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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Twenty-four Seconds from Now...: A Love Story
Jason Reynolds
Ages: 14+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Caitlyn Dlouhy Books/Atheneum BFYR/Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 978-1-6659-6127-1
Keywords: Romance-coming-of-age, dating, first sexual experiences, man-woman relationships
Neon, a Black 17-year-old high school senior, comically traces his intimate relationship with Aria, 17, beginning with his current anxieties, looking back on their developing relationship, and finally returning to the present moment. Mature content