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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Red, White, and Whole

Rajani LaRocca

Ages: 12+

Published: 2021

Publisher: Quill Tree Books/HarperCollins

ISBN: 978-0-06-304742-6

Keywords: Novels in Verse, Identity, Illness, Death

Reha, 13, feels torn between two worlds: American at school and Indian at home. Then her mother is diagnosed with leukemia and everything changes. Free verse.