The Girl and the Tiger

Hannah Smith at Owl Hollow Press has bought Mother of God author Paul Rosolie's The Girl and the Tiger, a YA story about Isha, a girl grappling with the fact that the natural world is dying, who begins a journey of awakening and survival as she protects the Bengal Tiger cub she calls Kala. The book is inspired by actual events in the author's life as a naturalist and explorer; Rosolie has written for National Geographic, and had shows on Discovery Channel and Netflix. Publication is set for 2019; Lindsay Edgecombe at Levine, Greenberg, Rostan Literary Agency brokered the deal for world English rights.