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 Tyrant's Daughter
by J.C. Carleson
Ages: 14+
Published: 2014
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf/Random House
ISBN: 978-0-449-80997-6
Keywords: Revolution, Diversity, War, Immigrants
Living in exile with her mother and brother, fifteen-year-old Laila is confronted with ugly truths about her father, the recently assassinated leader of a Middle Eastern country.