NYT - Children’s & Young Adult Series

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New York Times - Children’s & Young Adult Series
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1) Partypooper

Author

Kinney, Jeff

Series

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Notes

#1 on the Children’s & Young Adult Series list. Last week it was ranked 1. It has been on the list for 869 week(s).

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

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It's Greg's birthday—and you're invited to the chaos. In Partypooper, the 20th book in Jeff Kinney's global smash-hit Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Greg Heffley is planning the ultimate party—for himself.

But when the guest list grows, the decorations flop, and the surprises backfire, this birthday bash turns into a total blowout—just not the kind Greg had in mind.

Packed with cake disasters,

...

2) Percy Jackson & the Olympians: Book 1, The lightning thief

Author

Riordan, Rick

Series

Percy Jackson and the Olympians volume 01

Notes

#9 on the Children’s & Young Adult Series list. Last week it was ranked 8. It has been on the list for 801 week(s).

Description

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Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.