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).
Our online Searchable Best Books List draws from the committee's annual Best Children's Books of the Year-beginning with the list of books published in 2000-with each featuring more than 600 high-quality titles for young readers.
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How Do You Live?
GenzaburÅ Yoshino
Ages: 12+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers/Algonquin Books
ISBN: 978-1-61620-977-3
Keywords: history, heroes, philosophy, friendship, ethics
A fatherless 15-year-old Japanese boy experiences friendship and betrayal, self-discovery, and reflection while discussing values, ethics, Copernicus, Newton, Napoleon, and Buddha with his uncle.