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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Darker by Four
June CL Tan
Ages: 14+
Published: 2024
Publisher: HarperTeen/HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0-06-328384-8
Keywords: Fantasy-Magic, Revenants, Family, Asian Concept of Afterlife, Spiritual Realm, Revenge
Rui trains as an exorcist to destroy Revenants—the undead monsters that killed her mother. Her fate intertwines with the fate of two boys, uncovering the darkest secrets of the Exorcist Guild.