Indie Bestsellers Week of 08.11.21 Children’sEARLY & MIDDLE GRADE READERS YOUNG ADULT 1. Cat Kid Comic Club 1. They Both Die at the End Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99 Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99 2. Rowley Jeffersonʼs Awesome Friendly 2. We Were Liars Spooky Stories E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99 Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99 3. One of Us Is Lying 3. Allergic Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99 Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99 4. Firekeeperʼs Daughter 4. A Wolf Called Wander Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $18.99 Rosanne Parry, Greenwillow Books, $7.99 5. Ace of Spades Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Feiwel & Friends, $18.99 ★ 5. Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood 6. The Inheritance Games Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Kwame Mbalia (Ed.), Delacorte Press, $16.99 Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $10.99 6. Guts Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99 7. The Downstairs Girl Stacey Lee, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young 7. Sisters Readers, $10.99 Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99 8. The Book Thief 8. New Kid Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99 $14.99 9. Ghosts 9. The Hate U Give Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99 Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99 10. When Stars Are Scattered 10. Blackout Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, $12.99 Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Nicola Yoon, Quill 11. Smile Tree Books, $19.99 Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99 11. Cemetery Boys 12. Ground Zero Aiden Thomas, Swoon Reads, $17.99 Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $17.99 12. Hatchet 13. Class Act Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99 Readers, $9.99 14. Twins 13. Realm Breaker Varian Johnson, Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright Victoria Aveyard, HarperTeen, $19.99 (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99 14. Legendborn Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99 15. The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), 15. Cinderella Is Dead Harper, $8.99 Kalynn Bayron, Bloomsbury YA, $10.99 For Ages 8 to 12 For Teen Readers ParaNorthern: And the Chaos Bunny A-hop- The Passing Playbook, by Isaac Fitzsimons calypse, by Stephanie Cooke, Mari Costa (Dial Books, $17.99) “This book is so delightful and had (Illus.) (Etch/HMH Books for Young Readers, me smiling the whole time. THIS is the trans boy joy we all $24.99, hardcover; $12.99, paperback) need to read and have in our lives.” —Kelsy April, Bank “Absolutely sweet graphic novel about a girl with fledgling Square Books, Mystic, CT magic powers that seem stronger than they should be. With evil bunnies, a wolf girl, a forgetful ghost, and a pumpkinhead looking for some basic rights for pumpkins! Charming and fun and I was smiling the whole time.” —Cass Moskowitz, Books of Wonder, New York, NY Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across America. Copyright American Booksellers Association. All rights reserved. = Debut.