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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Daughters of Jubilation
Kara Lee Corthron
Ages: 14+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 978-1-4814-5950-1
Keywords: Magic, Magical Realism, Black Americans, Racism, Women, Sexual Abuse (children), Teen Pregnancy
Evvie draws on magical powers, inherited from generations of Black women, to fight against a man who assaulted her as a child and returned to find her.