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 Unlikely Hero of Room 13B

by Teresa Toten

Ages: 14+

Published: 2015

Publisher: Delacorte Press/Random House

ISBN: 978-0-553-50786-7

Keywords: Divorce, OCD, Family

Fifteen-year-old Adam, struggling with OCD, tries to be a hero to everyone he loves, but...