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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Dreamwood

by Heather Mackey

Illustrator: Teagan White

Ages: 9+

Published: 2014

Publisher: Putnam Juvenile/Penguin

ISBN: 978-0-399-25067-5

Keywords: Fantasy, Adventure

Twelve-year-old Lucy Darrington and her friend Pete search for her missing “ghostologist” father in the Pacific Northwest, hoping as well to find the powerful “Dreamwood” tree. Beautifully detailed black-and-white spot illustrations.