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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Hands
Torrey Maldonado
Ages: 12+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin Random House
ISBN: 978-0-593-32379-3
Keywords: fighting, loyalty, belonging to a village, boxing, drawing, community, domestic violence
Trev, a Black tween, would do anything to protect his mom from his stepdad. He believes that learning to fight is his only option. Adults in his life disagree.