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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Somebody Up There Hates You
by Hollis Seamon
Ages: 14+
Published: 2013
Publisher: Algonquin/Workman
ISBN: 978-1-61620-260-6
Keywords: Death, Cancer
Richie and Sylvie, two teenagers in hospice, don't let terminal illness stop them from living their last days to the fullest in this hilarious and heartbreaking novel. Sexually explicit content.