Waiting on Wednesday--Breadcrumbs, by Anne Ursu

I had the pleasure of meeting Anne Ursu, whose Chronus Chronicle series I like lots, at last fall's kidlit con. She mentioned that her new book was a middle grade fantasy inspired by Hans Christian Anderson's The Snow Queen, at which point I naturally added it to my mental wish list....

Anne just shared on twitter that it now has an official catalogue listing-- "From the acclaimed author of the Cronus Chronicles comes a story of growing up, wrapped in a modern-day fantasy inspired by the classic Hans Christian Andersen tale “The Snow Queen” --as well as an official cover (at left), and title (Breadcrumbs), and publication date (9/27/2011)! It looks lovely.

(Waiting on Wednesday is a meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine)