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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Ode to My First Car
Robin Gow
Ages: 14+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux BFYR/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-0-374-38843-0
Keywords: parents, siblings, friendship, love, courage, self-realization, LGBTQIA+, working-class families, dementia, nursing homes
Taking a job at a nursing home to pay for the damages to her car, Claire, bisexual, meets Lena, an 85-year-old lesbian, and sees connections in their lives. In verse. Black-and-white occasional illustrations.