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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The Black
by D. J. MacHale
Ages: 12+
Published: 2011
Publisher: Aladdin
ISBN: 978-1-4169-6517-6
Keywords: Death, Friendship, After-life
Cooper, a headstrong boy in life, carries that stubbornness into his afterlife and finds himself fighting real evil to protect the living.