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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You May Already Be a Winner
by Ann Dee Ellis
Ages: 12+
Published: 2017
Publisher: Dial BFYR/Penguin YR/PRH
ISBN: 978-1-101-99385-9
Keywords: Mothers and Daughters, Poverty, Dysfunctional Families
Twelve-year-old Olivia battles the harsh realities of an absentee father, depressed mother, and responsibility for her five-year-old sister by entering sweepstakes and contests.