The New York Times Best Sellers - Children's Chapter Books

New York Times® Best Sellers: Chapter Books February 19, 2012
	1. THE FAULT IN OUR STARS by John Green A 16-year-old heroine faces the medical realities of cancer.
	2. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET by Brian Selznick An orphan thief must decipher his father’s last message.
	3. MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN by Ransom Riggs An island, an abandoned orphanage and a collection of curious photographs.
	4. THE SON OF NEPTUNE by Rick Riordan The cast of characters expands; Book 2 of the Heroes of Olympus.
	5. THE LEGO IDEAS BOOK by Daniel Lipkowitz Projects with plastic bricks.
	6. DEAD END IN NORVELT by Jack Gantos Typing obituaries for a neighbor lands Jack in a string of comic adventures; a 2012 Newbery winner.
	7. THROUGH MY EYES by Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker The quarterback’s journey, rooted in his Christian faith.
	8. THE LOST HERO by Rick Riordan A return to Camp Half-Blood and semi-divine characters.
	9. WONDERSTRUCK by Brian Selznick In alternating stories told in words and pictures, children look for loved ones.
	10. INSIDE OUT AND BACK AGAIN by Thanhha Lai At the age of 10, Hà flees Saigon with her family, and they board a ship headed toward hope, in America.

Rankings reflect sales, for the week ended Feb. 4, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket, discount, department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books.

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