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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Wild and Crooked
by Leah Thomas
Ages: 14+
Published: 2019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books
ISBN: 978-1-5476-0002-1
Keywords: Mystery, Diversity, wrongful conviction, Disabilities, LGBTQ, Friendship, cerebral palsy
Kalyn is a murderer's daughter. Gus is the disabled kid whose dad was murdered. Each finds the other refreshing, but secrets and hate loom large.