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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Yesterday is History
Kosoko Jackson
Ages: 14+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire/Sourcebooks
ISBN: 978-1-4926-9434-2
Keywords: Time travel, LGBTQ+, Organ transplants, African-Americans, Interracial Relationships, Social class
A life-saving liver transplant imbues Andre with the ability to time travel as his organ donor did, which could be dangerous for a Black teenager.