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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Where Was Goodbye?
Janice Lynn Mather
Ages: 14+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Simon & Schuster BFYR/Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing/S & S
ISBN: 978-1-6659-0395-0
Keywords: Family/School/Community-African Americans, Bahamas, Grief, Depression, Mental health, Brothers and sisters
In Nassau, Bahamas, high school senior Karmen can't make sense of her brother's recent suicide. Now suspended for breaking a school lab window, she resolutely researches his life and her own feelings. Resources. Mature content