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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Freedom Ship
by Doreen Rappaport
Illustrator: Curtis James
Ages: 9+
Published: 2006
Publisher: Hyperion
ISBN: 0-7868-0645-1
Keywords: Civil War
A child's tale of a dramatic escape by slave families on a stolen Confederate steamship. Based on a true Civil War incident. Moving illustrations