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Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2024 YTD
1	-	1	Dog Man: Big Jim Begins: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #13): From the Creator of Captain Underpants Dav Pilkey, Author, Dav Pilkey, Illustrator Graphix, $14.99 (224) 978-1-338-89645-9 Last rank 1 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 12/16/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 12/16/2024 Average Rank 1.00 [details] Sales history for Dog Man: Big Jim Begins: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #13): From the Creator of Captain Underpants date, rank 12/16/2024, 1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 234,478 YTD: 234,478	Dec 2024	234,478 234,478
2	-	7	Hot Mess (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 19) Jeff Kinney, Author Amulet Books, $14.99 (224) 978-1-4197-6695-4 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/04/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/04/2024 Average Rank 1.47 [details] Sales history for Hot Mess (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 19) date, rank 11/04/2024, 1 11/11/2024, 1 11/18/2024, 1 11/25/2024, 2 12/02/2024, 1 12/09/2024, 1 12/16/2024, 2 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 65,672 YTD: 559,035	Oct 2024	65,672 559,035
3	-	1	Unraveled Book 9.5 Shannon Messenger, Author Aladdin Paperbacks, $21.99 (416) 978-1-6659-6741-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 12/16/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 12/16/2024 Average Rank 3.50 [details] Sales history for Unraveled Book 9.5 date, rank 12/16/2024, 3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 48,933 YTD: 49,720	Nov 2024	48,933 49,720
4	-	38	Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #12): From the Creator of Captain Underpants Dav Pilkey, Author, Dav Pilkey, Illustrator Graphix, $14.99 (240) 978-1-338-89643-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 04/01/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 04/01/2024 Average Rank 2.38 [details] Sales history for Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #12): From the Creator of Captain Underpants date, rank 04/01/2024, 1 04/08/2024, 1 04/15/2024, 1 04/22/2024, 1 04/29/2024, 1 05/06/2024, 1 05/13/2024, 1 05/20/2024, 1 05/27/2024, 1 06/10/2024, 1 06/17/2024, 1 06/24/2024, 1 07/08/2024, 2 07/15/2024, 4 07/22/2024, 3 07/29/2024, 3 08/05/2024, 3 08/12/2024, 2 08/19/2024, 1 08/26/2024, 1 09/02/2024, 2 09/09/2024, 1 09/16/2024, 2 09/23/2024, 2 09/30/2024, 2 10/07/2024, 3 10/14/2024, 4 10/21/2024, 3 10/28/2024, 2 11/04/2024, 5 11/11/2024, 2 11/18/2024, 5 11/25/2024, 5 12/02/2024, 2 12/09/2024, 3 12/16/2024, 4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 38 PUB DATE: Mar 2024 UNITS SOLD: 22,420 YTD: 1,190,654	Mar 2024	22,420 1,190,654
5	-	13	Impossible Creatures Ashley MacKenzie, Illustrator, Katherine Rundell, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99 (368) 978-0-593-80986-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 09/23/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/23/2024 Average Rank 9.36 [details] Sales history for Impossible Creatures date, rank 09/23/2024, 1 09/30/2024, 3 10/07/2024, 5 10/14/2024, 15 10/21/2024, 11 10/28/2024, 14 11/04/2024, 15 11/11/2024, 18 11/18/2024, 22 11/25/2024, 9 12/02/2024, 4 12/09/2024, 2 12/16/2024, 5 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 19,188 YTD: 127,874	Sep 2024	19,188 127,874
6	-	1	Haunting of the Ghost Dragon: A Branches Book (Dragon Masters #27) Tracey West, Author Scholastic Inc., $6.99 (96) 978-1-339-02240-6 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 15,049 YTD: 15,049	Dec 2024	15,049 15,049
7	-	11	Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess Rick Riordan, Author Disney Hyperion, $19.99 (336) 978-1-368-10763-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/07/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/07/2024 Average Rank 4.00 [details] Sales history for Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess date, rank 10/07/2024, 1 10/14/2024, 2 10/21/2024, 1 10/28/2024, 1 11/04/2024, 4 11/11/2024, 4 11/18/2024, 9 11/25/2024, 6 12/02/2024, 6 12/09/2024, 5 12/16/2024, 7 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 13,153 YTD: 205,536	Sep 2024	13,153 205,536
8	-	4	Cabin Fever (Special Disney+ Cover Holiday Collector's Edition) (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #6) Jeff Kinney, Author Amulet Books, $16.99 (224) 978-1-4197-7974-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 14 Initial Date 11/25/2024 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 12/02/2024 Average Rank 8.50 [details] Sales history for Cabin Fever (Special Disney+ Cover Holiday Collector's Edition) (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #6) date, rank 11/25/2024, 14 12/02/2024, 5 12/09/2024, 7 12/16/2024, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 10,990 YTD: 36,541	Nov 2024	10,990 36,541
9	-	14	The Wild Robot Peter Brown, Author Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $9.99 (320) 978-0-316-58109-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 21 Initial Date 09/16/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/28/2024 Average Rank 8.36 [details] Sales history for The Wild Robot date, rank 09/16/2024, 21 09/23/2024, 8 09/30/2024, 5 10/07/2024, 11 10/14/2024, 12 10/21/2024, 5 10/28/2024, 3 11/04/2024, 6 11/11/2024, 3 11/18/2024, 8 11/25/2024, 7 12/02/2024, 7 12/09/2024, 12 12/16/2024, 9 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 14 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 9,953 YTD: 108,077	Sep 2024	9,953 108,077
10	-	12	Kristy and the Walking Disaster: A Graphic Novel (the Baby-Sitters Club #16) Ellen T Crenshaw, Illustrator Graphix, $12.99 (160) 978-1-338-83555-7 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 09/30/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/30/2024 Average Rank 9.69 [details] Sales history for Kristy and the Walking Disaster: A Graphic Novel (the Baby-Sitters Club #16) date, rank 09/30/2024, 1 10/07/2024, 7 10/14/2024, 13 10/21/2024, 9 10/28/2024, 8 11/04/2024, 10 11/11/2024, 9 11/18/2024, 15 11/25/2024, 13 12/02/2024, 12 12/09/2024, 11 12/16/2024, 10 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 12 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 8,373 YTD: 90,874	Sep 2024	8,373 90,874
11	-	4	The Bad Guys in One Last Thing (the Bad Guys #20) Aaron Blabey, Author Scholastic Paperbacks, $6.99 (192) 978-1-5461-1180-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 11/25/2024 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 11/25/2024 Average Rank 9.00 [details] Sales history for The Bad Guys in One Last Thing (the Bad Guys #20) date, rank 11/25/2024, 4 12/02/2024, 10 12/09/2024, 13 12/16/2024, 11 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 7,187 YTD: 44,435	Nov 2024	7,187 44,435
12	-	4	Skyshade (the Lightlark Saga Book 3) Alex Aster, Author Harry N. Abrams, $22.99 (384) 978-1-4197-7378-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/25/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/25/2024 Average Rank 4.20 [details] Sales history for Skyshade (the Lightlark Saga Book 3) date, rank 11/25/2024, 1 12/02/2024, 3 12/09/2024, 4 12/16/2024, 12 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 7,130 YTD: 96,458	Nov 2024	7,130 96,458
13	-	44	If Only I Had Told Her Laura Nowlin, Author Sourcebooks Fire, $11.99 (300) 978-1-7282-7622-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 02/19/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 02/19/2024 Average Rank 5.33 [details] Sales history for If Only I Had Told Her date, rank 02/19/2024, 1 02/26/2024, 1 03/04/2024, 1 03/11/2024, 1 03/18/2024, 1 03/25/2024, 1 04/01/2024, 2 04/08/2024, 2 04/15/2024, 2 04/22/2024, 2 04/29/2024, 2 05/06/2024, 2 05/13/2024, 3 05/20/2024, 3 05/27/2024, 3 06/10/2024, 2 06/17/2024, 2 06/24/2024, 2 07/08/2024, 3 07/15/2024, 5 07/22/2024, 5 07/29/2024, 5 08/05/2024, 5 08/12/2024, 7 08/19/2024, 5 08/26/2024, 2 09/02/2024, 4 09/09/2024, 3 09/16/2024, 4 09/23/2024, 5 09/30/2024, 6 10/07/2024, 9 10/14/2024, 16 10/21/2024, 8 10/28/2024, 10 11/04/2024, 13 11/11/2024, 11 11/18/2024, 16 11/25/2024, 11 12/02/2024, 11 12/09/2024, 8 12/16/2024, 13 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 44 PUB DATE: Feb 2024 UNITS SOLD: 7,046 YTD: 654,125	Feb 2024	7,046 654,125
14	-	1	The Party Natasha Preston, Author Delacorte Press, $14.99 (352) 978-0-593-70408-0 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,958 YTD: 6,958	Dec 2024	6,958 6,958
15	-	1	To Shatter the Night Katherine Quinn, Author Entangled Publishing, $19.99 (448) 978-1-64937-679-4 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 6,307 YTD: 6,307	Dec 2024	6,307 6,307
16	-	11	Investigators: Class Action John Patrick Green, Author First Second, $12.99 (208) 978-1-250-84990-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 10/07/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/07/2024 Average Rank 13.67 [details] Sales history for Investigators: Class Action date, rank 10/07/2024, 2 10/14/2024, 17 10/21/2024, 13 10/28/2024, 12 11/04/2024, 12 11/11/2024, 13 11/18/2024, 19 11/25/2024, 16 12/02/2024, 15 12/09/2024, 20 12/16/2024, 16 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 11 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,850 YTD: 69,017	Sep 2024	5,850 69,017
17	-	4	Games Untold Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Author Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99 (368) 978-0-316-57371-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 11/25/2024 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/25/2024 Average Rank 9.60 [details] Sales history for Games Untold date, rank 11/25/2024, 3 12/02/2024, 9 12/09/2024, 15 12/16/2024, 17 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,420 YTD: 47,677	Nov 2024	5,420 47,677
18	-	10	Nothing Like the Movies Lynn Painter, Author Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99 (368) 978-1-6659-4713-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/14/2024 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/14/2024 Average Rank 10.00 [details] Sales history for Nothing Like the Movies date, rank 10/14/2024, 1 10/21/2024, 4 10/28/2024, 7 11/04/2024, 8 11/11/2024, 5 11/18/2024, 14 11/25/2024, 17 12/02/2024, 18 12/09/2024, 10 12/16/2024, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,384 YTD: 87,367	Oct 2024	5,384 87,367
19	-	5	If He Had Been with Me (Collector's Edition) (Special) Laura Nowlin, Author Sourcebooks Fire, $25.99 (416) 978-1-4642-3102-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 11/18/2024 Highest Rank 6 Highest Rank Date 11/18/2024 Average Rank 11.40 [details] Sales history for If He Had Been with Me (Collector's Edition) (Special) date, rank 11/18/2024, 6 11/25/2024, 10 12/02/2024, 13 12/09/2024, 9 12/16/2024, 19 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Nov 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,329 YTD: 35,904	Nov 2024	5,329 35,904
20	-	8	Dork Diaries 16: Tales from a Not-So-Bratty Little Sister Rachel Renée Russell, Author, Rachel Renée Russell, Illustrator Aladdin Paperbacks, $14.99 (240) 978-1-6659-7460-8 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 10/28/2024 Highest Rank 9 Highest Rank Date 10/28/2024 Average Rank 16.50 [details] Sales history for Dork Diaries 16: Tales from a Not-So-Bratty Little Sister date, rank 10/28/2024, 9 11/04/2024, 9 11/11/2024, 17 11/18/2024, 21 11/25/2024, 19 12/02/2024, 16 12/09/2024, 21 12/16/2024, 20 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 8 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,235 YTD: 40,252	Oct 2024	5,235 40,252
21	-	41	Heartless Hunter: The Crimson Moth: Book 1 Kristen Ciccarelli, Author Wednesday Books, $20.00 (400) 978-1-250-86690-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 25 Initial Date 03/18/2024 Highest Rank 21 Highest Rank Date 12/16/2024 Average Rank 22.80 [details] Sales history for Heartless Hunter: The Crimson Moth: Book 1 date, rank 03/18/2024, 25 04/22/2024, 23 04/29/2024, 23 05/13/2024, 22 12/16/2024, 21 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 41 PUB DATE: Feb 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,137 YTD: 72,614	Feb 2024	5,137 72,614
22	-	9	Sally's Lament: A Twisted Tale Mari Mancusi, Author Disney Hyperion, $18.99 (368) 978-1-368-10450-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 10/21/2024 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 10/21/2024 Average Rank 10.83 [details] Sales history for Sally's Lament: A Twisted Tale date, rank 10/21/2024, 2 10/28/2024, 5 11/04/2024, 14 11/11/2024, 16 12/09/2024, 6 12/16/2024, 22 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 5,012 YTD: 59,716	Oct 2024	5,012 59,716
23	-	1	The Scarlet Veil Deluxe Limited Edition Shelby Mahurin, Author HarperCollins, $16.99 (640) 978-0-06-341939-1 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Dec 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,740 YTD: 4,740	Dec 2024	4,740 4,740
24	-	9	The Christmas Pig J. K. Rowling, Author, Jim Field, Illustrator Scholastic Paperbacks, $14.99 (288) 978-1-338-79024-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 20 Initial Date 11/04/2024 Highest Rank 15 Highest Rank Date 11/11/2024 Average Rank 20.17 [details] Sales history for The Christmas Pig date, rank 11/04/2024, 20 11/11/2024, 15 11/18/2024, 17 11/25/2024, 24 12/02/2024, 21 12/16/2024, 24 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 9 PUB DATE: Sep 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,697 YTD: 35,376	Sep 2024	4,697 35,376
25	-	5	The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Movie Tie-In Edition: A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids Barbara Robinson, Author HarperCollins, $9.99 (128) 978-0-06-341647-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 11/25/2024 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 12/02/2024 Average Rank 17.00 [details] Sales history for The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Movie Tie-In Edition: A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids date, rank 11/25/2024, 18 12/02/2024, 8 12/09/2024, 17 12/16/2024, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: Oct 2024 UNITS SOLD: 4,657 YTD: 28,483	Oct 2024	4,657 28,483

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Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Dec. 7, 2024; appearing in the Dec. 15, 2024, print edition of PW