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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The Story Pirates Present: Digging Up Danger

by Jacqueline West

Illustrator: Hatem Aly

Ages: 12+

Published: 2019

Publisher: Random House BFYR/PRH

ISBN: 978-1-63565-091-4

Keywords: Mystery, Scientific method, Paranormal

A 13-year-old ghost-hunter and her horticulturalist mom find weird plants in a flower shop. Black-and-white illustrations throughout, including a section on how to write a mystery.