rebecca kuss

Ayesha dribbles through Texas, dodging prejudice as a Muslim-American teen.

Decades earlier, her teen grandmother fled the fields of 1947 India during the violent Partition.

Bound by struggle across generations, both must reclaim who they are or be lost to a world coming undone.
#DVpit #YA #MENA

this sounds incredible--i'd love to see it on submission once you're agented!

this sounds great--i'd love to see it on submission once you're agented! 💖

CHINESE ZODIAC + PRIDE & PREJUDICE Jo sticks to the straight and narrow, but when her parents are kidnapped, she strikes a deal with the kingpin of the city, the Monkey King; he’ll help her save her parents & she'll give him their research granting him the powers of the Chinese zodiac. #DVPit #ya #f

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DIAL A FOR AUNTIES ✖ NANCY DREW

When 🇵🇭🇦🇺 16yo Aussie teen Izzy's dropped into a filthy-rich international school in Manila, she didn't realise she had to survive:

☠️ 1 x dead diplomat’s daughter
🤑 nepo babies
💰 rich kid drama
👵🏼 aunties of Manila
= 🕵🏾‍♂️ a hell of a murder mystery 🔪🩸

#DVpit #YA #Mys

this sounds so fun! i'd love to see it on submission once you're agented 💖

Disney Starstruck x To All The Boys

Sewa can totally handle curing popstar Nathan Ross of his potion-induced crush on her, if her old crush on him doesn't come back to screw them over first.

⚜️meet-cute fails
⚜️ Love potion sweeteners
⚜️”I like you” “you'll get over it”

#DvPit #YA #RomCom #BVM

THE COVEN TENDENCY x THEY BLOOM AT NIGHT
A #YA horrormance featuring:

🫀body horror
🪦Southern Gothic setting
💋 lesbian angst + ”she falls first but *she* falls harder”
🗝️ neurodivergent, queer & anxiety rep
🩸cryptids, witches, & skin walkers, oh my!
⚜️ ✨Big 5✨ editor interest

#DVpit #H #R #LGBT

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this sounds great! i'd love to see it on submissions once you're agented 💖

SHADOW & BONE x HEARTLESS HUNTER

👤 A half-Asian, fear-filled herbalist
🎭 A dual-faced, chaotic deity
🌿 An ugly secret that ties a rare plant to the economy

👯 Complicated sibling dynamics

🌙 A rare celestial event feat. a masquerade
🖤 And healing magic with a dark twist!



#DVpit #YA #F #POC

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LEGENDBORN’S Black girl magic+DUNE’S theocratic mysticism in a #YA dystopian #F where memories are sacrificed to an arcane intelligence.

To break a generational curse, Vega must:
⚔️Save her missing brother
💔Ally with her first heartbreak
🌑Uncover the truth her world was forced to forget

#DVPit #SFF

this sounds so magical--i'd love to see it when you are agented! 💖

PAN'S LABYRINTH x WHEN YOU TRAP A TIGER

💎 A 12yo girl who wants to get her ears pierced
🌌 Having perfect vision... but only at night
🏺 A vase that becomes a boy with flowers in his hair
🧟 Being followed by a doppelganger with rotting ears

#DVpit #MG #Asian #MR

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Treasure Planet x Over the Moon

After losing his parents in a civil war, Astro, a 10-year-old Filipino boy with a knack for machines, must finish building his solarboat in time for All Souls Day to see them again—or risk losing them forever to the cosmos.

#DVPit #DVArt #GN #MG #POC

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SPICE ROADxSPIRITED AWAY
Leila lives by 3 rules for survival: never look at the jinn, never talk to them, & never draw their attention. But when the treacherous spirits from her sitti’s tales steal her sisters, she’ll do anything—even strike a deal with a jinni—to save them.
#DVpit #YA #F #MENA #ND

JADE FIRE GOLD X STUDIO GHIBLI

On a war-torn, magical Earth, a young fey woman with amnesia and her two friends must band together to fight for peace against a soul-stealing army
🌿Atmospheric magic
🏮Chinese Mythology
💔Pining & All. The. Feels.
🥰 Diverse found family
🐲Genre-blending

#DVpit #YA #F

this sounds epic--i'd love to see it once you're agented! 💖

this sounds so fun! i'd love to see it once you're agented 💖

BETTER THAN THE MOVIES X A GOOD GIRL’S GUIDE TO MURDER X VAMPIRES

🧛🏻‍♀️ an antisocial vampire turned amateur sleuth
💫 her ex-best friend, back from boarding school
🔎 a baffling murder with secretive suspects
🖤 an inconvenient time to fall in love

#DVPit #YA #CF #Asian #WOC #CI

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MOANA x SHADOW & BONE

To save her uncle, Keahi must interfere with the King’s plans to restore his kingdom’s power—except the throne was never his to claim, & the island only answers to one: the girl with a heart of fire

🌋 Hawaiian folklore
🌌 sentient island
🌊 found family

#DVPit #YA #F #NHPI

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Marginalized creators! Polish up those manuscripts, #DVPit returns October 2025 on bluesky with over 40 participating agents and editors! #booksky #writersky

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Cho’s follow-up to Once upon a K-Prom (2022) charts a course for success as it delves deep into the world of South Korean idol culture. While it is primarily a romance, a parallel story line about antis, essentially haters, entices readers with a bit of a mystery and high stakes. When the two stories eventually collide, the result propels the book to a resoundingly satisfying conclusion. Readers young and old will swoon for this love story and appreciate the timely focus on late teens and early twenty somethings facing intense pressure about their careers. -- booklist, starred review

Second trade review is in & it's a star⭐ for K-Star from @ala-booklist.bsky.social!

"Readers young and old will swoon for this love story."

🌟𝚆𝙸𝚂𝙷 𝚄𝙿𝙾𝙽 𝙰 𝙺-𝚂𝚃𝙰𝚁 is 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟸𝟿𝚝𝚑 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟻🌟

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#WishUponAKStar
#starredreview #booklist

It’s the shooter from Degrassi.