You know that song that goes, “Turn off this song, you can listen to it later,” by The Lonely Forest? Yeah, that’s kind of how the best sellers list is this week. Nothing new or any major shake-ups, except that the paperback edition of Sara Shepard’s The Lying Game debuted at no. 4. So … go outside and read a book. 🙂
| 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) | 5 | |
| 2 | 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) | 36 | |
| 3 | 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) | 19 | |
| 4 | 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) | 100 | |
| 5 | 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) | 3 | |
| 6 | THE LEGO IDEAS BOOK, by Daniel Lipkowitz. (DK, $24.99.) Projects with plastic bricks. (Ages 7 and up) | 15 | |
| 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) | 6 | |
| 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) | 66 | |
| 9 | LEGO STAR WARS CHARACTER ENCYCLOPEDIA, by Hannah Dolan and others. (DK, $18.99.) More than 300 minifigures. (Ages 7 and up) | 14 | |
| 10 | WONDERSTRUCK, by Brian Selznick. (Scholastic, $29.99.) In alternating stories told in words and pictures, children look for loved ones. (Ages 9 to 12) |
Novel Novice 
Go outside? But… it’s cold!