NYT - Children’s Series | Roanoke Public Library

1) Harry Potter og De vises stein

Author

Rowling, J. K

Series

Harry Potter (Original series) volume 1

Notes

#1 on the Children’s Series list for 2021-08-22. Last week it was ranked 1. It has been on the list for 646 week(s).

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Harry Potter's life is miserable. His parents are dead and he's stuck with his heartless relatives, who force him to live in a tiny closet under the stairs. But his fortune changes when he receives a letter that tells him the truth about himself: he's a wizard. A mysterious visitor rescues him from his relatives and takes him to his new home, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. After a lifetime of bottling up his magical powers, Harry finally...

2) Breaking dawn

Author

Meyer, Stephenie

Series

Twilight saga volume 4

Notes

#2 on the Children’s Series list for 2021-08-22. Last week it was ranked 2. It has been on the list for 269 week(s).

Formats:

Book, Book on CD

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Although eighteen-year-old Bella joins the dark but seductive world of the immortals by marrying Edward the vampire, her connection to the powerful werewolf Jacob remains unsevered.

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

Author

Kinney, Jeff

Series

Diary of a wimpy kid volume 1

Notes

#3 on the Children’s Series list for 2021-08-22. Last week it was ranked 4. It has been on the list for 647 week(s).

Formats:

Book, Audio, Book on CD, Playaway

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It's a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up before you're ready are uniquely revealed through words and drawings as Greg records them in his diary.

4) Shadow and bone

Author

Bardugo, Leigh

Series

Grisha trilogy volume 1

Notes

#4 on the Children’s Series list for 2021-08-22. Last week it was ranked 5. It has been on the list for 22 week(s).

Formats:

Book, Book on CD, eBook, Kindle

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Orphaned by the Border Wars, Alina Starkov is taken from obscurity and her only friend, Mal, to become the protege of the mysterious Darkling, who trains her to join the magical elite in the belief that she is the Sun Summoner, who can destroy the monsters of the Fold.

5) The last Olympian: the graphic novel

Author

Riordan, Rick

Series

Percy Jackson & the Olympians volume 5

Notes

#5 on the Children’s Series list for 2021-08-22. Last week it was ranked 6. It has been on the list for 583 week(s).

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Book, Book on CD, eAudiobook, Juvenile/Children's Graphic Novel, Playaway

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The long-awaited prophecy surrounding Percy Jackson's sixteenth birthday unfolds as he leads an army of young demigods to stop Kronos in his advance on New York City, while the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging monster, Typhon.

6) Diary Of An Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal

Author

Kinney, Jeff

Series

Diary of an awesome friendly kid volume 1

Notes

#6 on the Children’s Series list for 2021-08-22. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 21 week(s).

Formats:

Book, Book on CD, Playaway

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In his first journal, middle schooler Rowley Jefferson, Greg Heffley's sidekick, records his experiences and misguided decision to write a biography of Greg, who, in his own mind, is destined to become rich and famous.

7) The dark secret

Author

Sutherland, Tui

Series

Wings of fire. Original series volume 4

Notes

#7 on the Children’s Series list for 2021-08-22. Last week it was ranked 8. It has been on the list for 126 week(s).

Formats:

Book, Large Print, Playaway

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When Starflight, one of the dragonets of destiny, is kidnapped by the NightWings he finds that the kingdom of his birth is a miserable place, full of terrible secrets--and that, with his fellow dragonets too far away to help, the fate of two kingdoms rests in his talons.

8) Super Diaper Baby 2: the invasion of the potty snatchers : the third epic novel by George Beard and Harold Hutchins

Author

Pilkey, Dav

Series

Super diaper baby volume 2

Notes

#8 on the Children’s Series list for 2021-08-22. Last week it was ranked 9. It has been on the list for 260 week(s).

Formats:

Book, Juvenile/Children's Graphic Novel

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In trouble with their principal because of their comic books about poop, George and Harold decide to create a new graphic novel about an entirely different subject: pee.

9) The last kids on Earth and the zombie parade!

Author

Brallier, Max

Series

Last kids on Earth volume 2

Notes

#9 on the Children’s Series list for 2021-08-22. It has been on the list for 77 week(s).

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"After the monster apocalypse, Jack Sullivan has been having an awesome time living in a tree house with his three best friends. But when zombies start mysteriously disappearing, Jack and his friends suspect that an extremely evil force is at work"--

10) The cruel prince

Author

Black, Holly

Series

Folk of the air volume 1

Notes

#10 on the Children’s Series list for 2021-08-22. Last week it was ranked 10. It has been on the list for 7 week(s).

Formats:

Book, Book on CD, eAudiobook, Playaway

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Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King. To win a place at the Court, she must defy him--and face the consequences. As Jude becomes more deeply embroiled in palace...