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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River Runs Deep

by Jennifer Bradbury

Ages: 9+

Published: 2015

Publisher: Atheneum BFYR/ Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing

ISBN: 978-1-4424-6824-5

Keywords: African Americans, Slavery, Disease

Sent to the Mammoth Caves of Kentucky to cure his tuberculosis, 12-year-old Elias comes upon runaway slaves seeking their freedom.