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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North to Benjamin
by Alan Cumyn
Ages: 12+
Published: 2018
Publisher: A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book/Atheneum BFYR/Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 978-1-4814-9752-7
Keywords: Mental Health, Mothers and Sons, Social/Emotional Learning, Moving, Alcoholism
Traumatized by a sudden move to Alaska, Edgar identifies so powerfully with the Newfoundland in his care that he can only bark when trying to speak.