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 Dark Unwinding
by Sharon Cameron
Ages: 12+
Published: 2012
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 978-0-545-32786-2
Keywords: Eccentricity, Toys, Inventions
In 1852, seventeen-year-old Katharine is sent by her great aunt to her family's estate to have her uncle declared insane and finds a genius inventor who employs a village of 900 people rescued from London workhouses. A Gothic tale of intrigue and romance.