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 Parker Inheritance
by Varian Johnson
Ages: 9+
Published: 2018
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic
ISBN: 978-0-545-94617-9
Keywords: Diversity, Civil Rights, Race and Racism, Historical fiction, Read-Aloud, Jim Crow
An old letter found in her dead grandmother's attic leads Candice and her neighbor to unravel a 60-year-old mystery, revealing the town's shameful, racist past.