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Booklist
Booklist
Recommended Reading
Many girls have read and enjoyed these books. and we may add it to this list. If you are interested in learning more about these books, visit your local library.
Fiction
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Author | Title |
Bolden, Tonya | Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl |
Buron, Melissa Christy | What the Moon Saw |
Carter, Ally | I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You |
Finkel, Kim Grossman | Billie's World |
Friend, Natasha | Perfect |
Gruber, Michael | Witch's Boy |
Hahn, Mary Downing | The Old Willis Place: A Ghost Story |
Jansen, Hanna | Over a Thousand Hills I Walk With You |
Koller, Jackie French | A Place to Call Home |
Larbalestier, Justine | Magic or Madness |
Levenkron, Steven | Best Little Girl in the World |
Levenkron, Steven | The Luckiest Girl in the World |
Luna, Louisa | Brave New Girl |
Pearsall, Shelley | Crooked River |
Pederson, Laura | Beginner’s Luck |
Siegel, Sienna Cherson | To Dance: A Ballerina’s Graphic Novel |
Sinclair, April | Coffee Will Make You Black |
Sones, Sonya | Stop Pretending What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy |
Tahl, Lilly | Mimus |
Woodson, Jacqueline | I Hadn’t Meant to Tell you This |
Non-Fiction
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Author | Title |
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Akbar, Said Hyder | Come Back To Afghanistan: A California Teenager’s Story |
Canfield, Jack; | Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul |
Carlson, Richard Ph.D. | Don't Sweat the Small Stuff for Teens |
Gilbert, Sara D | By Yourself |
Gilbert, Sara D | Feeling Good: A Book about You and Your Body |
Gilbert, Sara D | You Can Speak Up in Class |
Hynes, Angela | Puberty |
Jukes, Mavis | Growing Up: It’s a Girl Thing |
Jukes, Mavis | It’s a Girl Thing: How to stay Healthy, Safe, and In Charge |
Jukes, Mavis; | Be Healthy! It's a Girl Thing: Food, Fitness, and Feeling Great |
Keltner, Nancy | Questions from Teens and their Parents about Things That Matter |
Levine, Gail Carson | Writing Magic |
Madaras, Lynda | The What’s Happening to My Body Book for Girls: A growing up Guide for Parents and Daughters |
Morrison, Lillian | More Spice Than Sugar: Poems About Feisty Females |
Packard, Gwen | Coping with Stress |
Packer, Alex J. | Bringing Up Parents: The Adolescent’s Handbook |
Pelzer, Dave | A Child Called It |
Richards, Arlene | How to Get it Together When your Parents are Coming Apart |
Santiago, Esmeralda | Almost a Woman |
Shandler, Sara | Ophelia Speaks: Adolescent Girls Write About Their Search for Self |
Sita, Lisa | Coming of Age (World Celebrations and Ceremonies) |
Content last updated December 10, 2007



