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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Jupiter Rising
Gary D. Schmidt
Ages: 12+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Clarion Books/HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0-35-865964-8
Keywords: Family/School/Community-foster children, grief, running, farming, grandparents,
Eighth grader Jack loves his three-year-old foster sister, Jupiter, daughter of his dead foster brother. Their rural community rallies in support as Jack fights to keep Jupiter in his life.