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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If You Can't Take the Heat
Michael Ruhlman
Ages: 14+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Penguin Workshop/Penguin Random House
ISBN: 978-0-593-52344-5
Keywords: Romance-First person narrative, friendship, romance, Football, parental abuse, private school, recipes
Devastated by a medical emergency that upends his high school athletic career, Theo, 16, meets Julia, who introduces him to the world of restaurants and gourmet cooking. Mature content