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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Mad, Bad, & Dangerous to Know
Samira Ahmed
Ages: 14+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Soho Teen
ISBN: 978-1-61695-989-0
Keywords: French Americans; Indian Americans; Muslim Americans; bicultural families; artists; art history; poets; women's empowerment
In Paris, French-Indian-American Khayyam hunts for a rumored lost Delacroix painting given to famed author Alexandre Dumas, with Dumas' sixth-great-grandson.