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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When the Moon Was Ours
by Anna-Marie McLemore
Ages: 14+
Published: 2016
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 978-1-250-05866-9
Keywords: Transgender, Identity
As the friendship between teens Miel and Sam blossoms into romance, family secrets and questions of sexual identity threaten their relationship with their families and each other.