Gnome Is Where Your Heart Is: A Tenderhearted Novel About Family, Alzheimer's, and Alien Help for Children (Ages 8-12)

Martha Mihalick at Greenwillow has acquired, at auction, Gnome Is Where Your Heart Is by Casey Lyall (Howard Wallace, P.I.). The middle-grade novel follows the story of Lemon Peabody, who is determined to prove her beloved grandfather's claim that he once witnessed an alien landing. When the aliens return (looking a lot like garden gnomes), Lemon is convinced they can help stop Grandpa's Alzheimer's disease from getting worse, but the visitors have their own problems that they need Lemon's help with. Publication is set for summer 2023; Molly Ker Hawn at the Bent Agency did the two-book deal for North American rights.