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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Sunnyside Plaza
Scott Simon
Ages: 12+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company, BFYR
ISBN: 978-0-316-53120-7
Keywords: disabilities, discrimination, mystery, group homes, detectives, SEL, death
Sally Miyake, 19, can't read, but she notices things, and values kindness and honesty. Can Sally figure out why deaths increase in her group home?