Happy Sunday fellow book nerds! We have a new entrant onto the best sellers list--Seraphina by Rachel Hartman. However, the big news is that John Green's Looking for Alaska made it into the top ten for the first time on the paperback list. Published in 2005, it won the 2006 Printz Award from the ALA.... Continue Reading →
Jodi Picoult and her daughter Samantha van Leer still have the top spot on this week's best seller list with Between the Lines. There are no significant changes on the paperback or series lists, though when there's a lull like this, it usually means we're due for a huge shake-up. Check back next week! This Week... Continue Reading →
After several weeks of nothing new, there's a a debut in the top spot! Adult author Jodi Picoult and her teen daughter Samantha van Leer are in the top spot with their YA debut, Between the Lines. This Week Children's Chapter Books Weeks on List 1 BETWEEN THE LINES, by Jodi Picoult and Samantha van Leer.... Continue Reading →
Although there are no new books on this week's best sellers list, The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead is at no. 5 this week. It's the second book in her Bloodlines series and debuted last week. On the paperback, it's the same story, though I'm happy to see The Perks of Being a Wallflower by... Continue Reading →
I'm happy to report that we've got a newcomer on this week's best sellers list, and it's a book that's betting getting a ton of buzz: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo. But what I'm really, really excited to share with you is that on the paperback list, Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a... Continue Reading →
It's clear from this week's best sellers lists that middle-schoolers are reading in droves, while their older counterparts are perhaps taking a break now that school is over, or almost over. James Patterson's Middle School: Get Me Out of Here! takes the top spot away from Veronica Roth this week, while on the paperback list,... Continue Reading →
May has definitely been Veronica Roth's month. Insurgent continues to occupy the top spot on this week's best sellers list, while the paperback of the first book in the series, Divergent, also remains in the top spot. Check the children's series list, and you'll find Roth's books on top of that, too. Plus, Cassandra Clare's... Continue Reading →
Over the past week, we've featured some of the more educational aspects of Bethany Griffin's Masque of the Red Death, which was inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's short story of the same name. Today we're ending by providing some possible essay topics and project ideas. Essays: Compare and contrast Griffin's Masque of the Red Death... Continue Reading →
Every good book deserves a playlist, so we've compiled a few titles we think reflect the themes in Bethany Griffin's Masque of the Red Death. Let us know if you agree, and what songs you'd add. "Fire Escape" by Civil Twilight "The Perfect Drug" by Nine Inch Nails "The King and All of His Men"... Continue Reading →
Veronica Roth's loyal fans have spoken loudly once again, making Insurgent, the much-anticipated sequel to Divergent (in the top spot on the paperback list), number one for the second week. This Week Children's Chapter Books Weeks on List 1 INSURGENT, by Veronica Roth. (Katherine Tegen/HarperCollins, $17.99.) A faction war looms in this “Divergent” follow-up. (Ages... Continue Reading →
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