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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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