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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Yonder
Ali Standish
Ages: 9+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Harper/HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0-06-298568-2
Keywords: Abuse, Coming of Age, Bullying, Racism, Courage, WWII
In 1943, after his abused friend Jack disappears, Danny Timmons, 13, tries to figure out where he went, using the only clue he has—a place called Yonder.