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 Weight of Water
by Sarah Crossman
Ages: 9+
Published: 2013
Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books
ISBN: 978-1-59990-967-7
Keywords: Bullying, Mothers and Daughters, Immigration
Written in poetic form, Twelve-year-old Kasienka(Cassie) and her mother journey from Poland to Coventry, England in search of the father and husband who left them. Poignantly told.