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Allison, Dorothy. Bastard out of Carolina.
Bone dreams of a life not only beyond Greenville, but also away from Daddy Glen, the stepfather whose tenderness quickly gives way to a sly, meanspirited jealousy that will test the loyalty of her mother, Anney.
Alvarez, Julia. Finding Miracles.
Fifteen-year-old Milly Kaufman is an average American teenager until Pablo, a new student at her school, inspires her to search for her birth family in his native country
Arnoldi, Katherine. The Amazing True Story of a Teenage Single Mom.
An inspirational memoir, told through cartoons and searing text.
Banks, Kate. Walk Softly, Rachel.
When fourteen-year-old Rachel reads the journal of her brother, who died when she was seven, she learns secrets that help her understand her parents and herself.
Block, Francesca Lia. I Was a Teenage Fairy.
A feisty, sexy fairy helps a young girl heal traumas of her past.
Girl Goddess #9 : Nine Stories.
Stories about nine remarkable young women include the tales of a girl with two mothers, a girl who keeps a strange blue-skinned creature in her closet, a rock star groupie, and a dancer who loves poetry and moonlight picnics.
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Bolden, Tonya. 33 Things Every Girl Should Know: stories, songs, poems, and smart talk by 33 extraordinary women.
A mix of short stories, essays, a comic strip, a speech, an interview, poems, and more which offer insights and advice for girls.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Just Ella.
In this continuation of the Cinderella story, fifteen-year-old Ella finds that accepting Prince Charming's proposal ensnares her in a suffocating tangle of palace rules and royal etiquette, so she plots to escape.
Jukes, Mavis. Growing up: it's a girl thing: straight talk about first bras, first periods, and your changing body
A guide for pre-adolescent girls to the changes that puberty brings to their bodies, including information about menstruation.
Kadohata, Cynthia. Kira-Kira.
Chronicles the close friendship between two Japanese-American sisters growing up in rural Georgia during the late 1950s and early 1960s, and the despair when one sister becomes terminally ill.
Namioka, Lensey. Ties That Bind, Ties That Break.
Ailin's life takes a different turn when she defies the traditions of upper class Chinese society by refusing to have her feet bound.
Rafferty, Trisha. I Wouldn't Thank You For a Valentine: Poems for Young Feminists.
A collection of poems by women from different cultures and backgrounds, portraying the varied facets of the female experience from childhood to old age.
Ragan, Kathleen. Fearless Girls, Wise Women and Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales From Around the World.
Gathered from around the world, these 100 folktales celebrate strong heroines.
Rimm, Sylvia. How Jane won: 55 successful women share how they grew from ordinary girls to extraordinary women.
More than fifty successful women share their secrets of how they got where they are and describe their choices, mentors, opportunities, challenges, and other steps that they encountered on the road to fulfillment.
Robbins, Trina. From Girls To Grrrlz: a History of Women's Comics From Teens to Zines.
Gives a chronological commentary (with attitude) on the authors, artists, trends, and sassy, brassy characters featured in comic books for the last half-century.
Robinson, Marilynne. Housekeeping.
Ruth, a young girl struggling to overcome haunting family memories in a town which will not let her forget, gradually grows close to Sylvie, the sister of her dead mother.
Schwager, Tina. Cool women, hot jobs ... and how you can go for it, too!
Profiles twenty-two women and the jobs they do, from choreographer to FBI agent, describing their education, duties, personality traits, and other factors in their career success, and gives specific ways to determine one's own future work.

Sports Stories For Girls

Coleman, Evelyn. Born in Sin.
Despite serious obstacles and setbacks, fourteen-year-old Keisha pursues her dream of becoming an Olympic swimmer and medical doctor.
Fowler, Karen Joy. The Sweetheart Season.
Post-WWII all girls baseball team.
Jackson, Alison. Blowing Bubbles with the Enemy.
When Bobby Lorimer, a sixth grade girl, decides to try out for the boys' basketball team, she causes some tension between the girls and boys at Jefferson Middle School and especially between herself and the boy she likes.
Spinelli, Jerry. There's a Girl in My Hammerlock.
Thirteen-year-old Maisie joins her school's formerly all-male wrestling team and tries to last through the season, despite opposition from other students, her best friend, and her own teammates.

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