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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Eddie's War
by Carol Fisher Saller
Ages: 12+
Published: 2011
Publisher: Namelos
ISBN: 978-1-60898-109-0
Keywords: World War II
Eddie is too young to enlist in World War II, but from his farm in Ellisville, Illinois, he sees how the conflict affects all its citizens,including his bomber pilot brother, Tom. Beautifully written “prose vignettes.”