Bestselling Kids' Fiction in Paperback (Not in a Series) Last Week

Posted Thursday, Nov 21, 2002

First off, this is no knock on Harry, Mary, Junie B., Judy B., Lyra, or our friends at Redwall. Ellen Mager at Booktenders Children's Bookstore in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, asked for a list of individual best-selling paperback fiction not in a series.

The result is a nice mix of favorites and classics, with recent releases. I'm sure you know all these, but you might spot an old favorite that deserves new attention, or a new book you may not have read yet. (Sorry I can't separate by age groups, but you know 'em.)

Carl
carl@booksense.com

* = 76 pick!

1.* Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt (FSG, $5.95, 0374480095)
2.* Because of Winn-Dixie, by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick, $5.99, 0763616052)
3.* Holes, by Louis Sachar (Yearling, $6.50, 0440414806)
4.* Gathering Blue, by Lois Lowry (Dell Laurel-Leaf, $6.50, 0440229499)
5.* Ella Enchanted, by Gail Carson Levine (HarperTrophy, $6.50, 0064407055)
6.* Fever 1793, by Laurie Halse Anderson (Aladdin, $5.99, 0689848919)
7.* The Tiger Rising, by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick, $5.99, 0763618985)
8.* Island of the Aunts, by Eva Ibbotson (Puffin, $5.99, 0142300497)
9.* Stargirl, by Jerry Spinelli (Knopf, $8.95, 037582233X)
10.* Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson (Puffin, $7.99, 014131088X)
11.* The Great Good Thing, by Roderick Townley (Aladdin, $4.99, 0689853289) -- what a great book!
12.* Esperanza Rising, by Pam Munoz Ryan (Scholastic, $4.99, 043912042X)
13.* My Father's Dragon, by Ruth Stiles (Random House, $5.99, 0394890485) -- Book Sense Rediscovery Award winner!
14.* Boston Jane: An Adventure, by Jennifer L. Holm (HarperTrophy, $6.99, 0064408493)
15.* When Zachary Beaver Came to Town, by Kimberly Willis Holt (Yearling, $5.50, 0440229049)
16.* Bud, Not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis (Yearling, $5.99, 0440413281)
17. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor (Puffin, $6.99, 0140384510)
18. The Ransom of Mercy Carter, by Caroline B. Cooney (Laurel Leaf, $5.50, 0440227755)
19.* Witch Child, by Celia Rees (Candlewick, $7.99, 0763618292)
20.* The Wanderer, by Sharon Creech (HarperTrophy, $5.99, 0064410323)
21.* The Seeing Stone, by Kevin Crossley-Holland (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic, $6.99, 0439263271)
22. The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton (Puffin, $6.99, 014038572X)
23.* True Believer, by Virginia Euwer Wolff (Aladdin, $7.99, 0689852886)
24. Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry (Yearling, $5.99, 0440403278)
25. The Giver, by Lois Lowry (Laurel Leaf Library, $6.50, 0440237688)

 

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