From Publishers Weekly:
Ben Schrank at Razorbill bought world rights to a multimedia novel called Chopsticks by author Jessica Anthony and designer Rodrigo Corral. The book, about the relationship between a piano prodigy and a boy from her past, is scheduled to be published in print in fall 2011, but will unfold, according to Razorbill, in a variety of digital formats beforehand as a Web site, on Twitter, as an app, etc. In the young adult novel, the heroine, who is in a Bronx mental hospital after suffering a breakdown, begins corresponding with her former neighbor, an Argentinean boy who lived next door to her when she was six. She then escapes the institution to reunite with him. Anthony's debut, The Convalescent (McSweeney's), was an ALA Adult Notable Book of 2009, as well as a B&N Discover selection. Corral, who runs Rodrigo Corral Design, has designed book jackets for a variety of authors, including Chuck Palahniuk and Junot Diaz. Agent Jim Rutman at Sterling Lord brokered the deal.
