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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Forget-Me-Not Blue
Sharelle Byars Moranville
Ages: 12+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Holiday House
ISBN: 978-0-8234-5359-7
Keywords: single-parent families, poverty, prison, siblings, foster-care, intergenerational family
A troubled, unstable mother who ends up in prison has made 10-year-old Sofie's life a nightmare. In spite of support from her brother, a teacher, and friends, foster care looms.