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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See No Color

by Shannon Gibney

Ages: 14+

Published: 2015

Publisher: Carolrhoda LAB/Lerner

ISBN: 978-1-4677-7682-0

Keywords: Adoption, Racism, Racial identity

When Alex realizes that identifying herself as a baseball player isn't enough, she questions whether she fits in with the white family who adopted her and seeks out her black father.