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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Last Chance
by Norah McClintock
Ages: 12+
Published: 2012
Publisher: Darby Creek/Lerner
ISBN: 978-0-7613-8529-5
Keywords: Mystery, Juvenile delinquency, dogs
Deathly afraid of dogs but sentenced to volunteer at an animal shelter, Robyn encounters a boy from her past and learns that things aren't always what they seem.