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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Beating Heart Baby
Lio Min
Ages: 14+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Flatiron Books
ISBN: 978-1-250-81909-3
Keywords: South Asian Americans, dating, Los Angeles, Music, sexual orientation, transgender, gender identity, band, music
After a chance encounter, multiracial, bisexual Santi and Japanese Korean American transgender Suwa orbit around each other until a cryptic past connection resurfaces. Music, anime, and chosen family rally behind them.