No new entrants to the top 10, but Cassandra Clare’s Clockwork Prince is holding strong, and The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (a seriously beautiful book–the illustrations are amazing) has gotten a boost thanks to its movie release.
| This Week | Children’s Chapter Books | Weeks on List | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE SON OF NEPTUNE, by Rick Riordan. (Hyperion, $19.99.) The cast expands; Book 2 of the Heroes of Olympus. (Ages 9 to 12) | 12 | |
| 2 | THE LEGO IDEAS BOOK, by Daniel Lipkowitz. (DK, $24.99.) Projects with plastic bricks. (Ages 7 and up) | 8 | |
| 3 | EVERY THING ON IT, by Shel Silverstein. (Harper/HarperCollins, $19.99.) Poems and art by the author of “Where the Sidewalk Ends.” (Ages 9 to 12) | 14 | |
| 4 | WONDERSTRUCK, by Brian Selznick. (Scholastic, $29.99.) In alternating stories told in words and pictures, children look for loved ones. (Ages 9 to 12) | 15 | |
| 5 | 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) | 29 | |
| 6 | CLOCKWORK PRINCE, by Cassandra Clare. (Margaret K. McElderry, $19.99.) After “Clockwork Angel” comes Book 2 of the Infernal Devices. (Ages 14 and up) | 3 | |
| 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) | 59 | |
| 8 | MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE WORST YEARS OF MY LIFE, by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts. Illustrated by Laura Park. (Little, Brown, $15.99.) Rafe breaks every rule in the book. (Ages 8 to 12) | 16 | |
| 9 | 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) | 26 | |
| 10 | THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET, by Brian Selznick. (Scholastic, $22.99.) An orphan thief must decipher his father’s last message. (Ages 9 to 12) | 95 | |
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