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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Field Notes on Love

by Jennifer E. Smith

Ages: 14+

Published: 2019

Publisher: Delacorte Press/Penguin Random House

ISBN: 978-0-399-55941-9

Keywords: Travel, Social/Emotional Learning

Teenagers Mae and Hugo, complete strangers but both eager for adventure, take a cross-country train ride together. What can happen?