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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Lupe Wong Won't Dance
Donna Barba Higuera
Ages: 9+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Levine Querido
ISBN: 978-1646140039
Keywords: #ownvoices, Chinese Americans, Mexican Americans, MIxed race families, baseball, middle school, square dancing, anti-racism, anti-sexism, activism, Autism Spectrum, friendship, deceased parent, sibling relationship
Lupe, a 7th grader who describes herself as Chinacan or Mexinese, loves baseball and doesn't understand why square dancing is part of P.E.