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, twelve-
year-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