Welcome to the Bank Street Children's Book Committee's (CBC) Searchable Best Books List, a tool designed to help educators, families, librarians, and others access developmentally appropriate and engaging books for young readers (ages birth - 18).
Our online Searchable Best Books List draws from the committee's annual Best Children's Books of the Year-beginning with the list of books published in 2000-with each featuring more than 600 high-quality titles for young readers.
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Born to Rock
by Gordon Korman
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
False accusation and mistaken paternity leads Leo, former Young Republican and future Harvard student, to accept a job with a rock band.
by Gordon Korman
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
False accusation and mistaken paternity leads Leo, former Young Republican and future Harvard student, to accept a job with a rock band.
Copper Sun
by Sharon Draper
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
A captive slave girl encounters good and evil people caught in the web of misfortune on a southern plantation.
by Sharon Draper
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
A captive slave girl encounters good and evil people caught in the web of misfortune on a southern plantation.
Crossing the Wire
by
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
Forced to leave Mexico to support his family, a fifteen-year-old faces the horrors of an illegal border crossing into the United States.
by
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
Forced to leave Mexico to support his family, a fifteen-year-old faces the horrors of an illegal border crossing into the United States.
Dairy Queen; a Novel
by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
When D.J. agrees to train Brian and then goes out for the football team herself, life changes on the impoverished family farm.
by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
When D.J. agrees to train Brian and then goes out for the football team herself, life changes on the impoverished family farm.
Darkhenge
by Catherine Fisher
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
As Chloe lies in a coma, dark forces of the Druid Unworld battle her brother, who is attempting to return her to life.
by Catherine Fisher
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
As Chloe lies in a coma, dark forces of the Druid Unworld battle her brother, who is attempting to return her to life.
Dark Water Rising
by Marian Hale
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
Surviving the great Galveston flood in 1900 with all its tragedies, sixteen-year-old Seth proves what he is capable of --both to himself and his father.
by Marian Hale
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
Surviving the great Galveston flood in 1900 with all its tragedies, sixteen-year-old Seth proves what he is capable of --both to himself and his father.
defining dulcie
by Paul Acampora
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
A gutsy, resilient teen works to cope with her father's death and the impossible home life of a new friend. A warm family story.
by Paul Acampora
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
A gutsy, resilient teen works to cope with her father's death and the impossible home life of a new friend. A warm family story.
Doppelganger
by David Stahler Jr.
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
When a sixteen-year-old shape-shifting monster assumes the shape and life of a troubled teen, he learns the problems of humans.
by David Stahler Jr.
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
When a sixteen-year-old shape-shifting monster assumes the shape and life of a troubled teen, he learns the problems of humans.
Drawing a Blank or How I Tried to Solve a Mystery, End a Feud, and Land the Girlof My Dreams
by Daniel Ehrenhaft
Illustrator: Trevor Ristow
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
Carleton runs away from boarding school to rescue his father, kidnapped because of an ancient Scottish feud.
by Daniel Ehrenhaft
Illustrator: Trevor Ristow
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
Carleton runs away from boarding school to rescue his father, kidnapped because of an ancient Scottish feud.
Dreamhunter
by Elizabeth Knox
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
Laura's ability to “catch” dreams reveals the dangers of thought exploitation.
by Elizabeth Knox
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
Laura's ability to “catch” dreams reveals the dangers of thought exploitation.
Endymion Spring
by Matthew Skelton
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
Twelve-year-old Blake stumbles across an ancient magical book and is drawn into a dangerous quest.
by Matthew Skelton
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
Twelve-year-old Blake stumbles across an ancient magical book and is drawn into a dangerous quest.
Estrella's Quinceanera
by Malín Alegría
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
Now in private school, Estrella looks at her family and friends differently as her traditional birthday party approaches.
by Malín Alegría
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
Now in private school, Estrella looks at her family and friends differently as her traditional birthday party approaches.
Firebirds Rising
edited by Sharyn November
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
Sixteen original short stories of fantasy and science fiction written by noted authors of today.
edited by Sharyn November
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
Sixteen original short stories of fantasy and science fiction written by noted authors of today.
Flash Point
by Sneed B. Collard III
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
A high-school boy battles hostility about preserving the forests and wildlife of Montana in face of the employment needs of the community.
by Sneed B. Collard III
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
A high-school boy battles hostility about preserving the forests and wildlife of Montana in face of the employment needs of the community.
Geronimo
by Joseph Bruchac
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
The famous Native American's attempt to correct misconceptions about this legendary hero and the Apache tribes.
by Joseph Bruchac
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
The famous Native American's attempt to correct misconceptions about this legendary hero and the Apache tribes.
Guys Write for Guys Read
edited by Jon Scieszka
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
A guy's-eye view of the world in many short pieces. Some pen and ink illustrations.
edited by Jon Scieszka
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
A guy's-eye view of the world in many short pieces. Some pen and ink illustrations.
Hard Hit
by Ann Turner
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
A teenage boy's world is shattered when his father is diagnosed with cancer. Sensitive free verse.
by Ann Turner
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
A teenage boy's world is shattered when his father is diagnosed with cancer. Sensitive free verse.
Honey Bea
by Kim L. Siegelson
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
A young slave girl discovers the spiritual power within her and uses it to find freedom and retribution for herself and her family.
by Kim L. Siegelson
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
A young slave girl discovers the spiritual power within her and uses it to find freedom and retribution for herself and her family.
I, Coriander
by Sally Gardner
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
During the seventeenth-century English Revolution, Coriander's life is turned upside down--in more ways than one.
by Sally Gardner
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
During the seventeenth-century English Revolution, Coriander's life is turned upside down--in more ways than one.
In the Belly of the Bloodhound
by L.A. Meyer
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
Kidnapped to be sold as slaves, the intrepid Jacky and her schoolmates outwit their captors in a thrilling seafaring adventure
by L.A. Meyer
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
Kidnapped to be sold as slaves, the intrepid Jacky and her schoolmates outwit their captors in a thrilling seafaring adventure
King of the Creeps
by Steven Banks
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
Madcap adventures of a high school nerd who becomes a folk singer, appears on TV and gets the girl.
by Steven Banks
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
Madcap adventures of a high school nerd who becomes a folk singer, appears on TV and gets the girl.
Koyal Dark, Mango Sweet
by Kashmira Sheth
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
An independent, modern Indian teen becomes her own woman in an old-fashioned household.
by Kashmira Sheth
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
An independent, modern Indian teen becomes her own woman in an old-fashioned household.
La Línea
by Ann Jaramillo
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
The dangerous journey of illegal immigrants from Mexico to California through the eyes of two teenagers who attempt to join their parents.
by Ann Jaramillo
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
The dangerous journey of illegal immigrants from Mexico to California through the eyes of two teenagers who attempt to join their parents.
Letters To My Mother
by Teresa Cárdenas
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
A young Afro-Cuban girl writes to her deceased mother about loneliness, prejudice and her growing maturity.
by Teresa Cárdenas
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
A young Afro-Cuban girl writes to her deceased mother about loneliness, prejudice and her growing maturity.
Life As We Knew It
by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
Sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive when a meteor hits the moon with cataclysmic effects on the environment.
by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Ages: 12+
Published: 2006
Sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive when a meteor hits the moon with cataclysmic effects on the environment.