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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Dinner at the Brake Fast
Renee Beauregard Lute
Ages: 12+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Quill Tree Books/HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0-06-332490-9
Keywords: Family/School/Community-mental illness, depression, anxiety, father-daughter, friendship, cooking, trucking, abuse, music, bands, John Denver
Tacoma's efforts to retrieve her depressed father's prized memento, stolen from the wall of her family truck-stop diner, lead to unusual adventures with two new friends.