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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Hungry Ghost
Victoria Ying
Illustrator: Victoria Ying, colors by Lynette Wong
Ages: 14+
Published: 2023
Publisher: First Second/Roaring Brook Press/ Holtzbrinck
ISBN: 978-1-250-76699-1
Keywords: eating disorder, mothers and daughters, parental abuse, mental illness, shame, hiding
Valerie Chu internalizes her mother's perfectionism and weight obsession. Val's friends and crush are unaware of her bulimia until a crisis forces her to seek help. Graceful digital pastel panels. Resources. Mature content