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 Things She's Seen
by Ambelin Kwaymullina
Ages: 14+
Published: 2019
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf BFYR/Random House/PRH
ISBN: 978-1-9848-4878-9
Keywords: Mystery, Death, Diversity, Aboriginal folklore, #OwnVoices, Grief, Australian Aborigine stolen generations
Helping her policeman father work through his grief over her death, 15-year-old Beth's ghost assists him in solving a mysterious fire and murder.