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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Gravity of Us, The
Phil Stamper
Ages: 14+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books USA
ISBN: 978-1-5476-0014-4
Keywords: LGBTQIA, Journalism, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, Social media, Mental health, Social emotional
Seventeen-year-old Cal's ambition to be a journalist and his quest for a boyfriend could be scuttled by his father's sudden acceptance into a space mission to Mars.