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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Torrey Maldonado

Ages: 9+

Published: 2020

Publisher: Penguin Random House/Nancy Paulsen Books

ISBN: 978-0-525-51843-3

Keywords: Racism, Black Lives Matter, Friendship

Comfortable with diverse friends, Stephen, a biracial sixth-grader, wants to speak up when surrounded by racist behavior. Told in the language of NYC youth.