New York, NY — April 19, 2012 — Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company, has acquired North American rights to a five-book middle grade fantasy series by bestselling authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare; the first full-length collaboration between the authors. The first book in the series, The Iron Trial, is planned for release in 2014. The deal was negotiated by Barry Goldblatt from Barry Goldblatt Literary (for Holly Black), Russell Galen from Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency, Inc.

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New York, NY — November 3, 2011 — Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company, today announced the publication of a fourth title in the movie tie-in program for The Hunger Games  coming in Spring 2012. The newest title announced is The Hunger Games Tribute Guide, the ultimate Tribute guide to the 24 Tributes featured in the upcoming film.

New York, NY and Wilton, CT — September 7, 2011 — Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL), the global children's publishing, education and media company today announced the creation of a new innovative children’s transmedia imprint with Ruckus Media Group, an independent digital publisher and creator of award-winning interactive stories and learning games. The new Scholastic Ruckus imprint will publish top children’s authors across all platforms, including print, e-books and enhanced e-books, with Ruckus Media publishing interactive story apps.

New York, NY — June 16, 2011 — Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company, today announced the publication of a special gift edition of the worldwide bestselling The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins for holiday 2011. Three movie tie-in titles will follow in early 2012, based on The Hunger Games film, currently in production at Lionsgate. Scholastic will publish and deliver the titles through all of its distribution channels both domestically and internationally.