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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Hope Springs

Jaime Berry

Ages: 9+

Published: 2021

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

ISBN: 978-0-316-54057-5

Keywords: dislocation, emotional growth, activism, quilting, belonging, economic issues

Eleven-year-old crafter Jubilee discovers the true meaning of community, friendship, and family when she and her paternal grandmother move to the home of her TV idol.