New middle/elementary-grade titles enter best sellers’ top 10

Posted January 30, 2011 by 0 Comments

While there aren’t any major changes to the YA line-up, two titles for younger readers have entered this week’s top 10: Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm; and One Crazy Summer — a National Book Award finalist — by Rita Williams-Garcia.

This Week	Children’s Chapter Books	Weeks on List
1	THE LOST HERO, by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion, $18.99.) A return to Camp Half-Blood and semi-divine characters old and new. (Ages 10 and up)	15

2	MOON OVER MANIFEST, by Clare Vanderpool. (Delacorte, $16.99.) In this Newbery winner, 12-year-old Abilene solves a mystery in Depression-era Kansas. (Ages 9 to 12)	2

3	THE GIFT, by James Patterson and Ned Rust. (Little, Brown, $17.99.) A sister and brother flex their new powers; a Witch and Wizard book. (Ages 10 and up)	6

4	THE RED PYRAMID, by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion, $17.99.) Ancient gods (this time from Egypt) and a mortal family meet. (Ages 10 and up)	38

5	I AM NUMBER FOUR, by Pittacus Lore. (HarperCollins, $17.99.) Members of another civilization live secretly among Earth-dwellers. (Ages 14 and up)	7

6	TALES FROM A NOT-SO-POPULAR PARTY GIRL, by Rachel Renée Russell. (Aladdin, $12.99.) The further reflections of Nikki Maxwell on the agonies of middle school; a “Dork Diaries” book. (Ages 9 to 13)	27

7	TURTLE IN PARADISE, by Jennifer L. Holm. (Random House, $16.99.) An 11-year-old thrives after being sent to live with relatives in 1935 Key West. (Ages 8 to 10)	1

8	THE LYING GAME, by Sara Shepard. (HarperTeen, $16.99.) A long-lost twin impersonates her dead sister to try to solve her murder. (Ages 14 and up)	5

9	MATCHED, by Ally Condie. (Dutton, $17.99.) In this dystopian romance, a girl rebels against a deterministic future society. (Ages 12 and up)	8

10	ONE CRAZY SUMMER, by Rita Williams-Garcia. (Amistad, $15.99.) Delphine and her sisters spend the summer of ’68 in Oakland with their estranged mother. (Ages 9 to 12)	1