I’m happy to report that we’ve got a newcomer on this week’s best sellers list, and it’s a book that’s betting getting a ton of buzz: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo.
But what I’m really, really excited to share with you is that on the paperback list, Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower landed in the top 10 for the first time! As you might know, it’s being made into a movie and our very own Sara got to visit the set in Pittsburgh when it was filming. Be sure to look for her exclusives closer to the release date.
| This Week | Children’s Chapter Books | Weeks on List | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | INSURGENT, by Veronica Roth. (Katherine Tegen/HarperCollins, $17.99.) A faction war looms in this “Divergent” follow-up. (Ages 14 and up) | 6 | |
| 2 | MIDDLE SCHOOL: GET ME OUT OF HERE!, by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts. Illustrated by Laura Park. (Little, Brown, $15.99.) Seventh grade is more competitive than expected. (Ages 8 to 12) | 5 | |
| 3 | 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) | 22 | |
| 4 | MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN, by Ransom Riggs. (Quirk Books, $17.99.) A mysterious orphanage. (Ages 12 and up) | 53 | |
| 5 | 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) | 36 | |
| 6 | WONDER, by R.J. Palacio. (Knopf, $15.99.) A boy with a facial deformity enters a mainstream school. (Ages 8 to 12) | 12 | |
| 7 | 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) | 10 | |
| 8 | SHADOW AND BONE, by Leigh Bardugo. (Holt, $17.99.) A war orphan discovers she possesses a dormant power that is just what her world sorely needs. (Ages 12 to 18) | 1 | |
| 9 | 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) | 115 | |
| 10 | CHOMP, by Carl Hiaasen. (Knopf, $16.99.) Life gets wilder for an animal wrangler’s son. (Ages 10 to 14) | 9 | |
Novel Novice 
Just got a free sample of Shadow and Bone on my Kindle Fire. What a neat book! Can’t wait to read the full version. Thanks, Novel Novice!