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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King of Jam Sandwiches
Eric Walters
Ages: 12+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 978-1-459-82556-7
Keywords: poverty, mental illness, neglect, child abuse, foster care, friendship, social/emotional
The relationship of 8th graders Robbie and Harmony begins with a punch in the nose, but they bond when they discover both have dysfunctional single parents.