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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Cross My Heart and Never Lie
Nora Dåsnes
Illustrator: Nora Dåsnes
Ages: 12+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Hippo Park/Astra BFYR/Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 978-1-6626-4054-4
Keywords: Norway, Single parent families, Diaries, Middle school, Romance, LGBTQIA+
Seventh-grade friends Tuva, Linnéa, and Bao drift apart when Linnéa reveals that she has a boyfriend. Then Tuva discovers her own feelings for new student Mariam. Digital color art.