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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Blood Moon
Lucy Cuthew
Ages: 14+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Walker Books/Candlewick Press
ISBN: 978-1-5362-1503-8
Keywords: menstruation, social/emotional, internet, misogyny, friendship, harassment
The intersection of burgeoning sexual curiosity, menstruation, and online shaming form the backdrop for this fast-paced novel that could encourage teens to reexamine their preconceptions.