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 Forbidden Orchid
by Sharon Biggs Waller
Ages: 14+
Published: 2016
Publisher: Viking/Penguin Random House
ISBN: 978-0-451-47411-7
Keywords: Botany, China, England
In the late 19th century, Elodie must save both her father and her family by traveling from England to China in search of a rare orchid.