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).
Our online Searchable Best Books List draws from the committee's annual Best Children's Books of the Year-beginning with the list of books published in 2000-with each featuring more than 600 high-quality titles for young readers.
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Learning to Breathe
by Janice Lynn Mather
Ages: 14+
Published: 2018
Publisher: Simon & Schuster BFYR
ISBN: 978-1-5344-0601-8
Keywords: Bahamas, Teen pregnancy, Diversity, Rape
At a yoga retreat in the Bahamas near the home where she lives with relatives, Indy, 16, finds peace and safety from the cousin who has raped and impregnated her.