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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2025 YTD
1	-	7	Sunrise on the Reaping (a Hunger Games Novel) Suzanne Collins, Author Scholastic Press, $27.99 (400) 978-1-5461-7146-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 03/31/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/31/2025 Average Rank 1.36 [details] Sales history for Sunrise on the Reaping (a Hunger Games Novel) date, rank 03/31/2025, 1 04/07/2025, 1 04/14/2025, 1 04/21/2025, 2 04/28/2025, 1 05/05/2025, 1 05/12/2025, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 51,077 YTD: 1,379,587	Mar 2025	51,077 1,379,587
2	-	4	Fearless Lauren Roberts, Author Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99 (528) 978-1-6659-5546-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/21/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/21/2025 Average Rank 3.43 [details] Sales history for Fearless date, rank 04/21/2025, 1 04/28/2025, 3 05/05/2025, 2 05/12/2025, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 14,378 YTD: 249,354	Apr 2025	14,378 249,354
3	-	22	Dog Man: Big Jim Begins: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #13): From the Creator of Captain Underpants Dav Pilkey, Author, Dav Pilkey, Illustrator Graphix, $14.99 (224) 978-1-338-89645-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 12/16/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/16/2024 Average Rank 2.90 [details] Sales history for Dog Man: Big Jim Begins: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #13): From the Creator of Captain Underpants date, rank 12/16/2024, 1 12/30/2024, 1 01/06/2025, 2 01/13/2025, 1 01/20/2025, 1 01/27/2025, 1 02/03/2025, 1 02/10/2025, 1 02/17/2025, 1 02/24/2025, 1 03/03/2025, 2 03/10/2025, 1 03/17/2025, 1 03/24/2025, 1 03/31/2025, 2 04/07/2025, 2 04/14/2025, 3 04/21/2025, 4 04/28/2025, 4 05/05/2025, 3 05/12/2025, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 22 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 9,816 YTD: 431,908	Dec 2024	9,816 431,908
4	-	4	Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #2 Erin Hunter, Author, Natalie Riess, Illustrator, Sara Goetter, Illustrator Harperalley, $15.99 (272) 978-0-06-320390-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 04/21/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 04/21/2025 Average Rank 5.40 [details] Sales history for Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #2 date, rank 04/21/2025, 3 04/28/2025, 6 05/05/2025, 5 05/12/2025, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 6,069 YTD: 46,835	Apr 2025	6,069 46,835
5	-	41	Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1 Erin Hunter, Author, Natalie Riess, Illustrator, Sara Goetter, Illustrator Harperalley, $15.99 (272) 978-0-06-320387-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 07/29/2024 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 07/29/2024 Average Rank 14.96 [details] Sales history for Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1 date, rank 07/29/2024, 4 08/05/2024, 12 08/12/2024, 9 08/19/2024, 10 08/26/2024, 10 09/02/2024, 13 09/09/2024, 12 09/16/2024, 16 09/30/2024, 17 10/07/2024, 17 11/11/2024, 25 12/09/2024, 25 12/30/2024, 18 01/13/2025, 25 01/27/2025, 19 02/03/2025, 16 02/10/2025, 12 02/17/2025, 24 03/03/2025, 17 03/10/2025, 13 03/31/2025, 18 04/07/2025, 16 04/21/2025, 15 04/28/2025, 14 05/05/2025, 7 05/12/2025, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 41 PUB DATE: Jul 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,026 YTD: 56,261	Jul 2024	5,026 56,261
6	-	44	Reckless Lauren Roberts, Author Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99 (512) 978-1-6659-5543-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 07/15/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 07/15/2024 Average Rank 11.24 [details] Sales history for Reckless date, rank 07/15/2024, 1 07/22/2024, 1 07/29/2024, 1 08/05/2024, 2 08/12/2024, 3 08/19/2024, 4 08/26/2024, 4 09/02/2024, 5 09/09/2024, 4 09/16/2024, 7 09/23/2024, 6 09/30/2024, 7 10/07/2024, 12 10/14/2024, 19 10/21/2024, 10 10/28/2024, 17 11/04/2024, 16 11/11/2024, 19 11/18/2024, 23 11/25/2024, 15 12/02/2024, 20 12/09/2024, 18 12/30/2024, 24 01/06/2025, 14 01/13/2025, 11 01/20/2025, 11 01/27/2025, 12 02/03/2025, 12 02/10/2025, 11 02/17/2025, 19 02/24/2025, 14 03/03/2025, 20 03/10/2025, 14 03/17/2025, 20 03/24/2025, 16 03/31/2025, 21 04/07/2025, 12 04/14/2025, 15 04/21/2025, 9 04/28/2025, 10 05/05/2025, 6 05/12/2025, 6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 44 PUB DATE: Jul 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,816 YTD: 61,639	Jul 2024	4,816 61,639
7	-	3	Watch Me Deluxe Limited Edition Tahereh Mafi, Author Storytide, $24.99 (368) 978-0-06-342518-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 04/28/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/28/2025 Average Rank 4.50 [details] Sales history for Watch Me Deluxe Limited Edition date, rank 04/28/2025, 2 05/05/2025, 4 05/12/2025, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,647 YTD: 54,704	Apr 2025	4,647 54,704
8	-	28	Hot Mess (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 19) Jeff Kinney, Author Amulet Books, $14.99 (224) 978-1-4197-6695-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/04/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/04/2024 Average Rank 3.38 [details] Sales history for Hot Mess (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 19) date, rank 11/04/2024, 1 11/11/2024, 1 11/18/2024, 1 11/25/2024, 2 12/02/2024, 1 12/09/2024, 1 12/16/2024, 2 12/30/2024, 2 01/06/2025, 3 01/13/2025, 3 01/20/2025, 3 01/27/2025, 3 02/03/2025, 3 02/10/2025, 4 02/17/2025, 5 02/24/2025, 3 03/03/2025, 5 03/10/2025, 3 03/17/2025, 5 03/24/2025, 4 03/31/2025, 5 04/07/2025, 7 04/14/2025, 6 04/21/2025, 7 04/28/2025, 7 05/05/2025, 10 05/12/2025, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 28 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,125 YTD: 137,643	Oct 2024	4,125 137,643
9	-	9	Mallory and the Trouble with Twins: A Graphic Novel (the Baby-Sitters Club #17) Arley Nopra, Adapted by, Arley Nopra, Illustrator, Ann M Martin, Author Graphix, $12.99 (176) 978-1-338-83561-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 03/17/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 03/17/2025 Average Rank 5.67 [details] Sales history for Mallory and the Trouble with Twins: A Graphic Novel (the Baby-Sitters Club #17) date, rank 03/17/2025, 3 03/24/2025, 3 03/31/2025, 4 04/07/2025, 4 04/14/2025, 5 04/21/2025, 6 04/28/2025, 9 05/05/2025, 8 05/12/2025, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Mar 2025 UNITS SOLD: 4,122 YTD: 77,520	Mar 2025	4,122 77,520
10	-	5	The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Author, Scott McCloud, Author Graphix, $14.99 (288) 978-1-338-77721-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 04/14/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 04/14/2025 Average Rank 6.60 [details] Sales history for The Cartoonists Club: A Graphic Novel date, rank 04/14/2025, 4 04/21/2025, 5 04/28/2025, 5 05/05/2025, 9 05/12/2025, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,902 YTD: 37,609	Apr 2025	3,902 37,609
11	-	3	My Return to the Walter Boys Ali Novak, Author Sourcebooks Fire, $14.99 (325) 978-1-4642-3022-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 04/28/2025 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 04/28/2025 Average Rank 10.33 [details] Sales history for My Return to the Walter Boys date, rank 04/28/2025, 8 05/05/2025, 12 05/12/2025, 11 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,625 YTD: 16,832	Apr 2025	3,625 16,832
12	-	19	Escaping Peril: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel #8) Tui T Sutherland, Author, Mike Holmes, Illustrator Graphix, $12.99 (224) 978-1-339-00123-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 01/06/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/06/2025 Average Rank 6.58 [details] Sales history for Escaping Peril: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel #8) date, rank 01/06/2025, 1 01/13/2025, 2 01/20/2025, 2 01/27/2025, 2 02/03/2025, 2 02/10/2025, 2 02/17/2025, 6 02/24/2025, 5 03/03/2025, 6 03/10/2025, 5 03/31/2025, 8 04/07/2025, 11 04/14/2025, 9 04/21/2025, 14 04/28/2025, 12 05/05/2025, 16 05/12/2025, 12 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 19 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 3,419 YTD: 122,039	Dec 2024	3,419 122,039
13	-	13	The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: Deluxe Edition (a Hunger Games Novel) Suzanne Collins, Author Scholastic Press, $18.99 (528) 978-1-5461-7189-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 02/17/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 04/07/2025 Average Rank 11.31 [details] Sales history for The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: Deluxe Edition (a Hunger Games Novel) date, rank 02/17/2025, 14 02/24/2025, 7 03/03/2025, 14 03/10/2025, 12 03/17/2025, 17 03/24/2025, 12 03/31/2025, 7 04/07/2025, 3 04/14/2025, 7 04/21/2025, 11 04/28/2025, 16 05/05/2025, 14 05/12/2025, 13 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,357 YTD: 60,353	Feb 2025	3,357 60,353
14	-	13	Powerful (Special Edition): A Powerless Story Lauren Roberts, Author Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $16.99 (240) 978-1-6659-8183-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 02/17/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 02/17/2025 Average Rank 11.23 [details] Sales history for Powerful (Special Edition): A Powerless Story date, rank 02/17/2025, 2 02/24/2025, 8 03/03/2025, 9 03/10/2025, 9 03/17/2025, 14 03/24/2025, 11 03/31/2025, 17 04/07/2025, 13 04/14/2025, 17 04/21/2025, 8 04/28/2025, 13 05/05/2025, 11 05/12/2025, 14 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,187 YTD: 62,951	Feb 2025	3,187 62,951
15	-	13	Wings of Starlight Allison Saft, Author Disney Press, $18.99 (400) 978-1-368-09845-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 02/17/2025 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 02/17/2025 Average Rank 11.20 [details] Sales history for Wings of Starlight date, rank 02/17/2025, 3 02/24/2025, 11 03/03/2025, 7 03/10/2025, 11 03/31/2025, 6 04/07/2025, 6 04/14/2025, 10 04/21/2025, 18 05/05/2025, 25 05/12/2025, 15 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,163 YTD: 62,156	Feb 2025	3,163 62,156
16	-	13	The Hunger Games: Deluxe Edition Suzanne Collins, Author Scholastic Press, $16.99 (384) 978-1-5461-7186-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 02/17/2025 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 02/24/2025 Average Rank 9.38 [details] Sales history for The Hunger Games: Deluxe Edition date, rank 02/17/2025, 7 02/24/2025, 4 03/03/2025, 8 03/10/2025, 8 03/17/2025, 11 03/24/2025, 8 03/31/2025, 9 04/07/2025, 5 04/14/2025, 8 04/21/2025, 12 04/28/2025, 11 05/05/2025, 15 05/12/2025, 16 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 3,088 YTD: 66,963	Feb 2025	3,088 66,963
17	-	5	A Curse for True Love Stephanie Garber, Author Flatiron Books, $13.99 (400) 978-1-250-85121-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 04/14/2025 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 04/14/2025 Average Rank 12.00 [details] Sales history for A Curse for True Love date, rank 04/14/2025, 2 04/21/2025, 10 04/28/2025, 18 05/05/2025, 13 05/12/2025, 17 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,981 YTD: 30,251	Apr 2025	2,981 30,251
18	-	1	The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea Axie Oh, Author Square Fish, $12.99 (352) 978-1-250-86609-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,788 YTD: 2,788	Apr 2025	2,788 2,788
19	-	1	The Floating World Axie Oh, Author Feiwel & Friends, $19.99 (368) 978-1-250-85308-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,524 YTD: 2,524	Apr 2025	2,524 2,524
20	-	11	Rebel Witch: The Crimson Moth: Book 2 Kristen Ciccarelli, Author Wednesday Books, $20.00 (464) 978-1-250-86692-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 03/03/2025 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 03/03/2025 Average Rank 10.64 [details] Sales history for Rebel Witch: The Crimson Moth: Book 2 date, rank 03/03/2025, 1 03/10/2025, 4 03/17/2025, 8 03/24/2025, 7 03/31/2025, 11 04/07/2025, 10 04/14/2025, 14 04/21/2025, 22 05/05/2025, 18 05/12/2025, 20 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Feb 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,509 YTD: 78,157	Feb 2025	2,509 78,157
21	-	1	The Last Comics on Earth: A Song of Swords & Stuffies: From the Creators of the Last Kids on Earth Max Brallier, Author, Joshua Pruett, Author, Jay Cooper, Illustrator, Douglas Holgate, Illustrator Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99 (240) 978-0-593-52681-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,429 YTD: 2,429	Apr 2025	2,429 2,429
22	-	1	Chronicles of Whetherwhy: The Age of Enchantment Anna James, Author, David Wyatt, Illustrator Penguin Young Readers Group, $9.99 (304) 978-0-593-69191-5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,340 YTD: 2,340	Apr 2025	2,340 2,340
23	-	34	Impossible Creatures Ashley MacKenzie, Illustrator, Katherine Rundell, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99 (368) 978-0-593-80986-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 09/23/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/23/2024 Average Rank 10.65 [details] Sales history for Impossible Creatures date, rank 09/23/2024, 1 09/30/2024, 3 10/07/2024, 5 10/14/2024, 15 10/21/2024, 11 10/28/2024, 14 11/04/2024, 15 11/11/2024, 18 11/18/2024, 22 11/25/2024, 9 12/02/2024, 4 12/09/2024, 2 12/16/2024, 5 12/30/2024, 4 01/06/2025, 4 01/13/2025, 4 01/20/2025, 6 01/27/2025, 8 02/03/2025, 6 02/10/2025, 7 02/17/2025, 16 02/24/2025, 12 03/03/2025, 10 03/10/2025, 10 03/31/2025, 15 04/07/2025, 15 04/21/2025, 19 04/28/2025, 17 05/05/2025, 23 05/12/2025, 23 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 34 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 2,311 YTD: 64,323	Sep 2024	2,311 64,323
24	-	5	Karen's Prize: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #10) Shauna J Grant, Adapted by, Shauna J Grant, Illustrator, Ann M Martin, Author Graphix, $12.99 (144) 978-1-339-00507-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 13 Initial Date 04/21/2025 Highest Rank 13 Highest Rank Date 04/21/2025 Average Rank 18.00 [details] Sales history for Karen's Prize: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #10) date, rank 04/21/2025, 13 04/28/2025, 15 05/05/2025, 20 05/12/2025, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,295 YTD: 22,898	Apr 2025	2,295 22,898
25	-	1	Orris and Timble: Lost and Found Kate DiCamillo, Author, Carmen Mok, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA), $16.99 (80) 978-1-5362-2530-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Apr 2025 UNITS SOLD: 2,251 YTD: 2,251	Apr 2025	2,251 2,251

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended May 3, 2025; appearing in the May 12, 2025, print edition of PW