Books For Girls

For Ages 6-9 J BAUER Bauer, Marion Dane. The Blue Ghost: At her grandmother's log cabin, nine-year-old Liz is led to make contact with children she believes may be her ancestors. E BYARS Byars, Betsy Cromer. Boo’s Dinosaur: When young Boo is followed home by a dinosaur that only she can see, it causes a bit of trouble for her older brother Sammy. J DISNEY MARSOLI Marsoli, Lisa Ann. My Best Friend is Ariel: Ariel has many friends under the sea. (Disney Princess series) J GN HOLM Holm, Jennifer. Babymouse: Queen of the World!: An imaginative mouse dreams of being queen of the world, but will settle for an invitation to the most popular girl's slumber party. (Babymouse series) J LOWRY Lowry, Lois. Gooney the Fabulous: Gooney Bird Greene takes charge of a class project as she and her fellow students in Mrs. Pidgeon's second grade class learn about fables by each making up their own based on an animal that begins with the same letter as their first name. P MAN-KON Man-Kon, Mary. Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper: When Anneliese is captured, Erika must pretend to be the princess to help find out what has happened and to save the real princess. J PENNYPA Pennypacker, Sara. The Talented Clementine: Eight-year-old Clementine, convinced that she has no talents, tries to find a way to avoid participating in the class talent show. P ROBERTS Roberts, Angela. Barbie Loves Ballet: Kelly loves ballet, but she's nervous about performing at her first recital. With lots of practice and a little help from Barbie, Kelly dances like a beautiful ballerina!

J RYAN Ryan, Margaret. Magic Mischief: It's nearly Christmas and all the fairies are looking forward to their Christmas party… Except for Airy Fairy. Her school report card is so bad that she has been sent to sit on top of a prickly Christmas tree! (Airy Fairy series) J SHIRE Shire, Poppy. Sparkle the Circus Pony: Megan goes for a ride on a magic carousel that takes her to a circus where she and her pony are the star performers in Mr. Scarletti's Amazing Traveling Circus. Includes facts about circuses. (Magic Pony Carousel series) For Ages 9-13 J BATESON Bateson, Catherine. Being Bee: Bee faces friction at home and at school when her widowed father begins seriously dating Jazzi, who seems to take over the house and their lives, but as shared secrets and common interests finally begin to draw them together, Jazzi accidentally makes a terrible mistake. J BENTON Benton, Jim. Let's Pretend This Never Happened: Dear Dumb Diary #1: In her diary, middle school student Jamie Kelly describes her life at home and at school, including her attempts to triumph over her nemesis, the beautiful and popular Angeline. (Dear Dumb Diary Series) J 646.7008 BUCHANAN Buchanan, Andrea J. The Daring Book for Girls: This books offers a variety of topics for “tween" girls. There are lessons on games of tag, hopscotch, slumber parties, making stink bombs, performing CPR, changing a tire, and secret note-passing skills, and information on female heroes in history. YA BUCKLEY Buckley, Michael. The Three Sisters Grimm, Book One: Fairy-tale Detectives: Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother whom they have always believed to be dead. (Sisters Grimm series) J BYNG Byng, Georgia. Molly Moon’s Incredible Book of Hypnotism: Unlucky and unloved, Molly Moon, living in a dreary orphanage in a small English town, discovers a hidden talent for hypnotism and hypnotizes her way to stardom in New York City. (Molly Moon series) J CABOT Cabot, Meg. Moving Day: Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls: Nine-year-old Allie Finkle has rules for everything and is even writing her own rule book, but her world is turned upside-down when she learns that her family is moving across town, which will mean a new house, school, best friend, and plenty of new rules. J CANDYAPP McCoy, Mimi. The Accidental Cheerleader: Sophie and her best friend, Kylie, are the perfect team. But when Kylie signs them both up for cheerleading tryouts, it's Sophie who lands in the spotlight -- and Kylie ends up on the sidelines. (Candy Apple series) J CHAPMAN Chapman, Linda. Dreams Come True: Lauren helps Twilight figure out how to use his unicorn magic to give courage to a pony that is afraid of jumping. (My Secret Unicorn series)

J CHILD Child, Lauren. Utterly Me, Clarice Bean: When someone steals the winner's trophy for the school book project, Clarice emulates her favorite book heroine, Ruby Redfort the detective. J GN CIBOS Cibos, Lindsay. Peach Fuzz: When Amanda begs her parents for a pet and they relent and get her a ferret, the previously calm household turns chaotic, and even worse, the ferret learns to fear Amanda, who knows nothing about how to take care of a pet. (Series) J CODEL Codel, Esmé Raji. Diary of a Fairy Godmother: Hunky Dory's interest in wishcraft over witchcraft gets her kicked out of charm school, but she'd determined to follow her heart and become a fairy godmother in this funny twist on fairy tales. J CREECH Creech, Sharon. Walk Two Moons: Salamanca Tree Hiddle travels with her grandparents to Lewiston, Idaho, a trip her mother took recently before she went missing. During their trip, Sal entertains her grandparents with stories of her lunatic obsessed friend Phoebe, whose mother has also disappeared. YA CUSHMAN Cushman, Karen. The Ballad of Lucy Whipple: In 1849, a twelve-year-old girl who calls herself Lucy is distraught when her mother moves the family from Massachusetts to a small California mining town, where Lucy helps run a rough boarding house and looks for comfort in books while trying to find a way to get "home." J GRIFFIN Griffin, Peni R. Switching Well: Two twelve-year-old girls in San Antonio, Texas, Ada in 1891 and Amber in 1991, switch places through a magic well and try desperately to return to their own times. J GREEN Green, Jessica. Diary of a Would-be Princess: In the journal her fifth-year teacher requires, Jillian records the ups and downs of her efforts to become popular as she hosts a class party, creates a school magazine, and tutors some socially misfit boys. J HALE Hale, Shannon. Princess Academy: While attending a strict academy for potential princesses with the other girls from her mountain village, fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her homeland. J HARPER Harper, Charise Mericle. Just Grace: Grace cares about helping people so when her neighbor’s cat goes missing, Grace does her best to make Mrs. Luther feel less lonely. But as the mystery of the missing cat continues, Grace's well-intentioned plan backfires, and she finds herself in trouble. (Series, also appropriate for ages 7-8) J GN HARPER Harper, Charise Mericle. Fashion Kitty: After a stack of fashion magazines falls on Kiki Kitty’s head while she is blowing out the candles on her birthday cake, Kiki turns into Fashion Kitty, a feline superhero who saves other kitties from fashion disaster.

J HENKES Henkes, Kevin. Olive’s Ocean. On a summer visit to her grandmother’s cottage by the ocean, twelveyear-old Martha gains perspective on the death of a classmate, on her relationship with her grandmother, on her feelings for an older boy, and on her plans to be a writer. J GN KOBAYAS Kobayashi, Miyuki. Kitchen Princess: Najika is a gifted cook and attends the prestigious Seika Academy cooking school. Her friendship with two brothers, Sora and Daichi, creates resentment with other girls at the school. Her greatest rival is a popular, teen model, Akane who tries to drive Najika from the school by staging a cooking contest. (Series) J HOLM Holm, Jennifer. Penny from Heaven: As she turns twelve during the summer of 1953, Penny gains new insights into herself and her family while also learning a secret about her father's death. (Readers who like this book may also like A Corner of the Universe by Ann Martin) J KESSLER Kessler, Liz. Emily Windsnap and the Castle in the Midst: When she incurs Neptune's wrath by finding a diamond ring buried under rocks in the ocean, Emily is put under a curse that will force her to choose to be either a mermaid or a human and split up her parents forever. J LASKY Lasky, Kathryn. Born to Rule: When princesses from some of the most splendid kingdoms of the world gather at summer camp, a special bond forms between the girls of the South Turret and aids them in laying to rest a mystery while working to complete a long-lost tapestry. (Camp Princess #1, Sequel: Unicorns? Get Real!) J LEVINE Levine, Gail Carson. Ella Enchanted: In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her. J LORD Lord, Cynthia. Rules: Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with a young paraplegic. YA MARTIN Martin, Ann M. A Corner of the Universe: The summer that Hattie turns twelve, she meets the childlike uncle she never knew and becomes friends with a girl who works at the carnival that comes to Hattie's small town. This story about friendship is aimed toward the upper range of this booklist, with particular appeal to middle school students. J MCGRAW McGraw , Eloise. The Moorchild: Half fairy and half human, Saaski is banished from the village. In this unusual fairy story, she tries to find where she belongs and attempts to find the human child whose place she was given at birth. J MCKISSA McKissack, Patricia C. A Friendship for Today: In 1954, when desegregation comes to Kirkland, Missouri, twelve-year-old Rosemary faces many changes and challenges at school and at home as her parents separate.

YA MERCER Mercer, Sienna. Switched: Upon moving to Franklin Grove, eighth-grader Olivia Abbott, a pink-loving cheerleader, learns that she has a twin sister, Ivy Vega, whose "goth" appearance hides a weird secret. (My Sister the Vampire series) GN MIYAZAKI Miyazaki, Hayao. Spirited Away #1: Chihiro, a 10-year-old-girl, is being taken by her parents to their new suburban neighborhood. When they take a wrong turn off the highway, they discover what looks like an abandoned theme park and decide to explore it. That’s where the trouble begins and they become trapped in a magical world of ghosts, spirits and demons. A boy with magical powers promises to help… (Series) J MOSS Moss, Marissa. Amelia Tells All: Amelia creates a handwritten book about palm reading, fortune telling, handwriting analysis, with games and quizzes included. (Amelia Series) J PEARSON Pearson, Kit. A Handful of Time: When Patricia's mother sends her to her cousins' cottage for the summer, Patricia is miserable. She doesn't know her cousins, and isn’t comfortable with their outdoor lifestyle. Then Patricia discovers an old watch hidden under a floorboard. When she winds it, she finds herself taken back in time to the summer when her mother was twelve. GN POON Poon, Janice. Claire and the Bakery Thief. A girl, her dog and her best friend must catch the Bakery Thief -- a recipe for fun and adventure in a graphic novel that girls will devour. (Sequel: Claire and the Water Wish) J PRIMAVE Primavera, Elise. The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls: In order to save the town of Sherbet, four girls with very little in common become involved with some people and events that seem to bear a resemblance to "The Wizard of Oz." YA RYAN Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Esperanza Rising: Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression. J791.43 SAUNDER Saunders, Catherine. Barbie Princess Tale: the Essential Guide: The Nutcracker -- Rapunzel -- Swan Lake -- Princess and the pauper -- Magic of Pegasus -- Happy ending. J TARSHIS Tarshis, Lauren. Emma-Jean Lazurus Fell Out of a Tree: Logical Emma-Jean has little in common with her seventh-grade classmates, and she observes their social interactions with a scientific curiosity. But when a classmate seeks her advice in dealing with a mean girl, Emma-Jean applies her analytical mind and comes up with some surprising solutions. (Sequel: Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell in Love) J WELLS Wells, Tina. Mackenzie Blue: At the beginning of seventh grade, Mackenzie is worried--her best friend has moved to France, someone steals her diary, she alienates her two new friends, and it looks like she has lost her chance to win the Teen Sing contest. J WHELAN

Whelan, Gloria. Listening for Lions: Left an orphan after the influenza epidemic in British East Africa in 1918, thirteen-year-old Rachel is tricked into assuming a deceased neighbor's identity to travel to England, where her only dream is to return to Africa and rebuild her parents' mission hospital. J WHITEHO Whitehouse, Howard. The Strictest School in the World: Emmalie has a passion for flying, so when forced to go to a Victorian boarding school, St. Gremelda’s School for Young Ladies, she is determined to escape by flying out. J WOODSON Woodson, Jacqueline. Feathers: When a new, white student nicknamed "The Jesus Boy" joins her sixth grade class in the winter of 1971, Frannie's growing friendship with him makes her start to see some things in a new light. As the kids in her school change and start to treat each other with kindness, the question her best friend poses to her is “Could the ‘Jesus Boy’ be the real thing? Other Series: J WILDER Little House on the Prairie J AMERICA American Girls