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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Forge

by Laurie Halse Anderson

Ages: 9+

Published: 2010

Publisher: Atheneum

ISBN: 978-1-4169-6144-4

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Encamped with Washington's army at Valley Forge, the escaped slave Curzon suffers cold, hunger, and the injustices of prejudice, but finds hope in the appearance of a beloved friend.