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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Ode to a Nobody

Caroline Brooks DuBois

Ages: 12+

Published: 2022

Publisher: Holiday House

ISBN: 978-0-823451-56-2

Keywords: Family Conflicts, Tornados, Free Verse, Siblings, Trauma

Eight grade underachiever Quinn suddenly finds her life completely leveled by a tornado. Will she use this trauma to build a different life? Free verse.