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 Voyage to Magical North
by Claire Fayers
Ages: 9+
Published: 2016
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. BFYR/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-1-62779-420-6
Keywords: Libraries, Magicians, Magic, Pirates
12-year-old Brine escapes servitude to land in the center of a pirate adventure, develop a friendship with a magician's apprentice, and learn about her true self.