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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2020 YTD
1	2	7	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 2 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/14/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/14/2020 Average Rank 1.64 [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 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 58,678 YTD: 698,076	Sep 2020	58,678 698,076
2	1	11	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 3.10 [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 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 24,633 YTD: 1,033,020	Aug 2020	24,633 1,033,020
3	1	2	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 1 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 10/19/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/19/2020 Average Rank 4.00 [details] Sales history for The Tower of Nero (Trials of Apollo, the Book Five) date, rank 10/19/2020, 1 10/26/2020, 3 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 20,808 YTD: 69,589	Oct 2020	20,808 69,589
4	6	11	Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure Jeff Kinney, Author Amulet Books, $14.99 (224) 978-1-4197-4909-4 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 08/17/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/17/2020 Average Rank 4.13 [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 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 13,709 YTD: 260,241	Aug 2020	13,709 260,241
5	-	1	Champion of the Titan Games, Volume 4 Brandon Mull, Author Shadow Mountain, $18.99 (528) 978-1-62972-788-2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 12,063 YTD: 12,063	Oct 2020	12,063 12,063
6	7	7	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 7 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 09/14/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/14/2020 Average Rank 5.00 [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 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 9,900 YTD: 101,624	Sep 2020	9,900 101,624
7	2	22	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 2 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 06/01/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/01/2020 Average Rank 4.00 [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 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 22 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: 7,934 YTD: 1,107,613	May 2020	7,934 1,107,613
8	9	5	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 9 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/28/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/28/2020 Average Rank 6.20 [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 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 7,932 YTD: 51,039	Sep 2020	7,932 51,039
9	13	45	Dog Man #8 Dav Pilkey, Author Graphix, $12.99 (240) 978-1-338-32321-4 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 12/23/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/23/2019 Average Rank 3.30 [details] Sales history for Dog Man #8 date, rank 12/23/2019, 1 12/30/2019, 1 01/06/2020, 1 01/13/2020, 1 01/20/2020, 1 01/27/2020, 1 02/03/2020, 1 02/10/2020, 1 02/17/2020, 1 02/24/2020, 1 03/02/2020, 1 03/09/2020, 1 03/16/2020, 3 03/23/2020, 1 03/30/2020, 1 04/06/2020, 1 04/13/2020, 1 04/20/2020, 1 04/27/2020, 1 05/04/2020, 1 05/11/2020, 1 05/18/2020, 3 05/25/2020, 2 06/01/2020, 3 06/08/2020, 3 06/15/2020, 5 06/22/2020, 3 06/29/2020, 2 07/06/2020, 2 07/13/2020, 2 07/20/2020, 6 07/27/2020, 3 08/03/2020, 7 08/10/2020, 2 08/17/2020, 5 08/24/2020, 4 09/07/2020, 5 09/14/2020, 11 09/21/2020, 7 09/28/2020, 9 10/05/2020, 7 10/12/2020, 11 10/19/2020, 14 10/26/2020, 9 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 45 PUB DATE: Dec 2019 UNITS SOLD: 7,096 YTD: 496,298	Dec 2019	7,096 496,298
10	16	24	The One and Only Bob Katherine Applegate, Author, Patricia Castelao, Illustrator HarperCollins, $18.99 (352) 978-0-06-299131-7 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 05/18/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/18/2020 Average Rank 5.74 [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 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 24 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,869 YTD: 189,208	May 2020	5,869 189,208
11	46	6	The Horrifyingly Haunted Hack-A-Ween Meredith Rusu, Author Scholastic Inc., $5.99 (64) 978-1-338-63021-3 Last rank 46 Initial Rank 22 Initial Date 10/05/2020 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 10/26/2020 Average Rank 18.67 [details] Sales history for The Horrifyingly Haunted Hack-A-Ween date, rank 10/05/2020, 22 10/12/2020, 23 10/26/2020, 11 LAST WEEK: 46 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,750 YTD: 19,006	Jul 2020	5,750 19,006
12	12	3	A Tale of Witchcraft... Chris Colfer, Author Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99 (448) 978-0-316-52356-1 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 10/12/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/12/2020 Average Rank 9.33 [details] Sales history for A Tale of Witchcraft... date, rank 10/12/2020, 3 10/19/2020, 13 10/26/2020, 12 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,536 YTD: 28,650	Sep 2020	5,536 28,650
13	21	50	Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book #14 Jeff Kinney, Author Amulet Books, $14.99 (224) 978-1-4197-3903-3 Last rank 21 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/18/2019 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/18/2019 Average Rank 4.83 [details] Sales history for Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book #14 date, rank 11/18/2019, 1 11/25/2019, 1 12/02/2019, 1 12/09/2019, 1 12/16/2019, 1 12/23/2019, 2 12/30/2019, 2 01/06/2020, 2 01/13/2020, 2 01/20/2020, 2 01/27/2020, 3 02/03/2020, 2 02/10/2020, 2 02/17/2020, 2 02/24/2020, 2 03/02/2020, 2 03/09/2020, 2 03/16/2020, 4 03/23/2020, 3 03/30/2020, 2 04/06/2020, 2 04/13/2020, 3 04/20/2020, 3 04/27/2020, 2 05/04/2020, 2 05/11/2020, 2 05/18/2020, 6 05/25/2020, 4 06/01/2020, 4 06/08/2020, 4 06/15/2020, 6 06/22/2020, 4 06/29/2020, 4 07/06/2020, 4 07/13/2020, 3 07/20/2020, 9 07/27/2020, 6 08/03/2020, 10 08/10/2020, 4 08/17/2020, 6 08/24/2020, 6 09/07/2020, 6 09/14/2020, 17 09/21/2020, 10 09/28/2020, 10 10/05/2020, 9 10/12/2020, 13 10/19/2020, 19 10/26/2020, 13 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 50 PUB DATE: Nov 2019 UNITS SOLD: 4,497 YTD: 346,511	Nov 2019	4,497 346,511
14	4	2	Spy School Revolution Stuart Gibbs, Author Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99 (352) 978-1-5344-4378-5 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 10/19/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 10/19/2020 Average Rank 9.00 [details] Sales history for Spy School Revolution date, rank 10/19/2020, 4 10/26/2020, 14 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,165 YTD: 18,240	Oct 2020	4,165 18,240
15	10	2	Class ACT Jerry Craft, Author, Jerry Craft, Illustrator Quill Tree Books, $12.99 (256) 978-0-06-288550-0 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 10/19/2020 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 10/19/2020 Average Rank 12.50 [details] Sales history for Class ACT date, rank 10/19/2020, 10 10/26/2020, 15 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,013 YTD: 10,680	Oct 2020	4,013 10,680
16	23	2	Becoming Muhammad Ali James Patterson, Author, Kwame Alexander, Author, Dawud Anyabwile, Illustrator Jimmy Patterson, $16.99 (320) 978-0-316-49816-6 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 20 Initial Date 10/19/2020 Highest Rank 16 Highest Rank Date 10/26/2020 Average Rank 18.00 [details] Sales history for Becoming Muhammad Ali date, rank 10/19/2020, 20 10/26/2020, 16 LAST WEEK: 23 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,453 YTD: 6,974	Oct 2020	3,453 6,974
17	27	7	Captain Underpants and the Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-Boxers: Color Edition (Captain Underpants #10), Volume 10: Color Edition (Color) Dav Pilkey, Author, Dav Pilkey, Illustrator Scholastic Inc., $12.99 (224) 978-1-338-34723-4 Last rank 27 Initial Rank 12 Initial Date 09/14/2020 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 09/21/2020 Average Rank 13.86 [details] Sales history for Captain Underpants and the Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-Boxers: Color Edition (Captain Underpants #10), Volume 10: Color Edition (Color) date, rank 09/14/2020, 12 09/21/2020, 8 09/28/2020, 11 10/05/2020, 10 10/12/2020, 15 10/19/2020, 24 10/26/2020, 17 LAST WEEK: 27 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,415 YTD: 30,755	Sep 2020	3,415 30,755
18	4	43	The Silver Eyes (Five Nights at Freddy's Graphic Novel #1) Scott Cawthon, Author, Kira Breed-Wrisley, Author, Claudia Schroder, Illustrator, Claudia Schroder, Author Scholastic Inc., $12.99 (192) 978-1-338-29848-2 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 24 Initial Date 01/20/2020 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 05/11/2020 Average Rank 14.06 [details] Sales history for The Silver Eyes (Five Nights at Freddy's Graphic Novel #1) date, rank 01/20/2020, 24 01/27/2020, 15 02/03/2020, 13 02/10/2020, 16 02/24/2020, 19 03/02/2020, 19 03/09/2020, 13 03/16/2020, 22 03/23/2020, 14 04/27/2020, 22 05/04/2020, 10 05/11/2020, 7 05/18/2020, 11 05/25/2020, 9 06/01/2020, 10 06/08/2020, 9 06/15/2020, 12 06/22/2020, 8 06/29/2020, 8 07/06/2020, 9 07/13/2020, 7 07/20/2020, 18 07/27/2020, 17 08/03/2020, 18 08/10/2020, 14 08/17/2020, 15 08/24/2020, 10 09/07/2020, 12 09/14/2020, 19 09/21/2020, 11 09/28/2020, 13 10/05/2020, 11 10/12/2020, 17 10/19/2020, 22 10/26/2020, 18 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 43 PUB DATE: Dec 2019 UNITS SOLD: 3,348 YTD: 125,306	Dec 2019	3,348 125,306
19	24	4	Enola Holmes: The Case of the Missing Marquess Nancy Springer, Author Philomel Books, $7.99 (240) 978-0-593-35053-9 Last rank 24 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 10/12/2020 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 10/12/2020 Average Rank 18.00 [details] Sales history for Enola Holmes: The Case of the Missing Marquess date, rank 10/12/2020, 14 10/19/2020, 21 10/26/2020, 19 LAST WEEK: 24 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,098 YTD: 16,366	Aug 2020	3,098 16,366
20	37	7	I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018 (I Survived #20), Volume 20 Lauren Tarshis, Author Scholastic Inc., $5.99 (144) 978-1-338-31744-2 Last rank 37 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 09/14/2020 Highest Rank 13 Highest Rank Date 09/14/2020 Average Rank 16.33 [details] Sales history for I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018 (I Survived #20), Volume 20 date, rank 09/14/2020, 13 09/21/2020, 16 09/28/2020, 16 10/05/2020, 13 10/12/2020, 20 10/26/2020, 20 LAST WEEK: 37 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,066 YTD: 24,031	Sep 2020	3,066 24,031
21	48	15	The Bad Guys in the Dawn of the Underlord (the Bad Guys #11) Aaron Blabey, Author Scholastic Paperbacks, $6.99 (192) 978-1-338-32948-3 Last rank 48 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 07/20/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 07/20/2020 Average Rank 10.07 [details] Sales history for The Bad Guys in the Dawn of the Underlord (the Bad Guys #11) date, rank 07/20/2020, 2 07/27/2020, 2 08/03/2020, 6 08/10/2020, 3 08/17/2020, 8 08/24/2020, 7 09/07/2020, 7 09/14/2020, 18 09/21/2020, 14 09/28/2020, 15 10/05/2020, 12 10/12/2020, 21 10/26/2020, 21 LAST WEEK: 48 WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,956 YTD: 87,960	Jul 2020	2,956 87,960
22	-	1	Legacy, Volume 8 (Reprint) Shannon Messenger, Author Aladdin Paperbacks, $9.99 (832) 978-1-5344-2734-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,912 YTD: 2,912	Oct 2020	2,912 2,912
23	-	1	His Dark Materials: Serpentine Philip Pullman, Author, Tom Duxbury, Illustrator Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, $12.99 (80) 978-0-593-37768-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,835 YTD: 2,835	Oct 2020	2,835 2,835
24	6	43	Into the Pit (Five Nights at Freddy's: Fazbear Frights #1) Scholastic, Author, Scott Cawthon, Author, Elley Cooper, Author Scholastic Inc., $9.99 (224) 978-1-338-57601-6 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 25 Initial Date 01/06/2020 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 01/27/2020 Average Rank 18.04 [details] Sales history for Into the Pit (Five Nights at Freddy's: Fazbear Frights #1) date, rank 01/06/2020, 25 01/13/2020, 25 01/27/2020, 9 02/03/2020, 12 02/10/2020, 23 04/27/2020, 25 05/04/2020, 23 05/11/2020, 18 06/22/2020, 19 06/29/2020, 13 07/06/2020, 16 07/13/2020, 12 07/20/2020, 20 07/27/2020, 16 08/03/2020, 17 08/10/2020, 12 08/17/2020, 11 08/24/2020, 18 09/07/2020, 18 09/21/2020, 20 09/28/2020, 18 10/05/2020, 15 10/12/2020, 24 10/26/2020, 24 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 43 PUB DATE: Dec 2019 UNITS SOLD: 2,779 YTD: 97,881	Dec 2019	2,779 97,881
25	45	15	Karen's Roller Skates (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novel #2): A Graphix Book (Adapted, Full-Color) Ann M Martin, Author, Katy Farina, Illustrator Graphix, $10.99 (144) 978-1-338-35614-4 Last rank 45 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 07/20/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 07/20/2020 Average Rank 12.54 [details] Sales history for Karen's Roller Skates (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novel #2): A Graphix Book (Adapted, Full-Color) date, rank 07/20/2020, 3 07/27/2020, 5 08/03/2020, 9 08/10/2020, 6 08/17/2020, 10 08/24/2020, 8 09/07/2020, 8 09/14/2020, 21 09/21/2020, 15 09/28/2020, 17 10/05/2020, 14 10/12/2020, 22 10/26/2020, 25 LAST WEEK: 45 WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: Jul 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,671 YTD: 63,527	Jul 2020	2,671 63,527

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Note: Some print unit sales volume for this week (w/e 10-17-20) was estimated due to late retailer feeds.

NPD BookScan, week 42 of 2020 data through 10/17/2020; PW Issue of October 26, 2020