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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Sun Does Shine, The
Anthony Ray Hinton, with Lara Love Hardin and Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
Ages: 14+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Feiwel and Friends/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-1-250-81736-5
Keywords: Prison, Trials, Capital punishment, Incarcerartion, Injustice
Anthony Ray Hinton, a Black Alabamian accused of murder, spent almost 30 years on death row. Faith, family and friends sustained him as he struggled for exoneration. Young readers edition.