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 Summer Prince
by Alaya Dawn Johnson
Ages: 12+
Published: 2013
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic
ISBN: 978-0-545-41779-2
Keywords: Utopias, Future, artists
Set in a futuristic Brazilian city, June and best friend, Gil, both fall for charismatic Enki, this cycle's summer king who will be sacrificed.