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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When We Were Lost
by Kevin Wignall
Ages: 12+
Published: 2019
Publisher: Jimmy Patterson Books/Little, Brown
ISBN: 978-0-316-41779-2
Keywords: Death, Social/Emotional Learning, Jungle
Tom never wanted to go on the high school plane trip. When the plane crashed, he and the others still alive had to figure out how to survive.