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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The Exceptionals
by Erin Cashman
Ages: 12+
Published: 2012
Publisher: Holiday House
ISBN: 978-0-8234-2335-4
Keywords: Supernatural
A family tradition of special education lands fifteen-year-old Claire in the midst of a battle between good and evil. Will her exceptional ability to read the minds of animals be enough to triumph?