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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2021 YTD
1	2	6	Cat Kid Comic Club: From the Creator of Dog Man Dav Pilkey, Author, Dav Pilkey, Illustrator Graphix, $12.99 (176) 978-1-338-71276-6 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 12/14/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/14/2020 Average Rank 2.42 [details] Sales history for Cat Kid Comic Club: From the Creator of Dog Man date, rank 12/14/2020, 1 12/21/2020, 1 12/28/2020, 1 01/04/2021, 1 01/11/2021, 2 01/18/2021, 1 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Dec 2020 UNITS SOLD: 22,843 YTD: 22,843	Dec 2020	22,843 22,843
2	3	11	Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 15 Jeff Kinney, Author Amulet Books, $14.99 (224) 978-1-4197-4868-4 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/09/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/09/2020 Average Rank 2.23 [details] Sales history for Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 15 date, rank 11/09/2020, 1 11/16/2020, 1 11/23/2020, 1 11/30/2020, 1 12/07/2020, 1 12/14/2020, 2 12/21/2020, 2 12/28/2020, 2 01/04/2021, 2 01/11/2021, 3 01/18/2021, 2 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 19,009 YTD: 19,009	Oct 2020	19,009 19,009
3	1	23	Midnight Sun Stephenie Meyer, Author Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $27.99 (672) 978-0-316-70704-6 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 08/17/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/17/2020 Average Rank 3.91 [details] Sales history for Midnight Sun date, rank 08/17/2020, 1 08/24/2020, 1 09/07/2020, 1 09/14/2020, 2 09/21/2020, 2 09/28/2020, 2 10/05/2020, 2 10/12/2020, 2 10/19/2020, 3 10/26/2020, 2 11/02/2020, 2 11/09/2020, 3 11/16/2020, 3 11/23/2020, 5 11/30/2020, 5 12/07/2020, 4 12/14/2020, 5 12/21/2020, 5 12/28/2020, 5 01/04/2021, 5 01/11/2021, 4 01/18/2021, 3 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 23 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 17,497 YTD: 17,497	Aug 2020	17,497 17,497
4	4	19	Dog Man: Grime and Punishment: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #9), Volume 9 Dav Pilkey, Author, Dav Pilkey, Illustrator Graphix, $12.99 (240) 978-1-338-53562-4 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/14/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/14/2020 Average Rank 2.81 [details] Sales history for Dog Man: Grime and Punishment: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #9), Volume 9 date, rank 09/14/2020, 1 09/21/2020, 1 09/28/2020, 1 10/05/2020, 1 10/12/2020, 1 10/19/2020, 2 10/26/2020, 1 11/02/2020, 1 11/09/2020, 2 11/16/2020, 2 11/23/2020, 2 11/30/2020, 2 12/07/2020, 2 12/14/2020, 3 12/21/2020, 3 12/28/2020, 3 01/04/2021, 3 01/11/2021, 5 01/18/2021, 4 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 19 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 13,949 YTD: 13,949	Sep 2020	13,949 13,949
5	5	9	The Ickabog J. K. Rowling, Author Scholastic Inc., $26.99 (304) 978-1-338-73287-0 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 11/23/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/23/2020 Average Rank 6.06 [details] Sales history for The Ickabog date, rank 11/23/2020, 3 11/30/2020, 4 12/07/2020, 3 12/14/2020, 4 12/21/2020, 4 12/28/2020, 4 01/04/2021, 4 01/11/2021, 6 01/18/2021, 5 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 12,751 YTD: 12,751	Nov 2020	12,751 12,751
6	1	2	The Dark Secret: A Graphix Book, Volume 4 Tui T Sutherland, Author, Mike Holmes, Illustrator Graphix, $12.99 (224) 978-1-338-34421-9 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 01/11/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/11/2021 Average Rank 3.00 [details] Sales history for The Dark Secret: A Graphix Book, Volume 4 date, rank 01/11/2021, 1 01/18/2021, 6 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Dec 2020 UNITS SOLD: 12,463 YTD: 12,463	Dec 2020	12,463 12,463
7	7	12	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Minalima Edition (Harry Potter, Book 1), Volume 1 Minalima Design, Illustrator, J. K. Rowling, Author Scholastic Inc., $37.99 (368) 978-1-338-59670-0 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 11/02/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/02/2020 Average Rank 6.33 [details] Sales history for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Minalima Edition (Harry Potter, Book 1), Volume 1 date, rank 11/02/2020, 3 11/09/2020, 5 11/16/2020, 5 11/23/2020, 7 11/30/2020, 7 12/07/2020, 8 12/14/2020, 6 12/21/2020, 7 12/28/2020, 7 01/04/2021, 7 01/11/2021, 7 01/18/2021, 7 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 7,254 YTD: 7,254	Oct 2020	7,254 7,254
8	-	1	Star Wars the High Republic: A Test of Courage Justina Ireland, Author, Petur Antonsson, Illustrator Disney Lucasfilm Press, $14.99 (240) 978-1-368-05730-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jan 2021 UNITS SOLD: 6,541 YTD: 6,541	Jan 2021	6,541 6,541
9	3	34	The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (a Hunger Games Novel) Suzanne Collins, Author Scholastic Press, $27.99 (624) 978-1-338-63517-1 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 06/01/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/01/2020 Average Rank 5.24 [details] Sales history for The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (a Hunger Games Novel) date, rank 06/01/2020, 1 06/08/2020, 1 06/15/2020, 1 06/22/2020, 1 06/29/2020, 1 07/06/2020, 1 07/13/2020, 1 07/20/2020, 1 07/27/2020, 1 08/03/2020, 1 08/10/2020, 1 08/17/2020, 3 08/24/2020, 3 09/07/2020, 3 09/14/2020, 6 09/21/2020, 5 09/28/2020, 6 10/05/2020, 6 10/12/2020, 10 10/19/2020, 12 10/26/2020, 7 11/02/2020, 8 11/09/2020, 14 11/16/2020, 6 11/23/2020, 8 11/30/2020, 10 12/07/2020, 6 12/14/2020, 11 12/21/2020, 10 12/28/2020, 6 01/04/2021, 6 01/11/2021, 10 01/18/2021, 9 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 34 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,608 YTD: 5,608	May 2020	5,608 5,608
10	-	1	Lore Alexandra Bracken, Author Disney-Hyperion, $18.99 (480) 978-1-4847-7820-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jan 2021 UNITS SOLD: 5,126 YTD: 5,126	Jan 2021	5,126 5,126
11	8	2	Karen's Worst Day (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novel #3), Volume 3 Ann M Martin, Author, Katy Farina, Illustrator Graphix, $10.99 (144) 978-1-338-35618-2 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 01/11/2021 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 01/11/2021 Average Rank 9.50 [details] Sales history for Karen's Worst Day (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novel #3), Volume 3 date, rank 01/11/2021, 8 01/18/2021, 11 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Dec 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,727 YTD: 4,727	Dec 2020	4,727 4,727
12	11	19	Logan Likes Mary Anne! (the Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novel #8), Volume 8 Ann M Martin, Author, Gale Galligan, Illustrator Graphix, $10.99 (176) 978-1-338-30454-1 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 09/14/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/14/2020 Average Rank 7.45 [details] Sales history for Logan Likes Mary Anne! (the Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novel #8), Volume 8 date, rank 09/14/2020, 3 09/21/2020, 4 09/28/2020, 5 10/05/2020, 4 10/12/2020, 5 10/19/2020, 7 10/26/2020, 6 11/02/2020, 6 11/09/2020, 7 11/16/2020, 7 11/23/2020, 9 11/30/2020, 9 12/07/2020, 10 12/14/2020, 10 12/21/2020, 9 12/28/2020, 10 01/04/2021, 9 01/11/2021, 11 01/18/2021, 12 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 19 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,203 YTD: 4,203	Sep 2020	4,203 4,203
13	13	23	Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure Jeff Kinney, Author Amulet Books, $14.99 (224) 978-1-4197-4909-4 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 08/17/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/17/2020 Average Rank 5.56 [details] Sales history for Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure date, rank 08/17/2020, 2 08/24/2020, 2 09/07/2020, 2 09/14/2020, 4 09/21/2020, 3 09/28/2020, 4 10/05/2020, 3 10/12/2020, 4 10/19/2020, 6 10/26/2020, 4 11/02/2020, 4 11/09/2020, 4 11/16/2020, 4 11/23/2020, 6 11/30/2020, 6 12/07/2020, 7 12/14/2020, 8 12/21/2020, 8 12/28/2020, 8 01/04/2021, 8 01/11/2021, 12 01/18/2021, 13 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 23 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,168 YTD: 4,168	Aug 2020	4,168 4,168
14	2	2	Five Nights at Freddy's: Fazbear Frights #6: Blackbird, Volume 6 Scott Cawthon, Author Afk, $9.99 (256) 978-1-338-70389-4 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 01/11/2021 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 01/11/2021 Average Rank 11.50 [details] Sales history for Five Nights at Freddy's: Fazbear Frights #6: Blackbird, Volume 6 date, rank 01/11/2021, 9 01/18/2021, 14 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Dec 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,805 YTD: 3,805	Dec 2020	3,805 3,805
15	31	14	Class ACT Jerry Craft, Author, Jerry Craft, Illustrator Quill Tree Books, $12.99 (256) 978-0-06-288550-0 Last rank 31 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 10/19/2020 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 10/19/2020 Average Rank 17.08 [details] Sales history for Class ACT date, rank 10/19/2020, 10 10/26/2020, 15 11/02/2020, 13 11/09/2020, 18 11/16/2020, 16 11/23/2020, 18 11/30/2020, 18 12/07/2020, 24 12/21/2020, 17 12/28/2020, 21 01/04/2021, 20 01/18/2021, 15 LAST WEEK: 31 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,791 YTD: 3,791	Oct 2020	3,791 3,791
16	-	1	A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Holly Jackson, Author Ember, $10.99 (400) 978-1-9848-9639-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jan 2021 UNITS SOLD: 3,666 YTD: 3,666	Jan 2021	3,666 3,666
17	19	36	The One and Only Bob Katherine Applegate, Author, Patricia Castelao, Illustrator HarperCollins, $18.99 (352) 978-0-06-299131-7 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 05/18/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/18/2020 Average Rank 8.34 [details] Sales history for The One and Only Bob date, rank 05/18/2020, 1 05/25/2020, 1 06/01/2020, 2 06/08/2020, 2 06/15/2020, 4 06/22/2020, 2 06/29/2020, 3 07/06/2020, 3 07/13/2020, 4 07/20/2020, 10 07/27/2020, 4 08/03/2020, 8 08/10/2020, 5 08/17/2020, 7 08/24/2020, 5 09/07/2020, 4 09/14/2020, 9 09/21/2020, 6 09/28/2020, 7 10/05/2020, 8 10/12/2020, 12 10/19/2020, 15 10/26/2020, 10 11/02/2020, 10 11/09/2020, 15 11/16/2020, 12 11/23/2020, 14 11/30/2020, 15 12/07/2020, 14 12/14/2020, 14 12/21/2020, 11 12/28/2020, 11 01/04/2021, 11 01/11/2021, 16 01/18/2021, 17 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 36 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,494 YTD: 3,494	May 2020	3,494 3,494
18	4	5	The Cousins Karen M McManus, Author Delacorte Press, $19.99 (336) 978-0-525-70800-1 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 17 Initial Date 12/14/2020 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 01/04/2021 Average Rank 15.50 [details] Sales history for The Cousins date, rank 12/14/2020, 17 12/21/2020, 15 12/28/2020, 15 01/04/2021, 14 01/11/2021, 14 01/18/2021, 18 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Dec 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,329 YTD: 3,329	Dec 2020	3,329 3,329
19	22	9	Bad Guys #12, Volume 12 Aaron Blabey, Author Scholastic Paperbacks, $6.99 (192) 978-1-338-32950-6 Last rank 22 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 11/23/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 11/23/2020 Average Rank 13.89 [details] Sales history for Bad Guys #12, Volume 12 date, rank 11/23/2020, 4 11/30/2020, 12 12/07/2020, 13 12/14/2020, 16 12/21/2020, 14 12/28/2020, 14 01/04/2021, 16 01/11/2021, 17 01/18/2021, 19 LAST WEEK: 22 WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,164 YTD: 3,164	Nov 2020	3,164 3,164
20	-	1	Star Wars the High Republic: The Great Jedi Rescue Cavan Scott, Author Disney Lucasfilm Press, $4.99 (24) 978-1-368-06983-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jan 2021 UNITS SOLD: 2,824 YTD: 2,824	Jan 2021	2,824 2,824
21	17	14	The Tower of Nero (Trials of Apollo, the Book Five) Rick Riordan, Author Disney-Hyperion, $19.99 (448) 978-1-4847-4645-5 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 10/19/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/19/2020 Average Rank 9.62 [details] Sales history for The Tower of Nero (Trials of Apollo, the Book Five) date, rank 10/19/2020, 1 10/26/2020, 3 11/02/2020, 5 11/09/2020, 6 11/16/2020, 8 11/23/2020, 11 11/30/2020, 13 12/07/2020, 11 12/14/2020, 12 12/21/2020, 12 12/28/2020, 12 01/04/2021, 12 01/11/2021, 15 01/18/2021, 21 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,806 YTD: 2,806	Oct 2020	2,806 2,806
22	-	1	Explorer Academy: The Tiger's Nest (Book 5) Trudi Trueit, Author Under the Stars, $16.99 (216) 978-1-4263-3862-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jan 2021 UNITS SOLD: 2,598 YTD: 2,598	Jan 2021	2,598 2,598
23	26	17	The Last Kids on Earth and the Skeleton Road Max Brallier, Author, Douglas Holgate, Illustrator Viking Books for Young Readers, $13.99 (250) 978-1-9848-3534-5 Last rank 26 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/28/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/28/2020 Average Rank 11.29 [details] Sales history for The Last Kids on Earth and the Skeleton Road date, rank 09/28/2020, 3 10/05/2020, 5 10/12/2020, 6 10/19/2020, 9 10/26/2020, 8 11/02/2020, 7 11/09/2020, 8 11/16/2020, 11 11/23/2020, 13 11/30/2020, 14 12/07/2020, 12 12/14/2020, 13 12/21/2020, 13 12/28/2020, 13 01/04/2021, 13 01/11/2021, 21 01/18/2021, 23 LAST WEEK: 26 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,237 YTD: 2,237	Sep 2020	2,237 2,237
24	8	6	A Sky Beyond the Storm Sabaa Tahir, Author Razorbill, $19.99 (464) 978-0-448-49453-1 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 12/14/2020 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 12/14/2020 Average Rank 21.33 [details] Sales history for A Sky Beyond the Storm date, rank 12/14/2020, 9 12/21/2020, 25 12/28/2020, 25 01/04/2021, 23 01/11/2021, 22 01/18/2021, 24 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Dec 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,080 YTD: 2,080	Dec 2020	2,080 2,080
25	6	25	Avatar, the Last Airbender: The Shadow of Kyoshi (the Kyoshi Novels Book 2) F C Yee, Author Amulet Books, $18.99 (368) 978-1-4197-3505-9 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 08/03/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/03/2020 Average Rank 15.56 [details] Sales history for Avatar, the Last Airbender: The Shadow of Kyoshi (the Kyoshi Novels Book 2) date, rank 08/03/2020, 2 08/10/2020, 8 08/17/2020, 20 08/24/2020, 15 09/07/2020, 16 12/28/2020, 18 01/04/2021, 17 01/11/2021, 19 01/18/2021, 25 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 25 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,050 YTD: 2,050	Jul 2020	2,050 2,050

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