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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Heartbreak Symphony
Laekan Zea Kemp
Ages: 14+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Little, Brown BFYR/Hachette
ISBN: 978-0-316-46038-5
Keywords: Music, Grief, Mental illness, Immmigration policy, ICE, Sanctuary cities, Gentrification, Police killings of people of color, Latinx communities
Aarón and Mia, two musically gifted teens, struggle with unresolved personal and family issues, and with increasing attacks on their Latinx community.