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 Edge of Nowhere
by Elizabeth George
Ages: 14+
Published: 2012
Publisher: Viking/Penguin
ISBN: 978-0-670-01296-1
Keywords: Psychics
Becca has the disturbing ability to hear people's thoughts. To protect her from her criminal stepfather, her mother abandons her on an island where she finds help and support.