Perfect for fans of Dungeons & Dragons, Raina Telgemeier, and Jessica Kim,┬аa heartfelt coming-of-age┬аmiddle grade novel┬аabout finding your voice and believing in your best geeky self. Riley Henderson has never taken a bus to school in her entire life. Or made an afterschool snack, or finished her homework on her own, orтАФewwwтАФdone her own laundry. ThatтАЩs what her older brother Devin was for.
But now┬аDevinтАЩs gone. HeтАЩs off in California attending a fancy college gaming program while Riley is stuck alone in Florida with her mom. That is, until a cool nerd named Lucy gives Riley no choice┬аbut to get over her shyness and fear of rejection┬аand become friends. The best part is . . . both girls are into┬аDungeons & Dragons. In fact, playing D&D was something Riley and Devin┬аused to do together, with Devin as the dungeon master, guiding Riley through his intricately planned campaigns. So, of course, Riley is more than a little nervous when Lucy suggests that she run a campaign for them. For the chance at a friend, though, sheтАЩs willing to give it a shot.┬аSoon, their party grows and with the help of her new D&D friends, Riley discovers that┬аnot only┬аcan she function without Devin, she kind of likes it. She figures out that bus thing, totes the clothes down to the laundry room and sets up her D&D campaigns right there on the slightly suspect folding table, makes her own snacks and dinnerтАФ the whole deal. But when Devin runs into trouble with his program and returns home, it's pretty clear, even to Riley, that since he canтАЩt┬аnavigate his own life, heтАЩs going to live RileyтАЩs for her. Now she has to┬аhelp Devin go back to college and prove to her mom that she can take care of herself . . .┬аall before the upcoming Winter-Con.
It's time to┬аRoll for Initiative.
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