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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Repairing the World
Linda Epstein
Ages: 12+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Aladdin/Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 978-1-5344-9855-6
Keywords: Friendship, Grief, Middle School, Judaism, Catholicism, B'nai Mitzvah, Tikkun Olam
After her best friend dies, Daisy feels only grief. But the first year of middle school brings a range of new emotions, new people, and a sense of wonder.