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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Our Stories, Our Voices

edited by Amy Reed

Ages: 14+

Published: 2018

Publisher: Simon Pulse/Simon & Schuster

ISBN: 978-1-5344-0899-9

Keywords: Diversity, Discrimination, Immigration, Women's Rights, Transgender, Sexual Abuse

Essays written by twenty-one female young adult authors discuss issues ranging from feminism, LGBTQ+ rights, Islamophobia, immigration, and religion. Resource list for activism.