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Best Sellers

September 01, 2013

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This Week    Children's Middle Grade Weeks
on List
1 WONDER, by R. J. Palacio. (Knopf Doubleday Publishing.) A boy with a facial deformity enters a mainstream school. (Ages 8 to 12) 38
2 THE SON OF SOBEK, by Rick Riordan. (Disney Publishing Worldwide.) Percy Jackson meets Carter Kane in this short story. (Ages 8 to 12) 9
3 THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN, by Katherine Applegate. (HarperCollins Publishers.) A gorilla who lives in a mall meets an elephant. (Ages 8 to 12) 29
4 THE CARE AND KEEPING OF YOU 1, by Valorie Schaefer. Illustrated by Josee Masse. (American Girl Publishing.) The changing body. (Ages 8 to 12) 23
5 A LONG WALK TO WATER, by Linda Sue Park. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing.) A Sudanese tale of survival. (Ages 10 to 14) 5
6 THE LAND OF STORIES, THE ENCHANTRESS RETURNS, by Chris Colfer. Illustrated by Brandon Dorman.. (Little, Brown & Company.) The mother of twins is kidnapped by an evil queen. (Ages 8 to 12) 2
7 THE CARE AND KEEPING OF YOU 2, by Cara Natterson. Illustrated by Josee Masse. (American Girl Publishing.) Tips for older girls. (Ages 10 to 14) 23
8 INSIDE OUT AND BACK AGAIN, by Thanhha Lai. (HarperCollins Publishers.) Ha, 10, flees Saigon with her family, and they board a ship headed for America. (Ages 8 to 12) 3
9 OUT OF MY MIND, by Sharon M. Draper. (Simon & Schuster.) A brilliant girl with cerebral palsy longs for a way to speak. (Ages 10 to 13) 22
10 GEORGE WASHINGTON, by Jack E. Levin. (Threshold Editions.) Washington leads his troops to victory in the Battle of Trenton. (Ages 10 to 14) 10

Also Selling

  1. AMELIA BEDELIA MEANS BUSINESS, by Herman Parish. Illustrated by Lynne Avril (Greenwillow/HarperCollins)
  2. CHOMP, by Carl Hiaasen (Random House Publishing)
  3. THE EMPTY CITY, by Erin Hunter (HarperCollins Publishers)
  4. THE LAND OF STORIES, THE WISHING SPELL, by Chris Colfer. Illustrated by Brandon Dorman (Little, Brown & Company)
  5. WILDWOOD, by Colin Meloy (HarperCollins Publishers)
About the Best Sellers

A version of this Best Sellers report appears in the September 1, 2013 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings on weekly lists reflect sales for the week ending August 17, 2013.
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