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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Out of the Valley of Horses
Wendy Orr
Ages: 9+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Pajama Press
ISBN: 978-1-77278-311-7
Keywords: Fantasy-off-grid living, home schooling, homesteading, farming, siblings, multigenerational households, global catastrophe
Honey's Australian family once found refuge from a pandemic in a hidden, magical place. But now her dad's sick, she needs help, and the refuge won't let her leave.