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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Wave

Diana Farid

Illustrator: Kris Goto

Ages: 12+

Published: 2022

Publisher: Cameron Kids

ISBN: 978-1-951836-58-0

Keywords: Identity, Persian Americans, Illness, Novel in Verse, Grief

In 1980s Southern California, surfing with Phoenix is the only time Ava, a Persian American teen, feels she belongs. Then . . . Free verse and concrete poetry. Black-and-white spot illustrations.