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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Rosie Loves Jack
Mel Darbon
Ages: 14+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Peachtree Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-68263-289-5
Keywords: disabled challenges, social emotional, desire, sex trafficking, runaways, father/daughter, mother/daughter
Rosie has Down's Syndrome but she is determined to reach her boyfriend, Jack. A snow storm shuts down the trains, leaving her alone and lost in London.