 | The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.01 Strong girl.
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 | Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.01 Creative, misunderstood, strong girl.
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 | Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $2.34 Holocaust for kids.
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 | The Complete Anne of Green Gables Boxed Set (Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne of Windy Poplars, Anne's House of Dreams, ... Rainbow Valley, Rilla of Ingleside) by L.M. Montgomery
Buy new: $27.73 / Used from: $19.90 Watching Anne develop from a stubborn, awkward, high-spirited child to a strong, mature, caring adult is wonderful-- it also takes some of the mystery out of the "how do I get there from here?" problem that children face. How do I get from being a child to being a grown-up? Reading about Anne's transitions is interesting, challenging, and ultimately comforting.
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 | Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Buy new: $6.50 / Used from: $0.01 This is one of those books that every girl has to read when she's going through the first evil stages of puberty.
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 | Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great by Judy Blume
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 This book is good for boys and girls, teaching them about loss and friendship. I still cry when I read it.
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 | Little House on the Prairie Boxed Set by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Buy used from: $9.42 Essential reading for every little girl.
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 | King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian by Marguerite Henry
Buy used from: $0.77 In my opinion, the best of the Henry books about horses.
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 | The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics) by Ellen Raskin
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.20 An amazing mystery novel that adults will enjoy hearing their children read aloud.
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 | The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set by C. S. Lewis
Buy new: $29.70 / Used from: $6.50 Strong female leads.
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 | Samantha: An American Girl (The American Girls Collection/Boxed Set) by Susan S. Adler
Buy new: $26.37 / Used from: $7.99 I'm partial to Samantha, but all of the American Girls series are good for teaching history, values, integrity and strength. They're also pretty books-- thick paper, color illustrations-- and enjoyable for girls to read.
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 | From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 A very interesting, imaginative mystery novel with both male and female protagonists.
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 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Signet Classics) by Lewis Carroll
Buy new: $3.95 / Used from: $0.37 |
 | Charlotte's Web (Trophy Newbery) by E. B. White
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | The Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars
Buy used from: $0.01 |
 | The Fledgling (Hall Family Chronicles, Book 4) by Jane Langton
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (P.S.) by Betty Smith
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $4.90 |
 | Ramona the Pest (Ramona Quimby) by Beverly Cleary
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.01 For the insuppressible Kid in your Girl.
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 | Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Avon Camelot Books) by Beverly Cleary
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.01 Because girl's aren't "good" all the time and aren't "bad" when they're not being "good girls."
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 | Matilda (Puffin Modern Classics) by Roald Dahl
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 "Carrie" for the younger set. ;-)
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 | The Wheel on the School by Meindert Dejong
Buy new: $6.95 / Used from: $0.01 A slow-paced book from a different era, with a cool female protagonist who rounds up her classmates to save the local storks.
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 | The Fairy Rebel by Lynne Reid Banks
Buy new: $5.50 / Used from: $0.01 There are so many fairy- and princess-books for girls these days that force girls into weird genderized categories of glitz and helplessness. This isn't one of those books.
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