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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Hana Hsu and the Ghost Crab Nation
Sylvia Liu
Ages: 12+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Razorbill/Penguin Random House
ISBN: 978-0-593-35039-3
Keywords: Chinese American, corporations, mind bending, friendships, outsiders, dystopian future, domination of technology
Hana can't wait to be meshed to the multiweb at Start-Up. Slowly she begins to notice that friends are becoming sick and that the technology is problematic.