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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Faker

Gordon Korman

Ages: 9+

Published: 2024

Publisher: Scholastic Press/Scholastic

ISBN: 978-1-338-82675-3

Keywords: Family/School/Community-friendship, loyalty, displacement, moral dilemma, scam, humor

When 12-year-old Trey, his younger sister, and their professional con artist father move to a new town and begin a new scam, an inspiring teacher and an environmental cause change Trey's outlook.