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 Walls Around Us
by Nova Ren Suma
Ages: 14+
Published: 2015
Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers/Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
ISBN: 978-1-61620-372-6
Keywords: Juvenile Detention, Supernatural
When the lives of three teenage girls intersect at a juvenile detention center, their secrets and lies are revealed. A skillful blend of psychological thriller with the supernatural.