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Children's Frontlist Fiction

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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2017 YTD
1	-	1	Michael Vey 7: The Final Spark Richard Paul Evans, Author Simon Pulse, $19.99 (336) 978-1-4814-9703-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 09/25/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/25/2017 Average Rank 4.50 [details] Sales history for Michael Vey 7: The Final Spark date, rank 09/25/2017, 8 09/25/2017, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2017 UNITS SOLD: 22,234 2012 YTD: 23,641	Sep 2017	22,234 23,641
2	1	3	Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #3) Dav Pilkey, Author Graphix, $9.99 (256) 978-0-545-93521-0 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/11/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/11/2017 Average Rank 2.00 [details] Sales history for Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #3) date, rank 09/11/2017, 1 09/11/2017, 1 09/18/2017, 5 09/18/2017, 1 09/25/2017, 2 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Aug 2017 UNITS SOLD: 18,897 2012 YTD: 84,028	Aug 2017	18,897 84,028
3	2	8	Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two: The Official Playscript of the Original West End Production J. K. Rowling, Author, Jack Thorne, Author, John Tiffany, Author Arthur A. Levine Books, $12.99 (336) 978-1-338-21666-0 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 08/07/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/14/2017 Average Rank 2.12 [details] Sales history for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two: The Official Playscript of the Original West End Production date, rank 08/07/2017, 2 08/14/2017, 1 08/21/2017, 1 08/28/2017, 1 09/04/2017, 1 09/11/2017, 5 09/18/2017, 3 09/25/2017, 3 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Jul 2017 UNITS SOLD: 5,853 2012 YTD: 75,698	Jul 2017	5,853 75,698
4	2	29	Everything, Everything Nicola Yoon, Author Ember, $10.99 (352) 978-0-553-49667-3 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/20/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/20/2017 Average Rank 3.44 [details] Sales history for Everything, Everything date, rank 03/20/2017, 1 03/27/2017, 4 04/03/2017, 1 04/10/2017, 1 04/17/2017, 2 04/24/2017, 3 05/01/2017, 2 05/08/2017, 9 05/08/2017, 1 05/15/2017, 10 05/15/2017, 3 05/22/2017, 9 05/22/2017, 2 05/29/2017, 5 05/29/2017, 1 06/05/2017, 6 06/05/2017, 2 06/12/2017, 8 06/12/2017, 1 06/19/2017, 10 06/19/2017, 1 06/26/2017, 1 07/03/2017, 6 07/03/2017, 1 07/10/2017, 1 07/17/2017, 1 07/24/2017, 2 07/31/2017, 2 08/07/2017, 4 08/14/2017, 3 08/21/2017, 3 08/28/2017, 1 09/04/2017, 2 09/11/2017, 7 09/18/2017, 4 09/25/2017, 4 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 29 PUB DATE: Mar 2017 UNITS SOLD: 5,459 2012 YTD: 406,577	Mar 2017	5,459 406,577
5	4	38	Dog Man Unleashed (Dog Man #2): From the Creator of Captain Underpants Dav Pilkey, Author Graphix, $9.99 (224) 978-0-545-93520-3 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 01/09/2017 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 07/03/2017 Average Rank 5.76 [details] Sales history for Dog Man Unleashed (Dog Man #2): From the Creator of Captain Underpants date, rank 01/09/2017, 10 01/09/2017, 4 01/16/2017, 5 01/23/2017, 5 01/30/2017, 6 02/13/2017, 3 02/20/2017, 3 02/27/2017, 3 03/06/2017, 3 03/13/2017, 3 03/20/2017, 5 03/27/2017, 6 04/03/2017, 5 04/10/2017, 4 04/17/2017, 4 04/24/2017, 4 05/01/2017, 4 05/08/2017, 4 05/15/2017, 10 05/22/2017, 8 05/29/2017, 6 06/05/2017, 9 06/12/2017, 9 06/19/2017, 10 06/26/2017, 3 07/03/2017, 2 07/10/2017, 3 07/17/2017, 2 07/24/2017, 3 07/31/2017, 4 08/07/2017, 7 08/14/2017, 10 08/21/2017, 11 08/28/2017, 11 09/04/2017, 8 09/11/2017, 12 09/18/2017, 5 09/25/2017, 5 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 38 PUB DATE: Dec 2016 UNITS SOLD: 5,339 2012 YTD: 285,049	Dec 2016	5,339 285,049
6	-	1	Warcross Marie Lu, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99 (368) 978-0-399-54796-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2017 UNITS SOLD: 5,047 2012 YTD: 5,287	Sep 2017	5,047 5,287
7	3	29	The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, Author Balzer & Bray/Harperteen, $17.99 (464) 978-0-06-249853-3 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 03/13/2017 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/28/2017 Average Rank 11.18 [details] Sales history for The Hate U Give date, rank 03/13/2017, 7 03/20/2017, 8 03/27/2017, 11 04/03/2017, 9 04/10/2017, 8 04/17/2017, 12 04/24/2017, 23 05/01/2017, 15 05/08/2017, 13 05/15/2017, 20 05/22/2017, 13 05/29/2017, 15 06/05/2017, 16 06/12/2017, 13 06/19/2017, 15 06/26/2017, 16 07/03/2017, 13 07/10/2017, 15 07/17/2017, 12 07/24/2017, 6 07/31/2017, 11 08/14/2017, 8 08/21/2017, 10 08/28/2017, 2 09/04/2017, 6 09/11/2017, 3 09/18/2017, 6 09/25/2017, 7 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 29 PUB DATE: Feb 2017 UNITS SOLD: 5,038 2012 YTD: 150,821	Feb 2017	5,038 150,821
8	1	2	Tower of Dawn Sarah J Maas, Author Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books, $18.99 (208) 978-1-68119-577-3 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 09/18/2017 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/18/2017 Average Rank 6.33 [details] Sales history for Tower of Dawn date, rank 09/18/2017, 9 09/18/2017, 2 09/25/2017, 8 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2017 UNITS SOLD: 5,031 2012 YTD: 21,167	Sep 2017	5,031 21,167
9	7	46	Double Down (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #11) Jeff Kinney, Author Harry N. Abrams, $13.95 (224) 978-1-4197-2344-5 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/14/2016 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/14/2016 Average Rank 3.98 [details] Sales history for Double Down (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #11) date, rank 11/14/2016, 1 11/14/2016, 1 11/21/2016, 1 11/21/2016, 1 11/28/2016, 1 11/28/2016, 1 12/05/2016, 1 12/05/2016, 1 12/12/2016, 1 12/12/2016, 1 12/19/2016, 1 12/19/2016, 1 12/26/2016, 1 12/26/2016, 1 01/02/2017, 1 01/02/2017, 1 01/09/2017, 2 01/09/2017, 1 01/16/2017, 4 01/16/2017, 1 01/23/2017, 9 01/23/2017, 1 01/30/2017, 2 01/30/2017, 8 02/06/2017, 9 02/13/2017, 7 02/13/2017, 1 02/20/2017, 2 02/27/2017, 9 02/27/2017, 1 03/06/2017, 6 03/06/2017, 1 03/13/2017, 1 03/20/2017, 2 03/27/2017, 3 04/03/2017, 3 04/10/2017, 2 04/17/2017, 3 04/24/2017, 2 05/01/2017, 3 05/08/2017, 3 05/15/2017, 6 05/22/2017, 4 05/29/2017, 5 06/05/2017, 8 06/12/2017, 7 06/19/2017, 8 06/26/2017, 4 07/03/2017, 5 07/10/2017, 7 07/17/2017, 6 07/24/2017, 8 07/31/2017, 9 08/07/2017, 10 08/14/2017, 9 08/21/2017, 8 08/28/2017, 4 09/04/2017, 4 09/11/2017, 11 09/18/2017, 9 09/25/2017, 9 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 46 PUB DATE: Nov 2016 UNITS SOLD: 4,738 2012 YTD: 384,955	Nov 2016	4,738 384,955
10	-	2	Roar of the Thunder Dragon: A Branches Book (Dragon Masters #8) Tracey West, Author, Damien Jones, Illustrator Scholastic Inc., $4.99 (96) 978-1-338-04292-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 09/04/2017 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 09/25/2017 Average Rank 15.50 [details] Sales history for Roar of the Thunder Dragon: A Branches Book (Dragon Masters #8) date, rank 09/04/2017, 21 09/25/2017, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2017 UNITS SOLD: 4,607 2012 YTD: 7,092	Sep 2017	4,607 7,092
11	8	9	Minecraft: The Island Max Brooks, Author Del Rey Books, $17.99 (288) 978-0-399-18177-1 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 07/31/2017 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/14/2017 Average Rank 5.22 [details] Sales history for Minecraft: The Island date, rank 07/31/2017, 3 08/07/2017, 3 08/14/2017, 2 08/21/2017, 4 08/28/2017, 2 09/04/2017, 3 09/11/2017, 9 09/18/2017, 10 09/25/2017, 11 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Jul 2017 UNITS SOLD: 3,911 2012 YTD: 67,511	Jul 2017	3,911 67,511
12	4	3	Wonder Woman: Warbringer Leigh Bardugo, Author Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99 (384) 978-0-399-54973-1 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 09/11/2017 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 09/11/2017 Average Rank 8.33 [details] Sales history for Wonder Woman: Warbringer date, rank 09/11/2017, 6 09/18/2017, 7 09/25/2017, 12 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Aug 2017 UNITS SOLD: 3,577 2012 YTD: 16,613	Aug 2017	3,577 16,613
13	16	3	Laugh Out Loud James Patterson, Author, Chris Grabenstein, Author, Jeff Ebbeler, Illustrator Jimmy Patterson, $13.99 (304) 978-0-316-43146-0 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 09/11/2017 Highest Rank 13 Highest Rank Date 09/25/2017 Average Rank 14.33 [details] Sales history for Laugh Out Loud date, rank 09/11/2017, 15 09/18/2017, 15 09/25/2017, 13 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Aug 2017 UNITS SOLD: 3,233 2012 YTD: 10,573	Aug 2017	3,233 10,573
14	15	3	Big Nate: A Good Old-Fashioned Wedgie Lincoln Peirce, Author Andrews McMeel Publishing, $9.99 (176) 978-1-4494-6230-7 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 09/11/2017 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 09/11/2017 Average Rank 12.00 [details] Sales history for Big Nate: A Good Old-Fashioned Wedgie date, rank 09/11/2017, 8 09/18/2017, 14 09/25/2017, 14 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Aug 2017 UNITS SOLD: 3,225 2012 YTD: 14,731	Aug 2017	3,225 14,731
15	19	13	Descendants 2 Junior Novel Eric Geron, Author Disney Press, $10.99 (192) 978-1-4847-9970-3 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 07/03/2017 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 07/31/2017 Average Rank 10.31 [details] Sales history for Descendants 2 Junior Novel date, rank 07/03/2017, 14 07/10/2017, 14 07/17/2017, 9 07/24/2017, 10 07/31/2017, 6 08/07/2017, 8 08/14/2017, 7 08/21/2017, 7 08/28/2017, 6 09/04/2017, 7 09/11/2017, 14 09/18/2017, 17 09/25/2017, 15 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Jun 2017 UNITS SOLD: 2,962 2012 YTD: 62,417	Jun 2017	2,962 62,417
16	-	1	Lockwood & Co., Book Five the Empty Grave Jonathan Stroud, Author Disney-Hyperion, $16.99 (448) 978-1-4847-7872-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2017 UNITS SOLD: 2,945 2012 YTD: 3,003	Sep 2017	2,945 3,003
17	14	3	I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 Lauren Tarshis, Author Scholastic Paperbacks, $4.99 (144) 978-0-545-91973-9 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 09/11/2017 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/11/2017 Average Rank 10.67 [details] Sales history for I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 date, rank 09/11/2017, 2 09/18/2017, 13 09/25/2017, 17 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Aug 2017 UNITS SOLD: 2,872 2012 YTD: 17,519	Aug 2017	2,872 17,519
18	17	10	The Land of Stories: Worlds Collide Chris Colfer, Author Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99 (448) 978-0-316-35589-6 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 07/24/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/24/2017 Average Rank 7.00 [details] Sales history for The Land of Stories: Worlds Collide date, rank 07/24/2017, 3 07/24/2017, 1 07/31/2017, 1 08/07/2017, 5 08/14/2017, 5 08/21/2017, 5 08/28/2017, 5 09/04/2017, 5 09/11/2017, 13 09/18/2017, 16 09/25/2017, 18 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Jul 2017 UNITS SOLD: 2,833 2012 YTD: 92,655	Jul 2017	2,833 92,655
19	11	2	All's Faire in Middle School Victoria Jamieson, Author Dial Books, $12.99 (248) 978-0-525-42999-9 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 09/18/2017 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 09/18/2017 Average Rank 15.00 [details] Sales history for All's Faire in Middle School date, rank 09/18/2017, 11 09/25/2017, 19 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2017 UNITS SOLD: 2,616 2012 YTD: 6,866	Sep 2017	2,616 6,866
20	5	3	Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi Leia, Princess of Alderaan Claudia Gray, Author Disney Lucasfilm Press, $17.99 (416) 978-1-4847-8078-7 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 09/11/2017 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 09/11/2017 Average Rank 16.00 [details] Sales history for Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi Leia, Princess of Alderaan date, rank 09/11/2017, 10 09/18/2017, 18 09/25/2017, 20 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2017 UNITS SOLD: 2,468 2012 YTD: 11,555	Sep 2017	2,468 11,555
21	-	1	Swing It, Sunny Jennifer L. Holm, Author, Matthew Holm, Illustrator Graphix, $12.99 (224) 978-0-545-74172-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Sep 2017 UNITS SOLD: 2,410 2012 YTD: 2,745	Sep 2017	2,410 2,745
22	22	20	The Trials of Apollo Book Two the Dark Prophecy Rick Riordan, Author Disney-Hyperion, $19.99 (432) 978-1-4847-4642-4 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 05/15/2017 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/15/2017 Average Rank 8.09 [details] Sales history for The Trials of Apollo Book Two the Dark Prophecy date, rank 05/15/2017, 1 05/15/2017, 1 05/22/2017, 8 05/22/2017, 1 05/29/2017, 2 06/05/2017, 3 06/12/2017, 3 06/19/2017, 4 06/26/2017, 2 07/03/2017, 3 07/10/2017, 4 07/17/2017, 4 07/24/2017, 5 07/31/2017, 7 08/07/2017, 13 08/14/2017, 12 08/21/2017, 12 08/28/2017, 16 09/04/2017, 15 09/11/2017, 19 09/18/2017, 21 09/25/2017, 22 LAST WEEK: 22 WEEKS ON LIST: 20 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 2,323 2012 YTD: 207,516	May 2017	2,323 207,516
23	7	16	One of Us Is Lying Karen M McManus, Author Delacorte Press, $17.99 (368) 978-1-5247-1468-0 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 23 Initial Date 07/03/2017 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 08/28/2017 Average Rank 16.54 [details] Sales history for One of Us Is Lying date, rank 07/03/2017, 23 07/10/2017, 21 07/17/2017, 18 07/24/2017, 17 07/31/2017, 15 08/07/2017, 18 08/14/2017, 15 08/21/2017, 14 08/28/2017, 3 09/04/2017, 10 09/11/2017, 18 09/18/2017, 20 09/25/2017, 23 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 16 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 2,304 2012 YTD: 49,560	May 2017	2,304 49,560
24	31	17	Isle of the Lost #3: A Descendants Novel Melissa De La Cruz, Author Disney-Hyperion, $17.99 (320) 978-1-4847-8128-9 Last rank 31 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 06/05/2017 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 07/24/2017 Average Rank 9.35 [details] Sales history for Isle of the Lost #3: A Descendants Novel date, rank 06/05/2017, 5 06/12/2017, 8 06/19/2017, 6 06/26/2017, 7 07/03/2017, 8 07/10/2017, 8 07/17/2017, 8 07/24/2017, 4 07/31/2017, 5 08/07/2017, 6 08/14/2017, 6 08/21/2017, 6 08/28/2017, 9 09/04/2017, 9 09/11/2017, 16 09/18/2017, 24 09/25/2017, 24 LAST WEEK: 31 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: May 2017 UNITS SOLD: 2,273 2012 YTD: 100,501	May 2017	2,273 100,501
25	27	24	Fish in a Tree Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Author Puffin Books, $8.99 (320) 978-0-14-242642-5 Last rank 27 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 04/10/2017 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 08/28/2017 Average Rank 19.06 [details] Sales history for Fish in a Tree date, rank 04/10/2017, 18 05/01/2017, 25 06/12/2017, 25 06/19/2017, 17 06/26/2017, 22 07/03/2017, 17 07/10/2017, 22 07/17/2017, 22 07/24/2017, 18 07/31/2017, 21 08/07/2017, 17 08/14/2017, 17 08/21/2017, 15 08/28/2017, 10 09/04/2017, 12 09/11/2017, 17 09/18/2017, 23 09/25/2017, 25 LAST WEEK: 27 WEEKS ON LIST: 24 PUB DATE: Mar 2017 UNITS SOLD: 2,221 2012 YTD: 77,257	Mar 2017	2,221 77,257

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