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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Kill Her Twice
Stacey Lee
Ages: 14+
Published: 2024
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons/Penguin Random House
ISBN: 978-0-593-53204-1
Keywords: Historical Fiction-Mystery, Chinese Americans, racism, LosAngeles (California), Hollywood, Sisters, 1930's, Alternating Points of View
In 1930s Los Angeles, Gemma and May Chow try to keep their father's flower business afloat. They discover the body of a famous Chinese American movie star — their former classmate.