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.
To share feedback about the tool, please feel free to email bookcom@bankstreet.edu. To learn more about the CBC, visit https://www.bankstreet.edu/cbc/.
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Every Bird a Prince
Jenn Reese
Ages: 12+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-1-250-78344-8
Keywords: social anxiety, aromantic, sexuality, bravery, friendship, acceptance, survival, sexual orientation
Recruited by birds to protect animals and humans against creatures who weaponize doubt, seventh grader Eren Evers must find her inner truths in order to succeed.