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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Where the Dark Stands Still
A. B. Poranek
Ages: 14+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 978-1-6659-3647-7
Keywords: Fantasy-Spells, Magic, Curses, Self-acceptance, Romance
Liska flees her village, which views her magic as evil, and enters the servitude of a forest demon who can rid her of her powers.