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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Not an Easy Win
Chrystal D. Giles
Ages: 12+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Random House Children's Books/PRH
ISBN: 978-0-593-17521-7
Keywords: Friendship, Mentors, Grandparents, Prison, African Americans
Following another school fight, African American Lawrence, 12, is suspended, but finds refuge at the local recreation center where learning to play competitive chess gives him new hope.