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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Every Variable of Us
Charles A. Bush
Ages: 14+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Flux, North Star Editions
ISBN: 978-1-63583-074-3
Keywords: nerds, poverty, drugs, social-community, transitional book
Black high schooler Alexis's dreams of a basketball college scholarship vanish when she's injured in a gang shooting. Pushed to participate in the "science team," she discovers other ways for success.