How do you celebrate when you have THREE books in the top ten? Anyone have Rick Riordan’s number so we can ask him? His latest, The Son of Neptune, is no. 1 this week, joining The Lost Hero and The Throne of Fire. In other news, the paperback of Cassandra Clare’s Clockwork Angel in on the paperback list and the release of Becca Fitzpatrick’s Silence launched the Hush, Hush series to the no. 2 spot on the series list.
| This Week | Children’s Chapter Books | Weeks on List |
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| 1 | THE SON OF NEPTUNE, by Rick Riordan. (Hyperion, $19.99.) The cast of characters expands; Book 2 of the Heroes of Olympus. (Ages 9 to 12) | 1 | |
| 2 | THE MAGIC OF REALITY, by Richard Dawkins. Illustrated by Dave McKean. (Free Press, $29.99.) The science of natural events. (Ages 12 and up) | 1 | |
| 3 | EVERY THING ON IT, by Shel Silverstein. (Harper/HarperCollins, $19.99.) Poems and drawings by the author of “Where the Sidewalk Ends.” (Ages 9 to 12) | 3 | |
| 4 | MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN, by Ransom Riggs. (Quirk Books, $17.99.) An island, an abandoned orphanage and a collection of curious photographs. (Ages 12 and up) | 18 | |
| 5 | LEGO STAR WARS CHARACTER ENCYCLOPEDIA, by Hannah Dolan and others. (DK, $18.99.) More than 300 minifigures. (Ages 7 and up) | 3 | |
| 6 | WONDERSTRUCK, by Brian Selznick. (Scholastic, $29.99.) In alternating stories told in words and pictures, children look for loved ones. (Ages 9 to 12) | 4 | |
| 7 | THE LOST HERO, by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion, $18.99.) A return to Camp Half-Blood and semi-divine characters. (Ages 10 and up) | 49 | |
| 8 | THE POWER OF SIX, by Pittacus Lore. (HarperCollins, $17.99.) Nine Loric aliens came to Earth seeking refuge. Six remain. (Ages 14 and up) | 7 | |
| 9 | DARTH PAPER STRIKES BACK: AN ORIGAMI YODA BOOK, by Tom Angleberger. (Amulet, $12.95.) Origami Yoda to the rescue. (Ages 8 to 12) | 7 | |
| 10 | THE THRONE OF FIRE, by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion, $18.99.) The Kanes seek the sun god, Ra; Book 2 of the Kane Chronicles. (Ages 10 and up) | 23 | |
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