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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Beasts of Prey
Ayana Gray
Ages: 14+
Published: 2021
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons/PRH
ISBN: 978-0-593-40568-0
Keywords: Magic, Fantasy, Self-reliance, Coming of age
Indentured servant Koffi and warrior-in-training Ekon, with differing motivations, join forces to hunt a murderous monster lurking in the forest. A richly textured novel. Author's note.