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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When You Look Like Us
Pamela N. Harris
Ages: 14+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Quill Tree Books/HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0-06-294589-1
Keywords: Mystery, African Americans, Racism, Poverty, Family, Community, Brothers and Sisters, Missing Persons
When Jayson's sister goes missing, he assumes her drug-dealer boyfriend is responsible. Has his judgment been affected by stereotypes that others apply to his Black community?