World rights and all languages for trade hardcover, clubs and fairs paperback, and e-book have been acquired for SWIMMING WITH SPIES by Scholastic IP, written by Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger.

Sofiya’s father is a dolphin trainer in Sevastopol, Crimea in independent Ukraine. She has a special relationship with the dolphins, most especially with Colin, the oldest in the pod. When the Russian military invades the peninsula and annexes it, Sofiya’s father is given an ultimatum: either repurpose the dolphins into military marine mammals or be incarcerated. Sofiya races against time to save her pod and her father, while wrestling with her own family history and her identity.

Acquired by Editor and Publishing Manager Samantha Palazzi, SWIMMING WITH SPIES will be released in fall 2024.