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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Pretty Funny for a Girl
Rebecca Elliott
Ages: 14+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Peachtree Publishers
ISBN: 978-1-682-63147-8
Keywords: stand-up comedy, friendships, first love, single parent homes, humor, weight issues
Haylah is heavy (she says fat), clever, witty, and funny. Can she make it as a stand-up comic or will she forever ghostwrite Leo's sets?