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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Fake Dates and Mooncakes
Sher Lee
Ages: 14+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Underlined/Penguin Random House
ISBN: 978-0-593-56995-5
Keywords: LGBTQ+, Teen Rom-Com, Chinese-Americans, Chinese Culinary Arts, Singaporean Food in Brooklyn
Grieving the loss of his mom, 17-year-old Dylan meets Theo, an upper-class first love, while trying to win the mooncake competition to save his aunt's beleaguered Singaporean Chinese take-out restaurant.