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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When the World Tips Over
Jandy Nelson
Ages: 14+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Dial BFYR/Penguin Random House
ISBN: 978-0-525-42909-8
Keywords: Magical Realism-Siblings, LGBTQ+, Curses, mothers and daughters, mental illness
In a small Northern California wine country town, a mysterious rainbow-haired girl upends the lives of three broken siblings whose father disappeared 12 years before.