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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My So-Called Family
Gia Gordon
Ages: 12+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux BFYR/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-0-374-39205-5
Keywords: Family/School/Community-foster homes, alcoholism, abuse, neglect, addiction, drugs, LGBTQ+, nerds
Ash feels she has nobody to depict in a family tree for a school assignment, but growing friendships with unconventional classmates teach her otherwise. Discerning teachers also come to her rescue.