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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Shouting at the Rain
by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Ages: 9+
Published: 2019
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin YR/PRH
ISBN: 978-0-399-17515-2
Keywords: Social/Emotional learning, Rejection, Solidarity
After being rejected by her summer pal, Delsie finds someone new. As they traipse around the Cape, they uncover neighborhood secrets, including the disappearance of Delsie's mother.