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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Burning Blue
by Paul Griffin
Ages: 14+
Published: 2012
Publisher: Dial/Penguin
ISBN: 978-0-8037-3815-7
Keywords: Mystery, Beauty
Jay, embarrassed by epilepsy, and Nicole, her face scarred by an unknown acid-throwing assailant, form a friendship and discover truths about themselves while solving the crime.