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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2021 YTD
1	1	7	Cat Kid Comic Club: From the Creator of Dog Man Dav Pilkey, Author, Dav Pilkey, Illustrator Graphix, $12.99 (176) 978-1-338-71276-6 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 12/14/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/14/2020 Average Rank 2.71 [details] Sales history for Cat Kid Comic Club: From the Creator of Dog Man date, rank 12/14/2020, 1 12/21/2020, 1 12/28/2020, 1 01/04/2021, 1 01/11/2021, 2 01/18/2021, 1 01/25/2021, 1 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Dec 2020 UNITS SOLD: 21,817 YTD: 44,661	Dec 2020	21,817 44,661
2	-	1	Concrete Rose Angie Thomas, Author Balzer & Bray/Harperteen, $19.99 (320) 978-0-06-284671-6 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 01/25/2021 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 01/25/2021 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for Concrete Rose date, rank 01/25/2021, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jan 2021 UNITS SOLD: 17,873 YTD: 17,873	Jan 2021	17,873 17,873
3	3	12	Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 15 Jeff Kinney, Author Amulet Books, $14.99 (224) 978-1-4197-4868-4 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/09/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/09/2020 Average Rank 2.26 [details] Sales history for Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 15 date, rank 11/09/2020, 1 11/16/2020, 1 11/23/2020, 1 11/30/2020, 1 12/07/2020, 1 12/14/2020, 2 12/21/2020, 2 12/28/2020, 2 01/04/2021, 2 01/11/2021, 3 01/18/2021, 2 01/25/2021, 3 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 17,517 YTD: 36,526	Oct 2020	17,517 36,526
4	5	20	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 5 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/14/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/14/2020 Average Rank 2.84 [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 11/02/2020, 1 11/09/2020, 2 11/16/2020, 2 11/23/2020, 2 11/30/2020, 2 12/07/2020, 2 12/14/2020, 3 12/21/2020, 3 12/28/2020, 3 01/04/2021, 3 01/11/2021, 5 01/18/2021, 4 01/25/2021, 4 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 20 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 13,756 YTD: 27,705	Sep 2020	13,756 27,705
5	1	24	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 3.94 [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 11/02/2020, 2 11/09/2020, 3 11/16/2020, 3 11/23/2020, 5 11/30/2020, 5 12/07/2020, 4 12/14/2020, 5 12/21/2020, 5 12/28/2020, 5 01/04/2021, 5 01/11/2021, 4 01/18/2021, 3 01/25/2021, 5 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 24 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 13,275 YTD: 30,772	Aug 2020	13,275 30,772
6	6	10	The Ickabog J. K. Rowling, Author Scholastic Inc., $26.99 (304) 978-1-338-73287-0 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 11/23/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/23/2020 Average Rank 6.06 [details] Sales history for The Ickabog date, rank 11/23/2020, 3 11/30/2020, 4 12/07/2020, 3 12/14/2020, 4 12/21/2020, 4 12/28/2020, 4 01/04/2021, 4 01/11/2021, 6 01/18/2021, 5 01/25/2021, 6 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 10,690 YTD: 23,440	Nov 2020	10,690 23,440
7	7	3	The Dark Secret: A Graphix Book, Volume 4 Tui T Sutherland, Author, Mike Holmes, Illustrator Graphix, $12.99 (224) 978-1-338-34421-9 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 01/11/2021 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 01/11/2021 Average Rank 4.00 [details] Sales history for The Dark Secret: A Graphix Book, Volume 4 date, rank 01/11/2021, 1 01/18/2021, 6 01/25/2021, 7 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Dec 2020 UNITS SOLD: 9,064 YTD: 21,527	Dec 2020	9,064 21,527
8	9	13	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Minalima Edition (Harry Potter, Book 1), Volume 1 Minalima Design, Illustrator, J. K. Rowling, Author Scholastic Inc., $37.99 (368) 978-1-338-59670-0 Last rank 9 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 11/02/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/02/2020 Average Rank 6.46 [details] Sales history for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Minalima Edition (Harry Potter, Book 1), Volume 1 date, rank 11/02/2020, 3 11/09/2020, 5 11/16/2020, 5 11/23/2020, 7 11/30/2020, 7 12/07/2020, 8 12/14/2020, 6 12/21/2020, 7 12/28/2020, 7 01/04/2021, 7 01/11/2021, 7 01/18/2021, 7 01/25/2021, 8 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 5,295 YTD: 12,549	Oct 2020	5,295 12,549
9	3	2	Lore Alexandra Bracken, Author Disney-Hyperion, $18.99 (480) 978-1-4847-7820-3 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 01/18/2021 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 01/25/2021 Average Rank 9.50 [details] Sales history for Lore date, rank 01/18/2021, 10 01/25/2021, 9 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jan 2021 UNITS SOLD: 4,964 YTD: 10,090	Jan 2021	4,964 10,090
10	2	35	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 5.35 [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 11/02/2020, 8 11/09/2020, 14 11/16/2020, 6 11/23/2020, 8 11/30/2020, 10 12/07/2020, 6 12/14/2020, 11 12/21/2020, 10 12/28/2020, 6 01/04/2021, 6 01/11/2021, 10 01/18/2021, 9 01/25/2021, 10 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 35 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,780 YTD: 10,387	May 2020	4,780 10,387
11	12	20	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 12 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 09/14/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/14/2020 Average Rank 7.62 [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 11/02/2020, 6 11/09/2020, 7 11/16/2020, 7 11/23/2020, 9 11/30/2020, 9 12/07/2020, 10 12/14/2020, 10 12/21/2020, 9 12/28/2020, 10 01/04/2021, 9 01/11/2021, 11 01/18/2021, 12 01/25/2021, 11 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 20 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,242 YTD: 8,446	Sep 2020	4,242 8,446
12	11	3	Karen's Worst Day (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novel #3), Volume 3 Ann M Martin, Author, Katy Farina, Illustrator Graphix, $10.99 (144) 978-1-338-35618-2 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 01/11/2021 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 01/11/2021 Average Rank 10.33 [details] Sales history for Karen's Worst Day (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphic Novel #3), Volume 3 date, rank 01/11/2021, 8 01/18/2021, 11 01/25/2021, 12 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Dec 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,154 YTD: 8,881	Dec 2020	4,154 8,881
13	13	24	Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure Jeff Kinney, Author Amulet Books, $14.99 (224) 978-1-4197-4909-4 Last rank 13 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 08/17/2020 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/17/2020 Average Rank 5.82 [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 11/02/2020, 4 11/09/2020, 4 11/16/2020, 4 11/23/2020, 6 11/30/2020, 6 12/07/2020, 7 12/14/2020, 8 12/21/2020, 8 12/28/2020, 8 01/04/2021, 8 01/11/2021, 12 01/18/2021, 13 01/25/2021, 13 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 24 PUB DATE: Aug 2020 UNITS SOLD: 4,009 YTD: 8,177	Aug 2020	4,009 8,177
14	15	2	A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Holly Jackson, Author Ember, $10.99 (400) 978-1-9848-9639-1 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 16 Initial Date 01/18/2021 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 01/25/2021 Average Rank 15.00 [details] Sales history for A Good Girl's Guide to Murder date, rank 01/18/2021, 16 01/25/2021, 14 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jan 2021 UNITS SOLD: 3,624 YTD: 7,290	Jan 2021	3,624 7,290
15	16	37	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 8.53 [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 11/02/2020, 10 11/09/2020, 15 11/16/2020, 12 11/23/2020, 14 11/30/2020, 15 12/07/2020, 14 12/14/2020, 14 12/21/2020, 11 12/28/2020, 11 01/04/2021, 11 01/11/2021, 16 01/18/2021, 17 01/25/2021, 15 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 37 PUB DATE: May 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,430 YTD: 6,924	May 2020	3,430 6,924
16	4	3	Five Nights at Freddy's: Fazbear Frights #6: Blackbird, Volume 6 Scott Cawthon, Author Afk, $9.99 (256) 978-1-338-70389-4 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 01/11/2021 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 01/11/2021 Average Rank 13.00 [details] Sales history for Five Nights at Freddy's: Fazbear Frights #6: Blackbird, Volume 6 date, rank 01/11/2021, 9 01/18/2021, 14 01/25/2021, 16 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Dec 2020 UNITS SOLD: 3,147 YTD: 6,952	Dec 2020	3,147 6,952
17	17	10	Bad Guys #12, Volume 12 Aaron Blabey, Author Scholastic Paperbacks, $6.99 (192) 978-1-338-32950-6 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 11/23/2020 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 11/23/2020 Average Rank 14.20 [details] Sales history for Bad Guys #12, Volume 12 date, rank 11/23/2020, 4 11/30/2020, 12 12/07/2020, 13 12/14/2020, 16 12/21/2020, 14 12/28/2020, 14 01/04/2021, 16 01/11/2021, 17 01/18/2021, 19 01/25/2021, 17 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Nov 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,996 YTD: 6,160	Nov 2020	2,996 6,160
18	5	6	The Cousins Karen M McManus, Author Delacorte Press, $19.99 (336) 978-0-525-70800-1 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 17 Initial Date 12/14/2020 Highest Rank 14 Highest Rank Date 01/04/2021 Average Rank 15.86 [details] Sales history for The Cousins date, rank 12/14/2020, 17 12/21/2020, 15 12/28/2020, 15 01/04/2021, 14 01/11/2021, 14 01/18/2021, 18 01/25/2021, 18 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: Dec 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,754 YTD: 6,083	Dec 2020	2,754 6,083
19	14	15	Class ACT Jerry Craft, Author, Jerry Craft, Illustrator Quill Tree Books, $12.99 (256) 978-0-06-288550-0 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 10 Initial Date 10/19/2020 Highest Rank 10 Highest Rank Date 10/19/2020 Average Rank 17.23 [details] Sales history for Class ACT date, rank 10/19/2020, 10 10/26/2020, 15 11/02/2020, 13 11/09/2020, 18 11/16/2020, 16 11/23/2020, 18 11/30/2020, 18 12/07/2020, 24 12/21/2020, 17 12/28/2020, 21 01/04/2021, 20 01/18/2021, 15 01/25/2021, 19 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,487 YTD: 6,278	Oct 2020	2,487 6,278
20	-	1	City of the Plague God Sarwat Chadda, Author Rick Riordan Presents, $16.99 (400) 978-1-368-05150-7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Jan 2021 UNITS SOLD: 2,484 YTD: 2,484	Jan 2021	2,484 2,484
21	21	15	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 21 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 10/19/2020 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/19/2020 Average Rank 10.29 [details] Sales history for The Tower of Nero (Trials of Apollo, the Book Five) date, rank 10/19/2020, 1 10/26/2020, 3 11/02/2020, 5 11/09/2020, 6 11/16/2020, 8 11/23/2020, 11 11/30/2020, 13 12/07/2020, 11 12/14/2020, 12 12/21/2020, 12 12/28/2020, 12 01/04/2021, 12 01/11/2021, 15 01/18/2021, 21 01/25/2021, 21 LAST WEEK: 21 WEEKS ON LIST: 15 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,473 YTD: 5,279	Oct 2020	2,473 5,279
22	8	5	Kingdom of the Wicked Kerri Maniscalco, Author Jimmy Patterson, $18.99 (448) 978-0-316-42846-0 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 11/09/2020 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 11/09/2020 Average Rank 17.67 [details] Sales history for Kingdom of the Wicked date, rank 11/09/2020, 11 01/11/2021, 20 01/25/2021, 22 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,435 YTD: 4,443	Oct 2020	2,435 4,443
23	10	2	Star Wars the High Republic: A Test of Courage Justina Ireland, Author, Petur Antonsson, Illustrator Disney Lucasfilm Press, $14.99 (240) 978-1-368-05730-1 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 01/18/2021 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 01/18/2021 Average Rank 15.50 [details] Sales history for Star Wars the High Republic: A Test of Courage date, rank 01/18/2021, 8 01/25/2021, 23 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Jan 2021 UNITS SOLD: 2,342 YTD: 8,883	Jan 2021	2,342 8,883
24	27	18	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 27 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 09/28/2020 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 09/28/2020 Average Rank 12.00 [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 11/02/2020, 7 11/09/2020, 8 11/16/2020, 11 11/23/2020, 13 11/30/2020, 14 12/07/2020, 12 12/14/2020, 13 12/21/2020, 13 12/28/2020, 13 01/04/2021, 13 01/11/2021, 21 01/18/2021, 23 01/25/2021, 24 LAST WEEK: 27 WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: Sep 2020 UNITS SOLD: 2,130 YTD: 4,366	Sep 2020	2,130 4,366
25	45	5	Becoming Muhammad Ali James Patterson, Author, Kwame Alexander, Author, Dawud Anyabwile, Illustrator Jimmy Patterson, $16.99 (320) 978-0-316-49816-6 Last rank 45 Initial Rank 20 Initial Date 10/19/2020 Highest Rank 15 Highest Rank Date 11/02/2020 Average Rank 19.88 [details] Sales history for Becoming Muhammad Ali date, rank 10/19/2020, 20 10/26/2020, 16 11/02/2020, 15 11/09/2020, 17 11/16/2020, 22 11/30/2020, 25 01/04/2021, 19 01/25/2021, 25 LAST WEEK: 45 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Oct 2020 UNITS SOLD: 1,999 YTD: 3,759	Oct 2020	1,999 3,759

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