Want to know what's big in books this week? Check out these chart-climbing titles from the New York Times' lists of bestselling chapter books.
WONDER, by R. J. Palacio. (Knopf Doubleday Publishing.) A boy with a facial deformity enters a mainstream school. (Ages 8 to 12)
THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN, by Katherine Applegate. (HarperCollins Publishers.) A gorilla living in a mall meets an elephant. (Ages 8 to 12)
BROWN GIRL DREAMING, by Jacqueline Woodson. (Penguin Group.) A memoir in verse; a 2014 National Book Award winner. (Ages 10 to 16)
THE CROSSOVER, by Kwame Alexander. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing.) The story of a hoops prodigy’s family, told in verse. (Ages 9 to 12)
KID PRESIDENT'S GUIDE TO BEING AWESOME, by Brad Montague and Robby Novak. (HarperCollins Publishers.) How kids can change the world. (Ages 8 to 14)
TOP CHILDREN'S SERIES:
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney. (Abrams Books.) The travails of adolescence, in cartoons. (Ages 9 to 12)
I FUNNY, by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein. Illustrated by Laura Park. (Little, Brown & Company.) A budding comedian. (Ages 8 to 12)
HEROES OF OLYMPUS, by Rick Riordan. (Disney Publishing Worldwide.) A new generation embarks on a series of adventures. (Ages 9 to 12)
GIVER QUARTET, by Lois Lowry. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing.) Exploring human connection in a post-apocalyptic world. (Ages 12 to 18)
DORK DIARIES, by Rachel Renée Russell. (Simon & Schuster.) Nikki Maxwell navigates the halls of middle school. (Ages 9 to 13)
