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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In the Wild Light
Jeff Zentner
Ages: 14+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Crown BFYR/Random House
ISBN: 978-1-5247-2024-7
Keywords: addiction, grief, grandparents, abuse, cultural identity, imposter syndrome, poetry
Delaney and Cash, best friends since losing parents to addiction, win full scholarships to a prep school far from their rural Tennessee home. As their worlds expand, could they lose each other?