There’s not much movement in the top 10 this week, but it’s pretty safe to say there will be a new no. 1 next week: Cassandra Clare’s City of Fallen Angels.
| This Week | Children’s Chapter Books | Weeks on List |
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| 1 | A WORLD WITHOUT HEROES, by Brandon Mull. (Aladdin, $19.99.) A young boy is transported to a world ruled by an evil wizard. (Ages 8 to 12) | 3 | |
| 2 | THE LOST HERO, by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion, $18.99.) A return to Camp Half-Blood and semi-divine characters. (Ages 10 and up) | 25 | |
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| 3 | INVINCIBLE (THE CHRONICLES OF NICK), by Sherrilyn Kenyon. (St. Martin’s Griffin, $17.99.) Next assignment: raise the dead. (Ages 12 and up) | 2 | |
| 4 | I AM NUMBER FOUR, by Pittacus Lore. (HarperCollins, $17.99.) Members of another civilization live secretly among Earth-dwellers. (Ages 14 and up) | 17 | |
| 5 | 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) | 48 | |
| 6 | TALES FROM A NOT-SO-POPULAR PARTY GIRL, by Rachel Renée Russell. (Aladdin, $12.99.) Further reflections of Nikki Maxwell on enduring middle school; a “Dork Diaries” book. (Ages 9 to 13) | 36 | |
| 7 | DORK DIARIES, written and illustrated by Rachel Renée Russell. (Aladdin, $12.99.) Tales of a junior Samuel Pepys of the female variety. (Ages 9 to 13) | 38 | |
| 8 | JUSTIN BIEBER, FIRST STEP 2 FOREVER, by Justin Bieber. (HarperCollins, $21.99.) Short takes and photos from the pop star. (Ages 6 to 12) | 18 | |
| 9 | BETWEEN SHADES OF GRAY, by Ruta Sepetys. (Philomel, $17.99.) A girl, her mother and her brother are deported to Siberia. (Ages 12 and up) | 2 | |
| 10 | MATCHED, by Ally Condie. (Dutton, $17.99.) In this dystopian romance, a girl rebels against a deterministic future society. (Ages 12 and up) | 15 | |
Novel Novice 
I expect a BIG shake-up next week. Besides CoFA, there was also Holly Black’s RED GLOVE, Gayle Foreman’s WHERE SHE WENT and a whole bunch of other new releases last week. It will be interesting to see how this list looks in a week …