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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Dan Unmasked

Chris Negron

Ages: 9+

Published: 2020

Publisher: HarperCollins/Harper

ISBN: 978-0-06-294305-7

Keywords: Magical Thinking, Baseball, Superheroes, Comics

With his best friend in a coma after being hit by a baseball, Dan, 13, believes their favorite comic book series holds the key to Nate's recovery.