| Wondering what the rest of the country is reading? Here’s this week’s top 10 according to The New York Times. (Our book of the month for February, Beautiful Creatures, by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, is no. 7).
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| This Week | Weeks on List | ||
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| 1 | THE HUNGER GAMES, by Suzanne Collins. (Scholastic, $17.99.) In a dystopian future, a girl fights for survival on live TV. (Ages 12 and up) | 73 | |
| 2 | CATCHING FIRE, by Suzanne Collins. (Scholastic, $17.99.) The protagonist of “The Hunger Games” returns. (Ages 12 and up) | 22 | |
| 3 | FALLEN, by Lauren Kate. (Delacorte, $17.99.) Thwarted love among misfits at a boarding school in Savannah, Ga. (Ages 12 and up) | 8 | |
| 4 | PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS (THE ULTIMATE GUIDE), written by Mary-Jane Knight. Designed by Philip Chidlow.. (Disney-Hyperion, $12.99.) Gods, beasts and tips for children with one immortal parent, based on the series by Rick Riordan. (Ages 10 and up) | 2 | |
| 5 | WHEN YOU REACH ME, by Rebecca Stead. (Wendy Lamb, $15.99.) A sixth-grade girl in New York City begins receiving mysterious notes. (Ages 9 to 12) | 11 | |
| 6 | WITCH AND WIZARD, by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet. (Little, Brown, $17.99.) One of each, brother and sister, flex their newfound powers. (Ages 12 and up) | 7 | |
| 7 | BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. (Little, Brown, $17.99.) A secret wrapped in a Southern Gothic novel. (Ages 12 and up) | 8 | |
| 8 | THE EVOLUTION OF CALPURNIA TATE, by Jacqueline Kelly. (Holt, $16.99.) A girl indulges her penchant for observing nature. (Ages 12 and up) | 2 | |
| 9 | SHIVER, by Maggie Stiefvater. (Scholastic Press/Scholastic, $17.99.) Love among the lupine. (Ages 12 and up) | 27 | |
| 10 | HUSH, HUSH, by Becca Fitzpatrick. (Simon & Schuster, $17.99.) Love among immortals. (Ages 14 and up) | 11 | |
Novel Novice 
Wow!! This is soooo true! I am also very glad that The Hunger Games and Catching Fire are at the top of the list, they are my favorite books, and they deseve their spot. Percy Jackson and the Olympians is my second favorite book series and I just love the books. At out school Newberry Book club, we voted When you Reach Me to be our winner, and were pleasantly suprised when it won the 2010 medal (although I, myself did not read it and voted for a diffrent book). James Patterson, author of Witch and Wizard did a great job in his latest book. I own a copy and loan it to my friends all the time, I really enjoyed it and am waiting for his next Daniel X book, and the next book follwing Witch and Wizard. Beautiful Creatures sparked my intrest, because I saw it at the bookstore yesterday, and I was acutallu looking at the back cover. Too bad I din’t buy it, it must have been good. “The Evolution” was also on the Newberry Book List, and I heard it was extreamly boring, although the writing was amazing! I also reconized Shiver and Hush, Hush, but I don’t have much to say. Anyway, thanks. That was really cool. Oh, and IM A 6TH GRADER!!! muahahahahaha 🙂 Team Peeta-Edward-Eragon-Percy-Artemis-Doria!!!!!! Rock onnnn