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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Farther Than the Moon
Lindsay Lackey
Ages: 12+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press/Holtzbrinck
ISBN: 978-1-250-20520-9
Keywords: epilepsy, astronauts, brotherly love, NASA,, family secrets, single parenthood
Houston, 13, accepted into a junior astronaut program, has to leave behind his brother, Robbie, who has cerebral palsy. Overcome with guilt, Houston tries to find a way to give Robbie his own lunar experience.