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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Words in Deep Blue
by Cath Crowley
Ages: 14+
Published: 2017
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf BFYR/Random House/PRH
ISBN: 978-1-101-93764-8
Keywords: Australia, Death, Friendship
After Rachel's brother drowns, she withdraws from life and fails senior year. She eventually returns to their former hometown and confronts her feelings about love and loss.