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 True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp
by Kathi Appelt
Ages: 9+
Published: 2013
Publisher: Atheneum BFYR/ Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-4424-2105-9
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Twelve-year-old Chap Brayburn, along with the Sugar Man and two raccoons, must save the Texas swamp and its rare inhabitants from animal and human predators. Fast-paced and funny.