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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This Thing Called the Future
by J. L. Powers
Ages: 14+
Published: 2011
Publisher: Cinco Puntos
ISBN: 978-1-933693-95-8
Keywords: AIDS, South Africa
South African Khosi tries to reconcile her ideas about modern medicine, traditional Zulu healing, and her Catholic religion as she faces the fact that her mother is dying of AIDS.