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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Mean
by Justin Sayre
Ages: 12+
Published: 2019
Publisher: Penguin Workshop/Penguin YR/PRH
ISBN: 978-1-5247-8795-0
Keywords: Middle School, Puberty, Family, Bat mitzvah, Diversity, Self-esteem
In the weeks leading up to her bat mitzvah, Ellen tries to puzzle out what it means to become a young woman, while navigating the middle school battlefield.