The Real John Green still leads the best sellers’ pack with his latest, The Fault in Our Stars. The only newcomer to this week’s list is a middle-grade title, Inside Out and Back Again, by Thanhha Lai at number 10. Neither the paperback nor series lists have any major changes, either.
| This Week | Children’s Chapter Books | Weeks on List | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE FAULT IN OUR STARS, by John Green. (Dutton, $17.99.) A 16-year-old heroine faces the medical realities of cancer. (Ages 14 and up) | 4 | |
| 2 | 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) | 99 | |
| 3 | 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) | 35 | |
| 4 | THE SON OF NEPTUNE, by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion, $19.99.) The cast of characters expands; Book 2 of the Heroes of Olympus. (Ages 9 to 12) | 18 | |
| 5 | THE LEGO IDEAS BOOK, by Daniel Lipkowitz. (DK, $24.99.) Projects with plastic bricks. (Ages 7 and up) | 14 | |
| 6 | DEAD END IN NORVELT, by Jack Gantos. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $15.99.) Typing obituaries for a neighbor lands Jack in a string of comic adventures; a 2012 Newbery winner. (Ages 10 to 14) | 2 | |
| 7 | THROUGH MY EYES, by Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker. (Zondervan, $16.99.) The quarterback’s journey, rooted in his Christian faith. (Ages 7 to 12) | 5 | |
| 8 | THE LOST HERO, by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion, $18.99.) A return to Camp Half-Blood and semi-divine characters. (Ages 10 and up) | 65 | |
| 9 | WONDERSTRUCK, by Brian Selznick. (Scholastic, $29.99.) In alternating stories told in words and pictures, children look for loved ones. (Ages 9 to 12) | 21 | |
| 10 | INSIDE OUT AND BACK AGAIN, by Thanhha Lai. (Harper/HarperCollins, $15.99.) At the age of 10, Hà flees Saigon with her family, and they board a ship headed toward hope, in America. (Ages 8 to 12) | 1 | |
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