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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2019 YTD
1	2	12	Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild Dav Pilkey, Author, Dav Pilkey, Illustrator Graphix, $9.99 (224) 978-1-338-23657-6 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 01/07/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/07/2019 Average Rank 2.42 [details] Sales history for Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild date, rank 01/07/2019, 1 01/14/2019, 1 01/21/2019, 1 01/28/2019, 1 02/04/2019, 1 02/11/2019, 1 02/18/2019, 1 02/25/2019, 1 03/04/2019, 1 03/11/2019, 1 03/18/2019, 1 03/25/2019, 1 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Dec 2018 UNITS SOLD: 22,330 YTD: 336,711	Dec 2018	22,330 336,711
2	1	6	Five Feet Apart (Media Tie-In) Rachael Lippincott, Author, Mikki Daughtry, With, Tobias Iaconis, With Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99 (288) 978-1-5344-5156-8 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 02/18/2019 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 03/25/2019 Average Rank 6.50 [details] Sales history for Five Feet Apart (Media Tie-In) date, rank 02/18/2019, 16 02/25/2019, 5 03/04/2019, 5 03/11/2019, 6 03/18/2019, 5 03/25/2019, 2 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Feb 2019 UNITS SOLD: 10,073 YTD: 40,066	Feb 2019	10,073 40,066
3	2	17	Five Feet Apart Rachael Lippincott, Author Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99 (320) 978-1-5344-3733-3 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 22 Initial Date 12/03/2018 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 03/25/2019 Average Rank 10.77 [details] Sales history for Five Feet Apart date, rank 12/03/2018, 22 01/07/2019, 23 01/14/2019, 14 01/21/2019, 17 01/28/2019, 10 02/04/2019, 5 02/11/2019, 9 02/18/2019, 8 02/25/2019, 9 03/04/2019, 6 03/11/2019, 8 03/18/2019, 6 03/25/2019, 3 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: Nov 2018 UNITS SOLD: 9,025 YTD: 51,891	Nov 2018	9,025 51,891
4	7	20	The Meltdown (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #13) Jeff Kinney, Author Amulet Books, $13.95 (224) 978-1-4197-2743-6 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/12/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/12/2018 Average Rank 2.35 [details] Sales history for The Meltdown (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #13) date, rank 11/19/2018, 1 11/26/2018, 1 12/03/2018, 1 12/10/2018, 1 12/17/2018, 1 12/24/2018, 1 12/31/2018, 1 01/07/2019, 2 01/14/2019, 3 01/21/2019, 3 01/28/2019, 2 02/04/2019, 2 02/11/2019, 2 02/18/2019, 3 02/25/2019, 2 03/04/2019, 2 03/11/2019, 3 03/18/2019, 3 03/25/2019, 4 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 20 PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 8,351 YTD: 129,545	Oct 2018	8,351 129,545
5	8	29	Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #5) Dav Pilkey, Author, Dav Pilkey, Illustrator Graphix, $9.99 (256) 978-0-545-93517-3 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/10/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/10/2018 Average Rank 3.00 [details] Sales history for Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #5) date, rank 09/10/2018, 1 09/17/2018, 1 09/24/2018, 1 10/01/2018, 1 10/08/2018, 1 10/15/2018, 1 10/22/2018, 1 10/29/2018, 1 11/05/2018, 2 11/19/2018, 2 11/26/2018, 3 12/03/2018, 3 12/10/2018, 3 12/17/2018, 4 12/24/2018, 2 12/31/2018, 2 01/07/2019, 4 01/14/2019, 4 01/28/2019, 3 02/04/2019, 3 02/11/2019, 4 02/18/2019, 4 02/25/2019, 3 03/04/2019, 4 03/11/2019, 5 03/18/2019, 4 03/25/2019, 5 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 29 PUB DATE: Aug 2018 UNITS SOLD: 8,195 YTD: 87,499	Aug 2018	8,195 87,499
6	3	6	On the Come Up Angie Thomas, Author Balzer & Bray/Harperteen, $18.99 (320) 978-0-06-249856-4 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 02/18/2019 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 02/18/2019 Average Rank 4.83 [details] Sales history for On the Come Up date, rank 02/18/2019, 2 02/25/2019, 4 03/04/2019, 3 03/11/2019, 7 03/18/2019, 7 03/25/2019, 6 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Feb 2019 UNITS SOLD: 5,834 YTD: 64,331	Feb 2019	5,834 64,331
7	9	3	The Lost Heir (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel 2): A Graphix Book Tui T Sutherland, Author, Mike Holmes, Illustrator Graphix, $12.99 (224) 978-0-545-94220-1 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 03/11/2019 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 03/11/2019 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for The Lost Heir (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel 2): A Graphix Book date, rank 03/11/2019, 2 03/18/2019, 9 03/25/2019, 7 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Feb 2019 UNITS SOLD: 4,740 YTD: 26,938	Feb 2019	4,740 26,938
8	-	1	The 104-Story Treehouse: Dental Dramas & Jokes Galore! Andy Griffiths, Author, Terry Denton, Illustrator Feiwel & Friends, $13.99 (384) 978-1-250-30149-9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Mar 2019 UNITS SOLD: 4,656 YTD: 4,999	Mar 2019	4,656 4,999
9	7	2	The Sun Is Also a Star Nicola Yoon, Author Ember, $12.99 (384) 978-0-553-49671-0 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 03/18/2019 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 03/25/2019 Average Rank 11.50 [details] Sales history for The Sun Is Also a Star date, rank 03/18/2019, 14 03/25/2019, 9 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Mar 2019 UNITS SOLD: 4,433 YTD: 7,812	Mar 2019	4,433 7,812
10	6	2	The School for Good and Evil #5: A Crystal of Time Soman Chainani, Author HarperCollins, $17.99 (496) 978-0-06-269517-8 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 03/18/2019 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 03/18/2019 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for The School for Good and Evil #5: A Crystal of Time date, rank 03/18/2019, 2 03/25/2019, 10 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Mar 2019 UNITS SOLD: 3,755 YTD: 13,556	Mar 2019	3,755 13,556
11	15	12	Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 2: The Revenge of the Ridiculous Robo-Boogers (Color) Dav Pilkey, Author, Dav Pilkey, Illustrator Scholastic Inc., $9.99 (176) 978-1-338-27150-8 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 01/07/2019 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 02/25/2019 Average Rank 10.08 [details] Sales history for Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, Part 2: The Revenge of the Ridiculous Robo-Boogers (Color) date, rank 01/07/2019, 11 01/14/2019, 10 01/21/2019, 11 01/28/2019, 11 02/04/2019, 10 02/11/2019, 10 02/18/2019, 9 02/25/2019, 6 03/04/2019, 8 03/11/2019, 13 03/18/2019, 11 03/25/2019, 11 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Dec 2018 UNITS SOLD: 3,734 YTD: 38,313	Dec 2018	3,734 38,313
12	14	22	Tales from a Not-So-Happy Birthday (Dork Diaries #13) Rachel Renée Russell, Author, Rachel Renée Russell, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks, $13.99 (272) 978-1-5344-2638-2 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 10/29/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/29/2018 Average Rank 6.74 [details] Sales history for Tales from a Not-So-Happy Birthday (Dork Diaries #13) date, rank 10/29/2018, 2 11/05/2018, 3 11/19/2018, 3 11/26/2018, 4 12/03/2018, 4 12/10/2018, 4 12/17/2018, 5 12/24/2018, 5 12/31/2018, 4 01/07/2019, 9 01/14/2019, 11 01/21/2019, 10 01/28/2019, 7 02/04/2019, 6 02/11/2019, 8 02/18/2019, 7 02/25/2019, 8 03/04/2019, 9 03/11/2019, 11 03/18/2019, 10 03/25/2019, 12 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 22 PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 3,637 YTD: 39,598	Oct 2018	3,637 39,598
13	34	2	The School for Good and Evil Soman Chainani, Author, Iacopo Bruno, Illustrator HarperCollins, $8.99 (544) 978-0-06-210490-8 LAST WEEK: 34 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Sep 2018 UNITS SOLD: 2,840 YTD: 8,403	Sep 2018	2,840 8,403
14	32	7	I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944 (I Survived #18) Lauren Tarshis, Author Scholastic Paperbacks, $4.99 (144) 978-1-338-31738-1 Last rank 32 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 02/11/2019 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 02/11/2019 Average Rank 13.80 [details] Sales history for I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944 (I Survived #18) date, rank 02/11/2019, 5 02/18/2019, 13 02/25/2019, 19 03/04/2019, 18 03/25/2019, 14 LAST WEEK: 32 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Jan 2019 UNITS SOLD: 2,669 YTD: 23,111	Jan 2019	2,669 23,111
15	23	12	The Bad Guys in Superbad Aaron Blabey, Author Scholastic Paperbacks, $5.99 (144) 978-1-338-18963-6 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 01/07/2019 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 01/07/2019 Average Rank 10.55 [details] Sales history for The Bad Guys in Superbad date, rank 01/07/2019, 6 01/14/2019, 8 01/21/2019, 9 01/28/2019, 8 02/04/2019, 7 02/11/2019, 12 02/18/2019, 12 02/25/2019, 10 03/04/2019, 12 03/18/2019, 17 03/25/2019, 15 LAST WEEK: 23 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Dec 2018 UNITS SOLD: 2,635 YTD: 33,568	Dec 2018	2,635 33,568
16	5	11	The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Tales from Alagaësia (Volume 1: Eragon) Christopher Paolini, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, $16.99 (288) 978-1-984894-86-1 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 01/14/2019 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 01/14/2019 Average Rank 6.83 [details] Sales history for The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Tales from Alagaësia (Volume 1: Eragon) date, rank 01/14/2019, 2 01/21/2019, 4 01/28/2019, 4 02/04/2019, 4 02/11/2019, 7 02/18/2019, 5 02/25/2019, 7 03/04/2019, 7 03/11/2019, 10 03/18/2019, 12 03/25/2019, 16 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Dec 2018 UNITS SOLD: 2,475 YTD: 53,340	Dec 2018	2,475 53,340
17	26	4	Middle School: Born to Rock James Patterson, Author, Chris Tebbetts, Author, Neil Swaab, Illustrator Jimmy Patterson, $13.99 (320) 978-0-316-34952-9 Last rank 26 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 03/04/2019 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 03/04/2019 Average Rank 16.50 [details] Sales history for Middle School: Born to Rock date, rank 03/04/2019, 10 03/11/2019, 20 03/18/2019, 19 03/25/2019, 17 LAST WEEK: 26 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Feb 2019 UNITS SOLD: 2,454 YTD: 11,177	Feb 2019	2,454 11,177
18	6	23	Dear Evan Hansen Val Emmich et al Poppy, (368p) 978-0-316-42023-5 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/22/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/22/2018 Average Rank 10.17 [details] Sales history for Dear Evan Hansen date, rank 10/22/2018, 2 10/29/2018, 3 11/05/2018, 5 11/19/2018, 9 11/26/2018, 6 12/03/2018, 5 12/10/2018, 6 12/17/2018, 7 12/24/2018, 7 12/31/2018, 6 01/07/2019, 8 01/14/2019, 9 01/21/2019, 13 01/28/2019, 16 02/04/2019, 15 02/11/2019, 15 02/18/2019, 22 02/25/2019, 14 03/04/2019, 17 03/11/2019, 12 03/18/2019, 13 03/25/2019, 18 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 23 PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 2,429 YTD: 28,943	Oct 2018	2,429 28,943
19	27	12	The Hive Queen Tui T Sutherland, Author Scholastic Press, $16.99 (320) 978-1-338-21448-2 Last rank 27 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 01/07/2019 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 01/07/2019 Average Rank 11.42 [details] Sales history for The Hive Queen date, rank 01/07/2019, 3 01/14/2019, 6 01/21/2019, 5 01/28/2019, 9 02/04/2019, 8 02/11/2019, 13 02/18/2019, 15 02/25/2019, 12 03/04/2019, 11 03/11/2019, 16 03/18/2019, 20 03/25/2019, 19 LAST WEEK: 27 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Dec 2018 UNITS SOLD: 2,394 YTD: 32,134	Dec 2018	2,394 32,134
20	31	18	Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Minalima, Illustrator, J. K. Rowling, Author Arthur A. Levine Books, $24.99 (304) 978-1-338-26389-3 Last rank 31 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 11/26/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/26/2018 Average Rank 8.24 [details] Sales history for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald date, rank 11/26/2018, 2 12/03/2018, 2 12/10/2018, 2 12/17/2018, 3 12/24/2018, 3 12/31/2018, 3 01/07/2019, 5 01/14/2019, 5 01/21/2019, 7 01/28/2019, 6 02/04/2019, 9 02/11/2019, 11 02/18/2019, 10 02/25/2019, 11 03/04/2019, 13 03/11/2019, 18 03/18/2019, 25 03/25/2019, 20 LAST WEEK: 31 WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: Nov 2018 UNITS SOLD: 2,379 YTD: 32,751	Nov 2018	2,379 32,751
21	46	4	New Kid Jerry Craft, Author, Jerry Craft, Illustrator HarperCollins, $12.99 (256) 978-0-06-269119-4 Last rank 46 Initial Rank 17 Initial Date 02/18/2019 Highest Rank 17 Highest Rank Date 02/18/2019 Average Rank 19.00 [details] Sales history for New Kid date, rank 02/18/2019, 17 03/25/2019, 21 LAST WEEK: 46 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Feb 2019 UNITS SOLD: 2,117 YTD: 12,452	Feb 2019	2,117 12,452
22	10	2	I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter Erika L Sanchez, Author Ember, $11.99 (368) 978-1-5247-0051-5 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 03/18/2019 Highest Rank 21 Highest Rank Date 03/18/2019 Average Rank 21.50 [details] Sales history for I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter date, rank 03/18/2019, 21 03/25/2019, 22 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Mar 2019 UNITS SOLD: 2,115 YTD: 4,685	Mar 2019	2,115 4,685
23	15	36	To All the Boys I've Loved Before (Movie Tie-In) Jenny Han, Author Simon & Schuster, $10.99 (384) 978-1-5344-3837-8 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 24 Initial Date 08/06/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/03/2018 Average Rank 12.74 [details] Sales history for To All the Boys I've Loved Before (Movie Tie-In) date, rank 08/06/2018, 24 08/13/2018, 18 08/20/2018, 16 08/27/2018, 6 09/03/2018, 1 09/10/2018, 4 09/17/2018, 3 09/24/2018, 5 10/01/2018, 8 10/08/2018, 7 10/15/2018, 7 10/22/2018, 13 10/29/2018, 13 11/05/2018, 13 11/19/2018, 15 11/26/2018, 10 12/03/2018, 8 12/10/2018, 16 12/17/2018, 17 12/24/2018, 19 12/31/2018, 13 01/07/2019, 13 01/14/2019, 13 01/21/2019, 15 01/28/2019, 17 02/04/2019, 17 02/11/2019, 21 02/25/2019, 20 03/04/2019, 16 03/11/2019, 21 03/25/2019, 23 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 36 PUB DATE: Jul 2018 UNITS SOLD: 2,080 YTD: 24,138	Jul 2018	2,080 24,138
24	18	49	Always and Forever, Lara Jean Jenny Han, Author Simon & Schuster, $10.99 (336) 978-1-4814-3049-4 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 19 Initial Date 08/27/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/03/2018 Average Rank 14.30 [details] Sales history for Always and Forever, Lara Jean date, rank 08/27/2018, 19 09/03/2018, 2 09/10/2018, 5 09/17/2018, 2 09/24/2018, 11 10/01/2018, 5 10/08/2018, 6 10/15/2018, 8 10/22/2018, 17 10/29/2018, 15 11/05/2018, 18 11/19/2018, 18 11/26/2018, 17 12/03/2018, 12 12/10/2018, 18 12/31/2018, 19 01/07/2019, 14 01/14/2019, 12 01/21/2019, 14 01/28/2019, 18 02/04/2019, 20 02/11/2019, 23 02/25/2019, 21 03/04/2019, 20 03/25/2019, 24 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 49 PUB DATE: Apr 2018 UNITS SOLD: 2,034 YTD: 23,248	Apr 2018	2,034 23,248
25	4	2	Star Wars Queen's Shadow Emily Kate Johnston, Author Disney Lucasfilm Press, $17.99 (352) 978-1-368-02425-9 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 03/18/2019 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 03/18/2019 Average Rank 16.50 [details] Sales history for Star Wars Queen's Shadow date, rank 03/18/2019, 8 03/25/2019, 25 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Mar 2019 UNITS SOLD: 1,978 YTD: 7,967	Mar 2019	1,978 7,967

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