What's a Girl to Read?

     
 

Being Bindi by Alyssa Brugman

Bindy's got problems:  Her best friend dumps her for cooler, mean girls and her father is dating her former friend's mother. 

 

Bindi Babes by Narinder Dhami

How to get rid of a nosy, interfering aunt from India.

 

 
 

Dairy Queen by Catherine Murdock

DJ trains the quarterback, falls in love and joins the football team herself.

 

Enthusiasm by Polly Shulman. 

Jane Austen fans looking for romance.

 

 
 

Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen

Juli's been after Bryce since second grade.  Read what happens when he finally notices.

 

Girl, 15, Charming but Insane by Sue Limb

Best friends, boys, and great humor.

 

 
 

I Am the Wallpaper by Mark Hughes

Giving up drab to be the "new Zoey".

 

Kiki Strike by Kirsten Miller

Exploring the hidden city under NYC with the mysterious Kiki and her team of hackers, lock pickers, forgers, and explosive experts.  These girls have attitude!

 

 
 

LBD:  It's a Girl Thing by Grace Dent

When three best friends are forbidden to attend a rock festival, they decide to organize their own festival - boys, parents and British slang.

 

Live and Let Shop by Michael Spradlin

Not your usual boarding school - a missing book, missing headmaster and the FBI lead to international espionage.  Alex Rider for girls.

 

 
 

Millicent Min, Girl Genius by Lisa Yee

Millicent hides her brains to make a friend, tutors an obnoxious boy, and is forced to join a volleyball team - very funny.

 

My Almost Epic Summer by Adele Griffin

Fired from her mother's beauty salon, Irene has to take a babysitting job.  Romance follows.

 

 
 

Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

She learns she's really a princess - now she needs princess lessons!

 

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares

Summer in the life of four girls, all sharing the same jeans.

 

 
 

Squashed by Joan Bauer

Goals:  Grow a prize-winning pumpkin and lose 20 pounds.

 

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

Everyone has surgery at age 16 to become pretty - not as good as you might think.