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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When You Wish upon a Lantern
Gloria Chao
Ages: 14+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Viking/Penguin Random House
ISBN: 978-0-593-46435-9
Keywords: AAPI, Dating, Grief, Family relationships, Wishes, Reality TV shows
Friendship between Liya and Kai in Chicago's Chinatown frays when their fathers feud. Creating a lantern festival to honor Liya's late grandmother helps them reunite. Mandarin glossary.