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).

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Dark Water

by Laura McNeal

Ages: 12+

Published: 2010

Publisher: Knopf

ISBN: 978-0-375-84973-2

Keywords: Divorce, Immigration

Pearl's strong love for Amiel, an illegal Mexican immigrants, blinds her to the perils of a wildfire in her California town and causes a family tragedy.