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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Take Me With You When You Go
David Levithan and Jennifer Niven
Ages: 14+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf/PRH
ISBN: 978-0-525-58099-7
Keywords: Brothers and sisters, Child abuse, Domestic violence, Runaway teenagers, LGBTQ+
Bea disappears from home, leaving her brother an email address. In their correspondence, they begin to unpack the story and experience of their abusive home. Can they free themselves?