The Weekly 411 (10/30/26)
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| © Laura Piggott |
Oct. 30, 2026 vol. 43
The Weekly 411 gathers all the links added to Kidlit411 each week. To receive this post by email, sign up for our email updates. Are you on Facebook? Join our Kidlit411 group for conversations and camaraderie. We can also be found on Instagram and Bluesky. This week's illustration is by Laura Piggot.
We are pleased to host a giveaway of hte middle grade book, The Grimlore Game, by Kalyn Josephson (Delacorte Press), out now. Enter to win a copy via the widget below.
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| art by Alla Khatkevich; design by Michelle Cunningham |
About the Book: A brand-new cozy gothic series that’s The Inheritance Games for middle grade readers—filled with family curses, talking cats, and clever clues! Orphan Kit Devlin knows two things for sure about her scheming relatives: 1. They’re cursed, with someone doomed to croak every three years like clockwork. 2. They only care about one thing: themselves.
We are pleased to host a giveaway of the middle grade novel, The Tender by Chandra Hoffman (Fifth Generation Press), out now. Enter to win a copy via the widget below.
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| cover by Asya Blue Design |
About the Book: Ten-year-old hockey goalie Jace Osternack knows how to stop a puck. Protecting everything outside the net is a whole different game. When Jace earns a spot on an elite AAA hockey team, it should be the greatest season of his life. Instead, his father leaves for an oil job in Canada the same month his older half-brother moves across the country to live with the mother who abandoned him. Suddenly, Jace is “man of the house”—protecting his mom, his wild little brothers, the backyard chickens, and the net. He has only Yoda, his wise, poker-playing grandpa as his guide, and Yoda’s huge heart is failing.
As the season races toward Hockey Nationals, Jace and his new teammate Charlie chase the biggest dream of their young lives. But there's a hungry fox stalking the coop, hard things happening at home, and the relentless pressure of elite youth hockey building every weekend. Jace discovers that the strongest people aren't the ones who never fall apart. They're the ones who learn they don't have to carry the world alone.
About the Author: Chandra Hoffman writes novels for adults and young readers. Her debut novel, Chosen (HarperCollins 2010), was translated into multiple languages. Her work has been shaped by an unconventional life that has included orphanage relief work in Romania, horse training and homeschooling in the Caribbean, and directing a U.S. adoption program. She teaches writing, founded the Summer Writing Retreat at Bryn Athyn College, and lives outside Philadelphia with her family, horses, big dogs, needy cats, and many chickens. The Tender is her fourth novel.
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