NYT - Children’s Series | David City Hruska Library

1) Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Author

Kinney, Jeff

Notes

#1 on the Children’s Series list for 2024-04-07. Last week it was ranked 1. It has been on the list for 784 week(s).

Formats:

Children's Book, eAudiobook, eBook

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Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.

2) The last Olympian

Author

Riordan, Rick

Notes

#2 on the Children’s Series list for 2024-04-07. Last week it was ranked 2. It has been on the list for 717 week(s).

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The long-awaited prophecy surrounding Percy Jackson's sixteenth birthday unfolds as he leads an army of young demigods to stop Kronos in his advance on New York City, while the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging monster, Typhon.

3) A good girl's guide to murder

Author

Jackson, Holly

Notes

#3 on the Children’s Series list for 2024-04-07. Last week it was ranked 3. It has been on the list for 130 week(s).

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As her senior capstone project, Pippa Fitz-Amobi is determined to find the real killer in a closed, local murder case, but not everyone wants her meddling in the past.

4) Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone

Author

Rowling, J. K

Notes

#5 on the Children’s Series list for 2024-04-07. Last week it was ranked 4. It has been on the list for 783 week(s).

Formats:

Audio Book, Children's Book, eAudiobook, eBook

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Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. "Harry Potter has never been the star of a Quidditch team, scoring points while riding a broom far above the ground. He knows no spells, has never helped to hatch a dragon, and has never worn a cloak of invisibility. All he knows is a miserable life with the Dursleys, his horrible...

5) Catching fire

Author

Collins, Suzanne

Notes

#6 on the Children’s Series list for 2024-04-07. Last week it was ranked 5. It has been on the list for 320 week(s).

Formats:

eAudiobook, eBook, Young Adult Book

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By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion.

6) The wild robot

Author

Brown, Peter

Notes

#7 on the Children’s Series list for 2024-04-07. Last week it was ranked 6. It has been on the list for 13 week(s).

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Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is from or why she is there, and her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants. When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is - but she knows she needs to survive. After battling...

7) We'll always have summer: a summer novel

Author

Han, Jenny

Notes

#8 on the Children’s Series list for 2024-04-07. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 101 week(s).

Formats:

eAudiobook, Young Adult Book

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The summer after her first year of college, Isobel "Belly" Conklin is faced with a choice between Jeremiah and Conrad Fisher, brothers she has always loved, when Jeremiah proposes marriage and Conrad confesses that he still loves her.

8) The inheritance games

Author

Barnes, Jennifer (Jennifer Lynn)

Notes

#9 on the Children’s Series list for 2024-04-07. Last week it was ranked 8. It has been on the list for 81 week(s).

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When a Connecticut teenager inherits vast wealth and an eccentric estate from the richest man in Texas, she must also live with his surviving family and solve a series of puzzles to discover how she earned her inheritance.

9) The one and only Ivan

Author

Applegate, Katherine

Notes

#10 on the Children’s Series list for 2024-04-07. It has been on the list for 25 week(s).

Formats:

Children's Book, eAudiobook, eBook

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When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.