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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Live, Laugh, Kidnap
Gabby Noone
Ages: 14+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Razorbill/Penguin Random House
ISBN: 978-0-593-32729-6
Keywords: Religion, Cults, Scams, Corruption, Mother-daughter, Friendship, Faith, LGBTQIA+
Gullible Marla gives her daughter Zoe's college fund to a corrupt megachurch. Zoe then bonds with two other teens and Dustin, the pastor's disgruntled son, to kidnap Dustin for ransom.