NYT - Children’s Series | Santa Barbara Public Library

1) The Hunger Games

Author

Collins, Suzanne

Series

Hunger Games trilogy volume 1

Notes

#1 on the Children’s Series list for 2023-10-08. Last week it was ranked 4. It has been on the list for 294 week(s).

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by 12 outlying districts. The Capitol keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games....

2) Diary of a wimpy kid: the ugly truth

Author

Kinney, Jeff

Series

Diary of a wimpy kid volume 5

Notes

#2 on the Children’s Series list for 2023-10-08. Last week it was ranked 2. It has been on the list for 758 week(s).

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While trying to find a new best friend after feuding with Rowley, middle-school slacker Greg Heffley is warned by older family members that adolescence is a time to act more responsibly and to think seriously about his future.

3) We'll always have summer: a Summer novel

Author

Han, Jenny

Series

Summer novels (Jenny Han) volume 3

Notes

#3 on the Children’s Series list for 2023-10-08. Last week it was ranked 1. It has been on the list for 75 week(s).

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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The summer after her first year of college, Isobel "Belly" Conklin is faced with a choice between Jeremiah and Conrad Fisher, brothers she has always loved, when Jeremiah proposes marriage and Conrad confesses that he still loves her.

4) The inheritance games

Author

Barnes, Jennifer Lynn

Series

Inheritance games volume 1

Notes

#4 on the Children’s Series list for 2023-10-08. Last week it was ranked 3. It has been on the list for 56 week(s).

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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When a Connecticut teenager inherits vast wealth and an eccentric estate from the richest man in Texas, she must also live with his surviving family and solve a series of puzzles to discover how she earned her inheritance.

5) A good girl's guide to murder

Author

Jackson, Holly

Series

Good girl's guide to murder volume 1

Notes

#5 on the Children’s Series list for 2023-10-08. Last week it was ranked 5. It has been on the list for 104 week(s).

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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As her senior capstone project, Pippa Fitz-Amobi is determined to find the real killer in a closed, local murder case, but not everyone wants her meddling in the past.

6) Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone

Author

Rowling, J. K

Series

Harry Potter (Original series) volume 1

Notes

#6 on the Children’s Series list for 2023-10-08. Last week it was ranked 6. It has been on the list for 757 week(s).

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print

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Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry.

7) Michael Vey: The final spark

Author

Evans, Richard Paul

Series

Michael Vey volume 7

Notes

#7 on the Children’s Series list for 2023-10-08. It has been on the list for 15 week(s).

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The Electroclan embarks on a daring rescue mission when Michael Vey goes missing in this final volume of the series.

8) The last Olympian

Author

Riordan, Rick

Series

Percy Jackson & the Olympians (graphic novels) volume 5

Notes

#8 on the Children’s Series list for 2023-10-08. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 691 week(s).

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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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.

9) The one and only Ivan

Author

Applegate, Katherine

Series

One and only Ivan stories volume 1

Notes

#9 on the Children’s Series list for 2023-10-08. Last week it was ranked 8. It has been on the list for 20 week(s).

Formats:

Book, Audiobook on CD, eAudiobook

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When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.

10) The adventures of Captain Underpants: an epic novel

Author

Pilkey, Dav

Series

Captain Underpants volume 1

Notes

#10 on the Children’s Series list for 2023-10-08. Last week it was ranked 9. It has been on the list for 328 week(s).

Formats:

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When George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking that he is the superhero Captain Underpants, he leads them to the lair of the nefarious Dr. Diaper, where they must defeat his evil robot henchmen.