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Book list
Recommended Reading
Many girls have read and enjoyed these books. Tell us about a book you liked and we may add it to this list. If you are interested in learning more about these books, visit your local library.
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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 |
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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
