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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Finding Jupiter
Kelis Rowe
Illustrator: Bex Glendining
Ages: 14+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Crown BFYR/Random House Children's Books/PRH
ISBN: 978-0-593-4295-9
Keywords: Dating, Grief, Mother-daughter relationships, Family, Competitive swimming
A summer romance between two Black Memphis teens reveals long-held family secrets that can tear them apart. Poetry and prose. Elegant grayscale illustrations.