Check out the top 15 children’s fiction books sold in the US over the last month, courtesy of our friends at Publishers Weekly.
1. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, Little, Brown/Tingley, US$8.99
2. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer, Little, Brown/Tingley, US$18.99
3. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer, Little, Brown/Tingley, US$17.99
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Bks., US$34.99
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, Abrams/Amulet, US$12.95
6. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, Little, Brown, US$16.99
7. Slam by Nick Hornby, Putnam, US$19.99
8. The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick, Scholastic Press, US$22.99
9. The Luxe by Anna Godbersen, HarperCollins, US$17.99
10. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Knopf, US$11.99
11. Peter and the Secret of Rundoon by Dave Barry and Ridely Pearson, Disney Editions, US$18.99
12. The Nixie’s Song by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi, Simon & Schuster, US$10.99
13. The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall, Yearling, US$6.50
14. Glass by Ellen Hopkins, McElderry Books, US$16.99
15. Flush by Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, US$8.95
Used with permission, copyright Publishers Weekly 2007; a full listing in all categories can be found at www.publishersweekly.com.