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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Above All Else
Dana Alison Levy
Ages: 14+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 978-1-62354-140-8
Keywords: mountain climbing, danger, relationships, family, survival, PTSD, ADHD, MS, alternating points of view
Two teens have trained for years to climb Mt. Everest; but nothing can prepare them for the reality of its physical and emotional toll. Map.