New York, NY—December 13, 2018—Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education, and media company, has acquired actor and activist Alyssa Milano’s debut children’s book series. Hope, to be illustrated by Eric S. Keyes and published on October 1, 2019, is an empowering fiction series centered on a spunky eleven-year-old girl named Hope who seeks to create social change in her community.