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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Things Jolie Needs to Do Before She Bites It
by Kerry Windfrey
Ages: 14+
Published: 2018
Publisher: Feiwel and Friends/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-1-250-11954-4
Keywords: First love, Friends, Teeth
A high school junior waits to have surgery to sure her under bite which she believes is extremely disfiguring. While she waits, life becomes unexpectedly confirming.