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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The Running Dream

by Wendelin Van Draanen

Ages: 12+

Published: 2011

Publisher: Knopf

ISBN: 978-0-375-86667-8

Keywords: Disabilities, Sports

When running star, Jessica, age sixteen, loses her leg in an accident, she is certain that her life is over. Gradually she begins to learn that people are not their disabilities.