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Bestselling Kids' Fiction in Paperback (Not in a Series) Last Week
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First off, this is no knock on Harry, Mary, Junie B., Judy B., Lyra, or our friends at Redwall. Ellen Mager at Booktenders Children's Bookstore in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, asked for a list of individual best-selling paperback fiction not in a series.
The result is a nice mix of favorites and classics, with recent releases. I'm sure you know all these, but you might spot an old favorite that deserves new attention, or a new book you may not have read yet. (Sorry I can't separate by age groups, but you know 'em.)
Carl
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* = 76 pick!
1.* | Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt (FSG, $5.95, 0374480095) |
2.* | Because of Winn-Dixie, by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick, $5.99, 0763616052) |
3.* | Holes, by Louis Sachar (Yearling, $6.50, 0440414806) |
4.* | Gathering Blue, by Lois Lowry (Dell Laurel-Leaf, $6.50, 0440229499) |
5.* | Ella Enchanted, by Gail Carson Levine (HarperTrophy, $6.50, 0064407055) |
6.* | Fever 1793, by Laurie Halse Anderson (Aladdin, $5.99, 0689848919) |
7.* | The Tiger Rising, by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick, $5.99, 0763618985) |
8.* | Island of the Aunts, by Eva Ibbotson (Puffin, $5.99, 0142300497) |
9.* | Stargirl, by Jerry Spinelli (Knopf, $8.95, 037582233X) |
10.* | Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson (Puffin, $7.99, 014131088X) |
11.* | The Great Good Thing, by Roderick Townley (Aladdin, $4.99, 0689853289) -- what a great book! |
12.* | Esperanza Rising, by Pam Munoz Ryan (Scholastic, $4.99, 043912042X) |
13.* | My Father's Dragon, by Ruth Stiles (Random House, $5.99, 0394890485) -- Book Sense Rediscovery Award winner! |
14.* | Boston Jane: An Adventure, by Jennifer L. Holm (HarperTrophy, $6.99, 0064408493) |
15.* | When Zachary Beaver Came to Town, by Kimberly Willis Holt (Yearling, $5.50, 0440229049) |
16.* | Bud, Not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis (Yearling, $5.99, 0440413281) |
17. | Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor (Puffin, $6.99, 0140384510) |
18. | The Ransom of Mercy Carter, by Caroline B. Cooney (Laurel Leaf, $5.50, 0440227755) |
19.* | Witch Child, by Celia Rees (Candlewick, $7.99, 0763618292) |
20.* | The Wanderer, by Sharon Creech (HarperTrophy, $5.99, 0064410323) |
21.* | The Seeing Stone, by Kevin Crossley-Holland (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic, $6.99, 0439263271) |
22. | The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton (Puffin, $6.99, 014038572X) |
23.* | True Believer, by Virginia Euwer Wolff (Aladdin, $7.99, 0689852886) |
24. | Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry (Yearling, $5.99, 0440403278) |
25. | The Giver, by Lois Lowry (Laurel Leaf Library, $6.50, 0440237688) |