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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One Last Shot
John David Anderson
Ages: 12+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Walden Pond Press/HarperCollins Children's Books
ISBN: 978-0-06-264392-6
Keywords: fathers and sons, friendship, competition
Malcolm, 12, yearns for his father's approval, but sports are not his forte. Life changes dramatically when he uses his unusual analytic talent playing miniature golf.