunt, Ayana Gray’s Pan-African YA fantasy debut Beasts of Prey (Putnam), the inaugural title in a planned trilogy, has hit the ground running. ![]()
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