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 Season of Styx Malone
by Kekla Magoon
Ages: 9+
Published: 2018
Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books/Random House/PRH
ISBN: 978-1-5247-1595-3
Keywords: Foster children, Diversity, Fathers and Sons, Conflict Resolution
ARC Styx appears in the woods neighboring Caleb's and B.G.'s house one summer, tempting them to test their overprotective father's rules and steering them toward risky behavior.