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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Red
Annie Cardi
Ages: 14+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Union Square Kids/Union Square/Sterling Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-4549-5130-8
Keywords: Coming-of-Age-Scarlet letter, Me Too movement, silent cycle of abuse, harassment, rejection, church, family, judgement, friendship, bullying shaming, faith, empowerment
A teenager is vilified by her Christian peers after getting an abortion. She vows to protect the father until she realizes he was a predator. Author's note.