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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Ultraviolet
Aida Salazar
Ages: 12+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Scholastic Press/Scholastic
ISBN: 978-1-338-77565-5
Keywords: Coming-of-Age-Mexican -American, Latine, Boys and men, Adolescence and coming of age, Masculinity, Dating and relationships, Stories in verse,
Elio 13, grapples with first love and conflicting feelings about his role as a boy within his Mexican culture. Affecting, unusual portrayal of male puberty. Free verse.