Here are the best selling Chapter Books for 2012 as reported by the New York Times. We have added reading information. (For the long list of 2011 Best sellers click here.)
A MILLION SUNSby Beth Revis
Book#2. Elder has assumed leadership of the ship with no Phydus, but there's no harmony aboard the Godspeed. In fact, there's murder and the mystery of what the military was meant to do.
Reading Level Info: unknown (Across the Universe was 4.9)Hardcover: 386 pages
CINDERby Marissa Meyer
Cinder is a cyborg. Reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness her life becomes intertwined with a handsome Prince and an intergalactic struggle.
Reading Level Info: unknown (possibly a 7)
Hardcover: 400 pagesReading Level Info: unknown (possibly a 7)
CLOCKWORK PRINCEby Cassandra Clare
Book #2 in the Infernal Devices series. (Clockwork Angel was at 5.6)
Word Count: 139556
Page Count: 528
Accelerated Reading level: 5.7 / points: 22.0 /
AR quiz: 148254
CROSSED
by Ally Condie
In this sequel to “Matched,” Cassia makes her way to the Outer Provinces in pursuit of Ky. (YA)
Word Count: 83,432
Page Count: 367
Accelerated Reading level: 4.2 / points: 12.0 /
AR quiz: 147776
DEAD END IN NORVELT
by Jack Gantos
A novel about an incredible two months for a kid named Jack Gantos, whose plans for vacation excitement are shot down when he is "grounded for life" by his feuding parents. But plenty of excitement comes Jack's way once his mom loans him out to help a fiesty old neighbor with a most unusual chore—typewriting obituaries filled with stories about the people who founded his utopian town.
Reading Information:
Word Count: 73,597
Page Count: 352
Accelerated Reading level: 5.7 / points: 12.0
AR quiz: 146010
DIVERGENTby Veronica Roth
A girl must prove her mettle in a dystopia split into five factions. (YA)
Word Count: 105,143
Page Count: 496
Accelerated Reading level: 4.8 / points: 16.0
AR quiz: 144400
EVERY THING ON IT
by Shel Silverstein.
Poems and drawings by the genius author of "Where the Sidewalk Ends."
Reading Level Info: unknown
Hardcover: 208 pages
HALLOWED
by Cynthia Hand
In Unearthly, Clara finds out that she is part angel. In this book a love triangle develops as Clara faces the ramifications of her destiny.
Reading Level Info: unknown (Book#1 at AR 4.2/ 14points)
Hardcover: 416 pages
THE LEGO IDEAS BOOK
by Daniel Lipkowitz
Tips and tricks for taking your construction up a notch.
Hardcover: 200 pages
LEGO STAR WARS CHARACTER ENCYCLOPEDIA
by DK
More than 300 mini-figures.
Hardcover: 208 pages
THE LOST HEROby Rick Riordan
Jason, Piper, and Leo, three students from a school for "bad kids," find themselves at Camp Half-Blood, where they learn they are demigods and begin a quest to free Hera, who has been imprisoned by Mother Earth herself. (middle-grades and up)
Word Count: 127,859Page Count: 576
Accelerated Reading level: 4.5 / points: 19.0
AR quiz: 140427
Lexile: 660L
MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE WORST YEARS OF MY LIFE
by James Patterson & Chris Tebbetts. Illustrated by Laura Park
Rafe breaks every rule in the book. (Ages 8 to 12)
Word Count: 30,992
Page Count: 288
Accelerated Reading level: 4.5 / points: 4.0
AR quiz: 144983
MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDRENby Ransom Riggs
An island, an abandoned orphanage and a collection of curious photographs. (Young Adult)
Word Count: 84,898
Page Count: 352
Accelerated Reading level: 5.7 / points: 13.0
AR quiz: 145802
Lexile: 890L
THE FAULT IN OUR STARS by John Green
Sixteen year old Hazel has cancer. At a support group she meets Augustus. The teens fall in love. They wonder what their legacy will be after they are gone. Profanity and sexual references. (Older YA)
Word Count: 65752
Page Count: 386
Accelerated Reading level: 5.5/ points: 10.0 /
AR quiz: 148461
THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET by Brian Selznick
When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.
Word Count: 25,083
Page Count: 533
Accelerated Reading level: 5.1 / points: 4.0
AR quiz: 113692
Lexile: 820L
THE SON OF NEPTUNE (Heroes of Olympus #2)
by Rick Riordan
Our heroes battle up and down the West Coast with impossibly few days before disaster is unleashed, fighting new foes and finding new friends along the way.
Word Count: 117,675
Page Count: 544
Accelerated Reading level: 4.7 / points: 17.0
AR quiz: 146841
Word Count: 117,675
Page Count: 544
Accelerated Reading level: 4.7 / points: 17.0
AR quiz: 146841
THE THRONE OF FIREby Rick Riordan
The Kanes seek the sun god, Ra; Book 2 of the Kane Chronicles. (Ages 10 and up)
Word Count: 113,038
Page Count: 464
Accelerated Reading level: 4.8 / points: 17.0
AR quiz: 143960
Lexile: 710L
THROUGH MY EYESby Tim Tebow & Nathan Whitaker
Tim Tebow, one of the best quarterbacks in college football history, traces his path to success, his childhood as the son of Christian missionaries, and how his faith combined with his drive to succeed have made him the person he is today.
Tim Tebow, one of the best quarterbacks in college football history, traces his path to success, his childhood as the son of Christian missionaries, and how his faith combined with his drive to succeed have made him the person he is today.
Word Count: 92,644
Page Count: 216
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 6.9 / points: 16.0
AR quiz: 146186
WONDERSTRUCKby Brian Selznick
Another fabulous book from Brian. Like The Invention of Hugo Cabret, this story is a mix of graphic novel and words.
Word Count: 26,125
Page Count: 464
Accelerated Reading level: 5.4 / points: 4.0
AR quiz: 146551
Lexile: 830L
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