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.
To share feedback about the tool, please feel free to email bookcom@bankstreet.edu. To learn more about the CBC, visit https://www.bankstreet.edu/cbc/.
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There Is a Door in This Darkness
Kristin Cashore
Ages: 14+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Dutton Children's Books/Penguin Random House
ISBN: 978-0-8037-3999-4
Keywords: Coming-of-Age-Mental health, Grief, Friendship, Politics, Magic, Domestic violence, Families, LGBTQ+
In 2020, Wilhemina's gap year before college brings a pandemic, a fraught presidential election, the death of a loved one, a new relationship, and supernatural visions.