Woo-hoo! There are some newbies to report on this week’s best sellers lists. First is Lauren Conrad’s latest book, The Fame Game, which debuts in the top spot. In paperbacks, Rick Riordan’s The Lost Hero is no. 1, while Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys is at no. 9.
| This Week | Children’s Chapter Books | Weeks on List | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE FAME GAME, by Lauren Conrad. (Harper/HarperCollins, $18.99.) Madison Parker has her own show; now she must watch her back. (Ages 14 to 17) | 1 | |
| 2 | CHOMP, by Carl Hiaasen. (Knopf, $16.99.) Life gets wilder for a boy when his father, an animal wrangler, takes a job with a reality-TV show featuring an overeager, inept host. (Ages 10 to 14) | 2 | |
| 3 | NANCY CLANCY, SUPER SLEUTH, by Jane O’Connor. Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser. (Harper/HarperCollins, $9.99.) Crime in the classroom? Nancy’s on the case. (Ages 7 to 10) | 1 | |
| 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) | 27 | |
| 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) | 44 | |
| 6 | 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) | 13 | |
| 7 | SEEDS OF REBELLION, by Brandon Mull. (Aladdin, $19.99.) A boy finds himself itching to return to Lyrian; Book 2 of the Beyonders. (Ages 8 to 12) | 4 | |
| 8 | 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) | 108 | |
| 9 | THE LEGO IDEAS BOOK, by Daniel Lipkowitz. (DK, $24.99.) Projects with plastic bricks. (Ages 7 and up) | 23 | |
| 10 | CROSSED, by Ally Condie. (Dutton, $17.99.) In this sequel to “Matched,” Cassia makes her way to the Outer Provinces in pursuit of Ky. (Ages 14 and up) | 9 | |
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