National Indie Bestsellers - Children's Interest

Bestseller List for December 20, 2012
Based on sales for the week ending December 16, 2012
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  Children's Interest Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Who Could That Be at This Hour?
Lemony Snicket, Little Brown, $15.99, 9780316123082		 2/7
2. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Dutton, $17.99, 9780525478812		 1/48
3. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $15.99, 9780375869020		 4/38
4. Lego Ninjago: Character Encyclopedia
Claire Sipi, DK Publishing, $18.99, 9780756698126		 3/7
5. Star Wars Origami
Chris Alexander, Workman, $16.95, 9780761169437		 5/14
6. Recycled Robots: 10 Robot Projects- Debut
Robert Malone, Workman, $24.95, 9780761154662		 /1
7. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780375842207		 6/274
8. Son
Lois Lowry, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $17.99, 9780547887203		 8/10
9. Liar & Spy
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb Books, $15.99, 9780385737432		 7/10
10. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $6.99, 9780394820378		 9/*
11. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Puffin, $9.99, 9780142402511		 10/18
12. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, HarperTrophy, $7.99, 9780064400558		 11/*
13. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Barbara Robinson, HarperTrophy, $5.99, 9780064402750		 13/*
14. The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
Catherynne M. Valente, Ana Juan (Illus.), Square Fish, $6.99, 9781250010193		 /3
15. Unbored: The Essential Field Guide to Serious Fun
Elizabeth Foy Larsen, et al., Bloomsbury, $25, 9781608196418		 14/2


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