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).

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Out of Salem

by Hal Schrieve

Ages: 14+

Published: 2019

Publisher: Triangle Square BFYR/Seven Stories Press

ISBN: 978-1-60980-901-0

Keywords: Magic, Discrimination, LGBTQ, Diversity

Fourteen-year-old genderqueer Z, a zombie, befriends Aysei, a lesbian werewolf. They find others who are also targets of intolerance and find there is strength in community.