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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In The Key of Us
Mariama J. Lockington
Ages: 9+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux BFYR/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-0-374-31410-1
Keywords: grief, summer camp, music, African American, love, friendship, self harm, stress, LGBTQ, microaggressions
Sent to a predominately white summer music camp, 13-year-old Andi, Black, struggles in her relationship with her family and friends, while grieving the loss of her mother.