NYT - Children’s & Young Adult Series | Park County Library System

1) Diary of a wimpy kid: Greg Heffley's journal

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#1 on the Children’s & Young Adult Series list for 2025-01-26. Last week it was ranked 1. It has been on the list for 826 week(s).

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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 wild robot

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Brown, Peter

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#2 on the Children’s & Young Adult Series list for 2025-01-26. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 51 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...

3) The last Olympian

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Riordan, Rick

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#3 on the Children’s & Young Adult Series list for 2025-01-26. Last week it was ranked 2. It has been on the list for 759 week(s).

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While the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging monster Typhon, Kronos begins his advance on New York City, where Mount Olympus stands virtually unguarded. Now it's up to Percy Jackson and an army of young demigods to stop the Lord of Time.

4) Powerless

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Roberts, Lauren

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#4 on the Children’s & Young Adult Series list for 2025-01-26. Last week it was ranked 4. It has been on the list for 26 week(s).

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In a kingdom divided by extraordinary powers and a strict caste system, Paedyn Gray, a young girl with no abilities, must hide her ordinary nature as she navigates a forbidden romance with a powerful prince and must participate in the perilous Purging Trials that could reveal her true identity. In the kingdom of Ilya, all were not fortunate enough to survive the Plague. Those who did possess power: they are the Elites. Those born Ordinary are just...

5) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

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Rowling, J. K

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#5 on the Children’s & Young Adult Series list for 2025-01-26. Last week it was ranked 8. It has been on the list for 825 week(s).

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"Till now there's been no magic for Harry Potter. He lives with the miserable Dursleys at number four, Privet Drive. His room is the cupboard under the stairs, and he hasn't had a birthday party in eleven years. But then a mysterious letter arrives by owl messenger: a letter with an invitiation to an incredible place called Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. And there he finds not only friends, flying sports on broomsticks, and magic in everything...

6) Lightlark

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Aster, Alex

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#7 on the Children’s & Young Adult Series list for 2025-01-26. Last week it was ranked 6. It has been on the list for 7 week(s).

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In order to break a curse on her kingdom, Isla Crown, the young ruler of Wilding, must compete in the Centennial, a deadly game that only the rulers of six realms are invited to play, and to survive she must lie, cheat, and betray--even as love threatens to undo everything. Every 100 years the island of Lightlark appears. Its purpose: to host the Centennial, a deadly game that only the rulers of six realms are invited to play. The Centennial offers...

7) A good girl's guide to murder

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Jackson, Holly

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#8 on the Children’s & Young Adult Series list for 2025-01-26. Last week it was ranked 10. It has been on the list for 172 week(s).

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Popular Fairview high school senior Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself. Five years later, Pip sees how the tragedy still haunts her town. She knew Sal when she was a child, and he was always so kind to her. How could he possibly have been a killer? Now a senior herself, Pip decides to reexamine the closed case for her final project. She discovers a trail of dark secrets that might actually prove Sal innocent....

8) The inheritance games

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Barnes, Jennifer Lynn

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#9 on the Children’s & Young Adult Series list for 2025-01-26. Last week it was ranked 9. It has been on the list for 93 week(s).

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Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her luck changes in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves her virtually his entire fortune. The only catch? Avery must move into his sprawling mansion, full of secret passages, riddles, and codes. Unfortunately for Avery, Hawthorne House is also occupied by the family that Tobias Hawthorne just disinherited. This includes the...

9) The hunger games

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Collins, Suzanne

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#10 on the Children’s & Young Adult Series list for 2025-01-26. It has been on the list for 353 week(s).

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"The Hunger Games as you've never seen it before--in a remarkable illustrated edition. Even at the age of sixteen, Katniss Everdeen knows it takes hard work, keen observation, and inner fortitude to survive in the world. Her home, District 12, is under the merciless rule of the Capitol, continually forced to pay after losing a long-ago civil war in the nation of Panem. One of the ways the Capitol keeps control is its annual Hunger Games, a televised...