National Indie Bestsellers - Children's Interest

Bestseller List for August 16, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending August 12, 2012
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812		 1/31
2. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207		 2/257
3. The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell
Chris Colfer, Little Brown, $17.99, 9780316201575		 3/4
4. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020		 10/21
5. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $12.95, 9780810989955		 5/66
6. Liar & Spy- Debut
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb Books, $15.99, 9780385737432		 /1
7. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378		 6/*
8. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs, Quirk, $17.99, 9781594744761		 7/62
9. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142402511		 9/5
10. When You Reach Me- Debut
Rebecca Stead, Yearling, $6.99, 9780375850868		 /1
11. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $12.99, 9780316013697		 4/147
12. The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $15.95, 9781419706424		 15/3
13. Seraphina
Rachel Hartman, Random House, $17.99, 9780375866562		 8/5
14. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Laurel-Leaf, $6.99, 9780440237686		 /*
15. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, Harper, $7.99, 9780061120268		 /*


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