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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Sweet Home Alaska
by Carole Estby Dagg
Ages: 9+
Published: 2016
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin
ISBN: 978-0-399-17203-8
Keywords: Pioneers, Depressions (Economic)
During the Great Depression, Terpsichore's family moves to Alaska. Although exposed to many hardships, she falls in love with Alaska, and with pluck, keeps her family there.