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 Big Dark
by Rodman Philbrick
Ages: 12+
Published: 2016
Publisher: Blue Sky Press/Scholastic
ISBN: 978-545-78975-2
Keywords: Survival
When an explosion on the sun causes an electromagnetic disaster, fifteen-year-old Charlie learns difficult lessons about heroism and hardship.