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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Crossing the Stream
Elizabeth-Irene Baitie
Ages: 12+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Accord/Norton Young Readers/ Norton
ISBN: 978-1-324-01709-7
Keywords: Ghana, Fathers and Sons, Grandmothers, Mothers, Friendship, Bird Sanctuaries, Ecology, Class Differences, Confidence, Fear, (need something about the Prophet - how do we describe hin and his actions)
Ghanaian Ato, 12, and friends create an organic garden to win entry to a bird sanctuary as they battle an unscrupulous religious leader who opposes their community.