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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Curse of the Thirteenth Fey
by Jane Yolen
Ages: 9+
Published: 2012
Publisher: Philomel/Penguin
ISBN: 978-0-399-25664-6
Keywords: Humorous stories, Fairies
A “magick” trap, an encounter with a self-centered prince, and other mishaps befall Gorse on her way to bestow a gift on the newborn royal princess. Accident or fate?