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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This Star Won't Go Out
by Esther Earl
Ages: 12+
Published: 2014
Publisher: Dutton Children's Books/Penguin
ISBN: 978-0-525-42636-3
Keywords: Death, thyroid disease, Cancer
Twelve-year-old Esther writes in her journals about her life with thyroid cancer. Her brave spirit helps not only herself, but the rest of her family and friends.