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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Sparrow

by Sarah Moon

Ages: 12+

Published: 2017

Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic

ISBN: 978-1-338-03258-1

Keywords: Music Therapy, Anxiety, Diversity, Single Parent Families

Eighth grade Brooklynite Sparrow has no friends. Instead she finds solace in hatching birds until the death of her beloved librarian leads her to seek therapy.