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‘Ninja Switch!’ tops Australian children’s fiction bestsellers chart

It’s no surprise that Allen & Unwin has snapped up the rights to three new children’s book series by Anh Do. The bestselling children’s author—who first came to the attention of Australian readers with his memoir The Happiest Refugee (and children’s edition, The Little Refugee)—is at the top of the Australian children’s bestsellers chart for February with the third book in his ‘Ninja Kid’ series, Ninja Switch!.

Australian children’s fiction bestsellers: February

  1. Ninja Switch! Ninja Kid Book Three (Anh Do, Scholastic)
  2. The 13-Storey Treehouse (Andy Griffiths, illus by Terry Denton, Pan)
  3. The 104-Storey Treehouse (Andy Griffiths, illus by Terry Denton, Pan)
  4. The Proper Unicorn: Pearl Book Three (Sally Odgers, illus by Adele K Thomas, Scholastic)
  5. Flying Ninja! Ninja Kid Book Two (Anh Do, Scholastic)
  6. Nevermoor (Jessica Townsend, Lothian)
  7. From Nerd to Ninja! Ninja Kid Book One (Anh Do, Scholastic)
  8. Superbad: The Bad Guys Episode Eight (Aaron Blabey, Scholastic)
  9. Wundersmith (Jessica Townsend, Lothian)
  10. Camping Time! Hotdog! Book Five (Anh Do, Omnibus)

© Nielsen BookScan 2019
Period covered: 3 February to 2 March 2019
Data supplied by Nielsen BookScan’s book sales monitoring system from 1000 retailers nationwide

 

Category: Think Junior bestsellers