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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Turtles All the Way Down
by John Green
Ages: 14+
Published: 2017
Publisher: Dutton Books/PRH
ISBN: 978-0-525-55536-0
Keywords: Mental illness, Death, Friendship, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Struggling with lifelong depression and OCD, 16-year-old Aza nurtures rich friendships and relies on the invaluable support of her mother and a therapist.