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).

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Trapped!

by James Ponti

Ages: 12+

Published: 2018

Publisher: Aladdin/Simon & Schuster

ISBN: 978-1-5344-0891-3

Keywords: Read-Aloud, FBI, Spies, Diversity, Library of Congress

Books are disappearing from the Russian Imperial Collection at the Library of Congress. Twelve-year-old undercover spies Florian and Margaret must find out if a friend is involved.