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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Brave, The
James Bird
Ages: 12+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Feiwel and Friends/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-1-250-24775-9
Keywords: Native Americans, Disabilities, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Bullies, Death, Own Voices
Finally meeting his mother and encountering his Ojibwe heritage, Collin, 13, experiences love, spirituality and the strength to address his debilitating OCD.