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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Love and Other Foreign Words
by Erin McCahan
Ages: 14+
Published: 2014
Publisher: Dial BFYR/Penguin
ISBN: 978-0-8037-4051-8
Keywords: Relationships, Friendship, Love
Fifteen-year-old Josie is fluent in high school, friends, boyfriends, and beautiful girls. But when her sister gets engaged, Josie realizes there is one language she just cannot seem to understand: Love.