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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I Am Not Alone
Francisco X. Stork
Ages: 14+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Scholastic Press
ISBN: 978-1-338-73626-7
Keywords: Immigration, Mental illness, Divorce, Drug abuse, Prejudice, Racism, pottery
Alberto, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, has a mental illness, which makes him a suspect in a killing. But he finds an immediate and powerful connection and mutual support with a teen from a vastly different world.