If you’re going to see I AM NUMBER FOUR this Friday, raise your hands. If you’ve read the book, pat yourself on the back because you’re in good company. You put it at No. 1 this week. The only newcomer this week is Lauren Oliver’s second novel, Delirium, which has been getting really good reviews, including ours.
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| 1 | I AM NUMBER FOUR, by Pittacus Lore. (HarperCollins, $17.99.) Members of another civilization live secretly among Earth-dwellers. (Ages 14 and up) | 9 | |
| 2 | 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) | 17 | |
| 3 | 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) | 40 | |
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| 4 | 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) | 4 | |
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| 5 | WITCH AND WIZARD, by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet. (Little, Brown, $17.99.) A sister and brother flex their new powers; a Witch and Wizard book. (Ages 10 and up) | 8 | |
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| 6 | MATCHED, by Ally Condie. (Dutton, $17.99.) In this dystopian romance, a girl rebels against a deterministic future society. (Ages 12 and up) | 10 | |
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| 7 | TIGER’S CURSE, by Colleen Houck. (Splinter, $17.95.) Kelsey must help an Indian prince break a curse that has turned him into a white tiger. (Ages 12 and up) | 2 | |
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| 8 | 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) | 29 | |
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| 9 | TORMENT, by Lauren Kate. (Delacorte, $17.99.) A novel about the nephilim, the children of humans and fallen angels. (Ages 12 and up) | 15 | |
| 10 | DELIRIUM, by Lauren Oliver. (Harper/HarperCollins, $17.99.) Coming of age in a society that imposes “a cure for love.” (Ages 14 and up) | 1 | |
Novel Novice 
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