Category: Kid Lit Giveaways

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.

We’re giving away three copies of Tasting Light: Ten Science Fiction Stories to Rewire Your Perceptions Edited by A.R. Capetta & Wade Roush and Straw House, Wood House, Brick House, Blow by Daniel Nayeri to three lucky Riot readers!

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Tasting Light: What does the future hold? Ten speculative short stories by leading young-adult authors imagine what the world could be through the lens of technologies emerging today. Edited by A.R. Capetta and Wade Roush.

Straw House, Wood House, Brick House, Blow: This bold collection of novellas by Daniel Nayeri features four modern riffs on classic genres that explore universally compelling themes such as identity and belonging, betrayal and friendship, love and mortality.

We’re giving away three copies of Stinetinglers by R.L. Stine to three lucky Riot readers!

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A collection of ten scary short stories by R.L. Stine, each one introduced by the master of horror himself! A boy who hates bugs starts to see them everywhere. A basketball player’s skin starts to almost drip off his hands—but no one else can see it. Three friends find a hole in the ground that just gets bigger, and bigger, and bigger . . . These chilling tales prove that Stine’s epic legacy in the horror genre is justly earned. Dive in, and beware: you might be sleeping with the lights on tonight!

We’re giving away three copies of The Antiracist Kid by Tiffany Jewell to three lucky Riot readers!

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New from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of This Book Is Anti-Racist, Tiffany Jewell, with art by Eisner-nominated illustrator Nicole Miles, The Antiracist Kid is the essential illustrated guide to antiracism for empowering the young readers in your life!

This must-have guide teaches young children the words, language, and methods to recognize racism and injustice—and what to do when they encounter it at home, at school, and in the media they watch, play, and read.

We’re giving away five copies of Build A House by Rhiannon Giddens to five lucky Riot readers!

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Written as a song to commemorate the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth—which was originally performed with famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma—and paired here with bold illustrations by painter Monica Mikai, Build a House tells the moving story of a people who would not be moved and the music that sustained them. Steeped in sorrow and joy, resilience and resolve, turmoil and transcendence, this dramatic debut offers a proud view of history and a vital message for readers of all ages: honor your heritage, express your truth, and let your voice soar, even—or perhaps especially—when your heart is heaviest.