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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 2019 YTD
1	1	2	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 1.80 [details] Sales history for Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild date, rank 01/07/2019, 1 01/14/2019, 1 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Dec 2018 UNITS SOLD: 61,556 YTD: 261,311	Dec 2018	61,556 261,311
2	-	1	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 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 01/14/2019 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 01/14/2019 Average Rank 3.00 [details] Sales history for The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Tales from Alagaësia (Volume 1: Eragon) date, rank 01/14/2019, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2018 UNITS SOLD: 24,255 YTD: 26,115	Dec 2018	24,255 26,115
3	2	10	The Meltdown (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #13) Jeff Kinney, Author Amulet Books, $13.95 (224) 978-1-4197-2743-6 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/12/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/12/2018 Average Rank 1.95 [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 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 22,018 YTD: 1,170,226	Oct 2018	22,018 1,170,226
4	4	19	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 4 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/10/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/10/2018 Average Rank 2.71 [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 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 19 PUB DATE: Aug 2018 UNITS SOLD: 10,671 YTD: 703,244	Aug 2018	10,671 703,244
5	5	8	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 5 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 11/26/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/26/2018 Average Rank 3.91 [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 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Nov 2018 UNITS SOLD: 7,959 YTD: 264,707	Nov 2018	7,959 264,707
6	3	2	The Hive Queen Tui T Sutherland, Author Scholastic Press, $16.99 (320) 978-1-338-21448-2 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 01/07/2019 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 01/07/2019 Average Rank 4.50 [details] Sales history for The Hive Queen date, rank 01/07/2019, 3 01/14/2019, 6 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Dec 2018 UNITS SOLD: 6,795 YTD: 35,782	Dec 2018	6,795 35,782
7	1	5	Queen of Air and Darkness Cassandra Clare, Author Margaret K. McElderry Books, $24.99 (720) 978-1-4424-6843-6 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 12/17/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 12/17/2018 Average Rank 5.17 [details] Sales history for Queen of Air and Darkness date, rank 12/17/2018, 2 12/24/2018, 4 12/31/2018, 5 01/07/2019, 7 01/14/2019, 7 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Dec 2018 UNITS SOLD: 6,760 YTD: 106,978	Dec 2018	6,760 106,978
8	6	2	The Bad Guys in Superbad Aaron Blabey, Author Scholastic Paperbacks, $5.99 (144) 978-1-338-18963-6 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 01/07/2019 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 01/07/2019 Average Rank 7.00 [details] Sales history for The Bad Guys in Superbad date, rank 01/07/2019, 6 01/14/2019, 8 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Dec 2018 UNITS SOLD: 5,449 YTD: 23,689	Dec 2018	5,449 23,689
9	2	13	Dear Evan Hansen Val Emmich et al Poppy, (368p) 978-0-316-42023-5 Last rank 2 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/22/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/22/2018 Average Rank 6.08 [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 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 5,064 YTD: 137,321	Oct 2018	5,064 137,321
10	10	2	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 10 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 01/07/2019 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 01/14/2019 Average Rank 10.50 [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 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Dec 2018 UNITS SOLD: 5,051 YTD: 13,886	Dec 2018	5,051 13,886
11	7	12	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 7 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 10/29/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/29/2018 Average Rank 5.15 [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 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 4,886 YTD: 168,311	Oct 2018	4,886 168,311
12	5	39	Always and Forever, Lara Jean Jenny Han, Author Simon & Schuster, $10.99 (336) 978-1-4814-3049-4 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 19 Initial Date 08/27/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/03/2018 Average Rank 12.30 [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 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 39 PUB DATE: Apr 2018 UNITS SOLD: 4,110 YTD: 130,293	Apr 2018	4,110 130,293
13	4	26	To All the Boys I've Loved Before (Media Tie-In) Jenny Han, Author Simon & Schuster, $10.99 (384) 978-1-5344-3837-8 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 24 Initial Date 08/06/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/03/2018 Average Rank 10.88 [details] Sales history for To All the Boys I've Loved Before (Media 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 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 26 PUB DATE: Jul 2018 UNITS SOLD: 3,935 YTD: 146,790	Jul 2018	3,935 146,790
14	7	7	Five Feet Apart Rachael Lippincott, Author Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99 (320) 978-1-5344-3733-3 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 22 Initial Date 12/03/2018 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 01/14/2019 Average Rank 19.67 [details] Sales history for Five Feet Apart date, rank 12/03/2018, 22 01/07/2019, 23 01/14/2019, 14 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Nov 2018 UNITS SOLD: 3,507 YTD: 24,212	Nov 2018	3,507 24,212
15	3	18	The Hate U Give (Movie Tie-In) Angie Thomas, Author HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $18.99 (480) 978-0-06-287135-0 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 09/17/2018 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 10/15/2018 Average Rank 10.00 [details] Sales history for The Hate U Give (Movie Tie-In) date, rank 09/17/2018, 16 09/24/2018, 7 10/01/2018, 12 10/08/2018, 10 10/15/2018, 6 10/22/2018, 7 10/29/2018, 7 11/05/2018, 8 11/19/2018, 11 11/26/2018, 7 12/03/2018, 9 12/10/2018, 13 12/17/2018, 15 12/24/2018, 12 12/31/2018, 9 01/07/2019, 12 01/14/2019, 15 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: Sep 2018 UNITS SOLD: 3,502 YTD: 98,062	Sep 2018	3,502 98,062
16	15	10	Crush Svetlana Chmakova, Author Jy, $11.00 (240) 978-0-316-36324-2 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 19 Initial Date 11/19/2018 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 11/26/2018 Average Rank 18.50 [details] Sales history for Crush date, rank 11/19/2018, 19 11/26/2018, 14 12/03/2018, 14 12/10/2018, 23 12/17/2018, 21 12/24/2018, 22 12/31/2018, 25 01/07/2019, 17 01/14/2019, 16 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 3,178 YTD: 41,806	Oct 2018	3,178 41,806
17	9	13	What If It's Us Becky Albertalli, Author, Adam Silvera, Author Harper Teen, $18.99 (448) 978-0-06-279525-0 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 10/22/2018 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 10/22/2018 Average Rank 16.25 [details] Sales history for What If It's Us date, rank 10/22/2018, 9 10/29/2018, 22 12/03/2018, 17 01/14/2019, 17 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 2,763 YTD: 45,775	Oct 2018	2,763 45,775
18	27	3	Mary Poppins Returns Deluxe Novelization Walt Disney Pictures, Author, Kathy McCullough, Author Houghton Mifflin, $8.99 (256) 978-1-328-51274-1 Last rank 27 Initial Rank 24 Initial Date 12/31/2018 Highest Rank 18 Highest Rank Date 01/14/2019 Average Rank 21.00 [details] Sales history for Mary Poppins Returns Deluxe Novelization date, rank 12/31/2018, 24 01/14/2019, 18 LAST WEEK: 27 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Nov 2018 UNITS SOLD: 2,757 YTD: 26,772	Nov 2018	2,757 26,772
19	12	19	Kristy's Big Day (the Baby-Sitters Club Graphix #6) Ann M Martin, Author, Gale Galligan, Illustrator Graphix, $10.99 (160) 978-1-338-06761-3 Last rank 12 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 09/10/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 09/10/2018 Average Rank 10.38 [details] Sales history for Kristy's Big Day (the Baby-Sitters Club Graphix #6) date, rank 09/10/2018, 2 09/17/2018, 5 09/24/2018, 4 10/01/2018, 9 10/08/2018, 11 10/15/2018, 9 10/22/2018, 11 10/29/2018, 9 11/05/2018, 12 11/19/2018, 13 11/26/2018, 8 12/03/2018, 11 12/10/2018, 8 12/17/2018, 10 12/24/2018, 21 12/31/2018, 21 01/07/2019, 16 01/14/2019, 19 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 19 PUB DATE: Aug 2018 UNITS SOLD: 2,717 YTD: 110,879	Aug 2018	2,717 110,879
20	38	2	The the Day Before: A Prequel Novel Scholastic, Author, Micol Ostow, Author Scholastic Inc., $9.99 (280) 978-1-338-28944-2 LAST WEEK: 38 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Dec 2018 UNITS SOLD: 2,538 YTD: 6,661	Dec 2018	2,538 6,661
21	20	27	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J. K. Rowling, Author, Brian Selznick, Illustrator Scholastic/Levine, $12.99 (336) 978-1-338-29914-4 Last rank 20 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 07/09/2018 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 08/13/2018 Average Rank 12.48 [details] Sales history for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone date, rank 07/09/2018, 8 07/16/2018, 4 07/23/2018, 4 07/30/2018, 2 08/06/2018, 2 08/13/2018, 1 08/20/2018, 2 08/27/2018, 2 09/03/2018, 4 09/10/2018, 8 09/17/2018, 8 09/24/2018, 8 10/01/2018, 14 10/08/2018, 20 10/15/2018, 22 11/19/2018, 24 11/26/2018, 21 12/03/2018, 16 12/10/2018, 22 12/17/2018, 23 12/24/2018, 17 12/31/2018, 11 01/07/2019, 20 01/14/2019, 21 LAST WEEK: 20 WEEKS ON LIST: 27 PUB DATE: Jun 2018 UNITS SOLD: 2,532 YTD: 130,625	Jun 2018	2,532 130,625
22	6	14	A Map of Days Ransom Riggs, Author Dutton Books for Young Readers, $22.99 (496) 978-0-7352-3214-3 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/15/2018 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/15/2018 Average Rank 9.86 [details] Sales history for A Map of Days date, rank 10/15/2018, 2 10/22/2018, 4 10/29/2018, 5 11/05/2018, 6 11/19/2018, 12 11/26/2018, 9 12/03/2018, 10 12/10/2018, 10 12/17/2018, 9 12/24/2018, 9 12/31/2018, 12 01/07/2019, 19 01/14/2019, 22 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Oct 2018 UNITS SOLD: 2,483 YTD: 96,629	Oct 2018	2,483 96,629
23	8	18	The Hate U Give (Collector's Edition) Angie Thomas, Author Balzer & Bray/Harperteen, $20.99 (512) 978-0-06-287234-0 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 15 Initial Date 10/01/2018 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 12/03/2018 Average Rank 16.19 [details] Sales history for The Hate U Give (Collector's Edition) date, rank 10/01/2018, 15 10/08/2018, 16 10/15/2018, 11 10/22/2018, 14 10/29/2018, 17 11/05/2018, 19 11/19/2018, 21 11/26/2018, 16 12/03/2018, 7 12/10/2018, 9 12/17/2018, 11 12/24/2018, 24 12/31/2018, 16 01/07/2019, 24 01/14/2019, 23 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: Sep 2018 UNITS SOLD: 2,307 YTD: 73,231	Sep 2018	2,307 73,231
24	17	3	They Both Die at the End Adam Silvera, Author Harper Teen, $10.99 (400) 978-0-06-245780-6 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Dec 2018 UNITS SOLD: 2,294 YTD: 7,267	Dec 2018	2,294 7,267
25	18	5	Dog Diaries: A Middle School Story James Patterson, Author, Steven Butler, With, Richard Watson, Illustrator Jimmy Patterson, $9.99 (208) 978-0-316-48748-1 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 12/17/2018 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 12/17/2018 Average Rank 13.40 [details] Sales history for Dog Diaries: A Middle School Story date, rank 12/17/2018, 8 12/24/2018, 8 12/31/2018, 8 01/07/2019, 18 01/14/2019, 25 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Dec 2018 UNITS SOLD: 2,272 YTD: 39,355	Dec 2018	2,272 39,355

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NPD BookScan, week 1 of 2019, data through 01/05/2019; PW Issue of January 14, 2019