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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We Can Be Heroes
Kyrie McCauley
Ages: 14+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Katherine Tegen/HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0-06-288505-0
Keywords: domestic violence, dating abuse. friendship, gun violence, school shooting, magical realism
Beck, Vivian, and the ghost of Cassie, their beloved friend, seek revenge and justice after Cassie is shot by her abusive boyfriend, son of the town's powerful firearms manufacturer.