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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Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black
by Marcus Sedgwick
Illustrator: Alexis Deacon
Ages: 14+
Published: 2019
Publisher: Walker Books/Candlewick Press
ISBN: 978-1-5362-0437-7
Keywords: World War II, Poetry
Conscientious objector Harry Black searches for his brother after a V2 rocket attack in 1944, convinced he is still alive. Stark graphic images.