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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Sweet and Sour
Debbi Michiko Florence
Illustrator: Jacqueline Li
Ages: 12+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Scholastic Press
ISBN: 978-1-338-67159-9
Keywords: microaggessions, bird-watching
Japanese Americans Mai, 12, and Zach, 13, were lifelong best friends until, two years ago, he humiliated her. Now he's back from Tokyo, and Mai is bent on revenge. Black-and-white spot art.