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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Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling, The
Wai Chim
Ages: 14+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Scholastic Press
ISBN: 978-1-338-65611-4
Keywords: mental illness, family life, Chinese-Australians
Chinese immigrant Anna in Australia must cope with her mother's increasing mental illness, while contending with academic pressure at school and the busy restaurant that supports them.