Our children's & YA top 10 bestsellers of the week

1. How to Make a Movie in Twelve Days by Fiona Hardy
2. For Whom the Ball Rolls (Dog Man, Book 7) by Dav Pilkey
3. It Sounded Better in My Head by Nina Kenwood
4. The 117-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton
5. Weirdomania! (WeirDo, Book 13) by Anh Do & Jules Faber
6. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
7. Kindness Grows by Britta Teckentrup
8. Sick Bay by Nova Weetman
9. What I Like About Me by Jenna Guillaume
10. Real Pigeons Splash Back (Real Pigeons, Book 4) by Andrew McDonald & Ben Wood

Sitting at the top of the chart for the second week is How to Make a Movie in Twelve Days, a funny and touching middle grade novel by Readings’ own Fiona Hardy. Other familiar best-selling titles include For Whom the Ball Rolls (Dog Man, Book 7), It Sounded Better in My Head, The 117-Storey Treehouse and Real Pigeons Splash Back (Real Pigeons, Book 4). Anh Do’s latest, Weirdomania! (WeirDo, Book 13) zooms in as a brand new entry.

Melbourne Writers Festival has had an impact this week, with visiting US author Becky Albertalli’s Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda popping back into our bestsellers, along with Sydney author Jenna Guillaume’s fresh and funny debut, the Reading YA Book Prize-shortlisted, What I Like About Me.