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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Patron Thief of Bread, The
Lindsay Eagar
Ages: 12+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 978-1-5362-0468-1
Keywords: poverty, orphans, belonging
In medieval France, abandoned children pick pockets to survive. The youngest becomes a baker's apprentice to steal bread for her gang, and finds herself torn between her two lives.