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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Girl from Earth's End, The
Tara Dairman
Illustrator: Chantal Horeis; Christine Engels, map
Ages: 12+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 978-1-5362-2480-1
Keywords: Adoption, Parent and child, Botany, Horticulture, Climate change, LGBTQIA+, Disability, Death
Henna leaves her dads and solitary home in the hope of finding a rare seed to make a miracle cure and save her family. Map. Black-and-white spot illustrations.