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 Far Away Brothers
by Lauren Markham
Ages: 14+
Published: 2019
Publisher: Delacorte Press/Random House Children's Books/PRH
ISBN: 978-1-9848-2977-1
Keywords: Central America, Diversity, Immigration
Identical twin boys escape El Salvador's violence to build new lives in California where they fight to stay, survive, and belong.