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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Name She Gave Me, The
Betty Culley
Ages: 14+
Published: 2022
Publisher: HarperTeen/HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0-06-315783-5
Keywords: love, social-emotional, self-discovery, adoption, siblings, foster children, friendship, mental illness
In rural Maine, 16-year-old Rynn, unloved by the woman who adopted her as a baby, searches for her biological family and discovers her true identity. Free verse.