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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Listening for Lions
by Gloria Whelan
Ages: 9+
Published: 2005
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0-06-058175-1
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Orphaned by the influenza epidemic in 1919, thirteen-year-old Rachel becomes involved in a wicked plot that takes her from East Africa to London.