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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The Hate U Give
by Angie Thomas
Ages: 14+
Published: 2017
Publisher: Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0-06-249853-3
Keywords: Systemic racism, Activism, Police violence
Young. Black. Unarmed. Killed by police. Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter was there. She has to tell her story and fight back, but how? (Also available in Spanish.)