Carrie Harris’ debut novel NO PAIN, NO BRAIN, in which science nerd Kate Grable must cure a zombie outbreak in her high school before she and her homecoming date join the ranks of the walking dead, to Wendy Loggia at Delacorte Press, in a nice deal, by Kate Schafer Testerman at kt literary (World English).

Do check out Carrie’s post for more glee, and, of course, pictures of Richard Simmons.

ANNA AND THE BOY MASTERPIECE by Stephanie Perkins, in which American Anna Oliphant spends a year in a Parisian boarding school and falls for her multi-national classmate, plus a companion novel, LOLA AND THE BOY NEXT DOOR, to Julie Strauss-Gabel at Dutton Children’s Books, in a very nice deal at auction, for publication in Fall 2010, by Kate Schafer Testerman at kt literary (World English).

Some of you may have already read Stephanie’s announcement of this deal on her own blog, but this is the official release, with the new, sooner pub date and the fresh off-the-grill new title.

So huge gratz to Stephanie and to Julie!

And you wanna know something else? There’s even MORE great news coming soon…

Julia Karr’s XVI, a near-future thriller in which 15-year-old Nina uncovers the mystery surrounding her mother’s death and her missing father, while dreading the coming of her sixteenth birthday and the government-mandated tattoo that references her sexual status, to Jennifer Bonnell at Penguin Books for Young Readers, for publication in Spring 2011, and a second, untitled novel, in a nice deal, at auction, by Kate Schafer Testerman at kt literary. (World English).

Gratz to Julia, and to Jen!