Category: Kid Lit Giveaways

We’re giving away three copies of Leeva at Last By Sara Pennypacker, Illustrated by Matthew Cordell to three lucky Riot readers!

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Award-winning, bestselling author Sara Pennypacker and Caldecott Medalist Matthew Cordell come together in this hilarious absurdist tale about a precocious girl who transforms her community in surprising ways.

With the help of an orphaned badger, a risk-averse boy in a hazmat suit, and the town’s librarians, Leeva sets off to discover answers to life’s big questions—setting off a chain of events that will change her town forever.

We’re giving away three copies of Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow to three lucky Riot readers! 

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“A remarkable achievement.”

—Ali Benjamin, New York Times best-selling and National Book Award–nominated author of The Thing About Jellyfish

In this hilarious and heart-wrenching middle-grade novel, 12-year-old Simon O’Keeffe is famous for the worst thing that’s ever happened to him—but he’s determined to start fresh in his new town. So with the help of some unexpected friends, a service puppy in training, and a faked message from space, Simon sets out to say something new.

“This book is as close to everything as one book can be.”

—Kyle Lukoff, Newbery Honor–winning author of Too Bright to See

We’re giving away three copies of Figure It Out, Henri Weldon by Tanita S. Davis to three lucky Riot readers! 

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Seventh grader Henrietta Weldon gets to switch schools—finally! She’ll be “mainstreaming” into public school, leaving her special education school behind. She can’t wait for her new schedule, new friends, and new classes.

Henri’s dyscalculia, a learning disability that makes math challenging to process and understand, is what she expects to give her problems. What she doesn’t expect is a family feud with her sister over her new friends, joining the girls’ soccer team, and discovering poetry.

Can Henri figure out the complex calculations it takes to balance the different parts of her life?

We’re giving away three copies of The Superteacher Project by Gordon Korman to three lucky Riot readers!

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New from bestselling author Gordon Korman!

Oliver knows something’s fishy with his new homeroom teacher, Mr. Aidact. The guy is sort of stiff, never cracks a smile, and refers to them as “pupils.” But he also has an uncanny ability to remember song lyrics or trivia. When the girls’ field hockey team needs a new coach, he suddenly turns out to be an expert. Against all odds, Mr. Aidact starts to become the most popular teacher in school.

Oliver and his friend Nathan are determined to get to the bottom of the mystery: What’s the deal with Mr. Aidact?

We’re giving away three copies of The Cool Code by Deirdre Langeland to three lucky Riot readers!

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n an attempt to fit in, Zoey develops an app called the Cool Code with a cute llama avatar that’ll tell her everything from what to say to what to wear based on pop culture algorithms she’s uploaded.

But when the app gives her ridiculous advice, awkwardness and hilarity ensues. With a few upgrades and a bit of debugging from the coding club, the app actually works—Zoey gets really popular . . . and gets her pulled in all kinds of directions, including away from her real friends.

Life’s most complicated choices. . . is there a code for that?

We’re giving away three copies of The Cool Code by Deirdre Langeland to three lucky Riot readers!

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In an attempt to fit in, Zoey develops an app called the Cool Code with a cute llama avatar that’ll tell her everything from what to say to what to wear based on pop culture algorithms she’s uploaded.

But when the app gives her ridiculous advice, awkwardness and hilarity ensues. With a few upgrades and a bit of debugging from the coding club, the app actually works—Zoey gets really popular . . . and gets her pulled in all kinds of directions, including away from her real friends.

Life’s most complicated choices. . . is there a code for that?

We’re giving away three copies of Morning Sun in Wuhan by Ying Chang Compestine to three lucky Riot readers! 

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Grieving the death of her mother and an outcast at school, thirteen-year-old Mei finds solace in cooking and computer games. When her friend’s grandmother falls ill, Mei seeks out her father, a doctor, for help, and discovers the hospital is overcrowded. As the virus spreads, Mei finds herself alone in a locked-down city trying to find a way to help.

Weaving in the tastes and sounds of the historic city, Wuhan’s comforting and distinctive cuisine comes to life as the reader follows 13-year-old Mei who, through her love for cooking, makes a difference in her community.

We’re giving away three copies each of Paradise Sands by Levi Pinfold and Always, Clementine by Carlie Sorosiak to three lucky Riot readers! 

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Paradise Sands: A contemporary story with the feel of a classic fairy tale, Levi Pinfold’s Paradise Sands is lush with enchanting illustrations, rendered in a muted palette with the artist’s distinctive stylistic realism.

Always, Clementine: From Carlie Sorosiak, author of I, Cosmo, comes a humor-filled, heart-tugging tale of a genius mouse, secretly freed from a lab, who’s in search of a real home—and a way to free her old friends.

We’re giving away five copies of Polar Bear by Candace Fleming, illustrated by Eric Rohmann to five lucky Riot readers!

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As spring approaches in the Arctic, a mother polar bear and her two cubs tentatively emerge from hibernation to explore the changing landscape. When it is time, she takes her cubs on a forty-mile journey, back to their home on the ice. Along the way, she fends off wolves, hunts for food, and swims miles and miles.

This companion book to Honeybee features the unique talents of Fleming and Rohmann on a perennially popular subject. Eric Rohmann’s magnificent oil paintings feature a spectacular gatefold of the polar landscape.