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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Cool. Awkward. Black.
Karen Strong, editor
Ages: 14+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Viking/Penguin Random House
ISBN: 978-0-593-52509-8
Keywords: Magic, Extraterrestrials, Ghosts, Animation, Gaming, Conventions, LGBTQIA, Racism, Parent and Child, Mental health, Abuse, Self-esteem,
Eighteen coming-of-age stories about nerds of African descent who traverse the intersections of self and gender identity with the added trauma of discrimination.