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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Why We Took the Car
by Wolfgang Herrndorf
Ages: 12+
Published: 2014
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic
ISBN: 978-0-545-48180-9
Keywords: Friendship, Germany, Juvenile mischief
In 2010 Berlin, unassuming, unpopular Mike takes off with a trouble-making Russian classmate, Tschick, in a stolen car. Will their wild adventures change their lives?