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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Bearmouth
Liz Hyder
Ages: 14+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Norton Young Readers
ISBN: 978-1-324-01586-4
Keywords: suspense, child labor, dystopia, sexual abuse, LGBTQIA
Newt has been satisfied working in a coal mine since age 4, never seeing daylight, but when a new boy arrives, questioning working conditions, trouble ensues.