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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No Vacancy
Tziporah Cohen
Ages: 9+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Groundwood Books
ISBN: 9781773064109
Keywords: prejudice, anti-semitism, social/emotional learning, discrimination, mothers and daughters, coming of age, conflicting viewpoints
Miriam's family relocates to upstate NY to manage a motel. A faked apparition of the Virgin Mary sparks overt anti-semitism, but the community rallies to support the business.