Dusti Bowling’s THE BEAT I DRUM, a story featuring Connor from the LIFE OF A CACTUS series, in which a 14-year-old boy with Tourette Syndrome navigates family changes and a new school where kids don’t understand his tics, finding solace in a pair of drumsticks and the power of forgiveness, to Ardyce Alspach at Union Square Kids, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2025.