Anderson, LaurieHalse
Speak
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1999
YA And
An unspeakable and tragic event near the end of a summer has a tragic
and dramatic affects on the freshman year of a young girl.
Avi
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Orchard Books, 1990
YA Avi
Charlotte Doyle, a young girl, who by a combination of unusual
circumstances, becomes the only girl on a transatlantic voyage in
1832. High adventure, treachery, intrigue, and mutiny are but a few of
the challenges that Charlotte faces.
Brasherers, Ann
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Delacorte Press, 2001
YA Bra
Four friends who are separated during a summer, are kept together by a
bond of an old pair of blue jeans, which magically fit all of them,
and helps to impact the attitudes the girls all experience that
summer.
Block, Francesca Lia
Weetzie Bat
Harper Collins, 1989
YA Blo
Follow the wild adventures of Weetzie Bat and her Los Angeles friends
Duck, Dirk, and Secret Agent Lover Man.
Block, Francesca Lia
Witch
Baby
Harper Trophy, 1991
YA Blo
Witch Baby comes to live with Weetzie Bat and My-Secret- Agent- Lover
Man,, and tries to figure out where she belongs as she tries to
survive in Hollywood.
Brooks, Martha
True Confessions of a Heartless Girl
Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2003
YA Bro
A very confused 17 year-old girl, a single mother and her young son, a
sad and lonely man, and two elderly women, each with their own
personal tragedies to bear, come together in a Manitoba town, and
manage to make things better for each other.
Cohn, Rachel
The Steps
Simon and Schuster, 2002
+ Coh
Over Christmas vacation, Annabel goes from her home in Manhattan to
visit her father, his new wife and her half and stepsiblings in
Sydney, Australia.
Cushman, Karen
Catherine Called Birdy
Clarion Books, 1994
YA Cus
The thirteen year-old daughter of a country knight keeps a journal
expressing her difficulty to conforming to the roll being a woman, and
her efforts to avoid being married off.
Cushman, Karen
The Midwife's Apprentice
Clarion , 1995
YA Cus
In 13th century England ,a homeless girl is taken in by a man midwife,
and eventually gains the three things she wants most in her life, a
full stomach, a contented heart, and a "place" she feels she
can call he own.
Dessen, Sarah
Keeping the Moon
Viking, 1999
YA Des
Fifteen year old Callie, spends the summer working at a restaurant at
a beachside resort ,and staying with her overweight and eccentric aunt
while trying to establish a sense of self.
George, Jean
Julie of the Wolves
Harper and Row, 1972
YA Geo
A thirteen year-old Eskimo girl, while running away from home and an
unwanted marriage, becomes befriended by a wolf pack.
Giff, Patricia Reilly
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Random House, 2002
+ Gif
A troubled 12 year old orphan staying with an elderly artist who needs
her, remembers the only other time she was happy in a foster home,
with a family that truly seemed to care about her.
Kemp, Kristnen
I Will Survive
Scholastic, 2002
YA Kemp
Poor Ellen, nothing, absolutely nothing in her life is going right.
Her boyfriend is cheating on her with her best friend, her other best
friend (male) is in love with her, and her mother is having an affair
with a teacher. Ellen decides not take this lying down, and goes out
for revenge, comical revenge, with unimaginable consequences.
LeEngle, Madeleine
An Acceptable Time
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1989
YA LeE
When Polly visits her grandparents, she expects a quiet time for
reading and reflecting at a star gazing rock, but a series of events
finds her graveling across the millennia, where she plays a
significant role in a prehistoric confrontation.
Levine, Gail Carson
Ella Enchanted
Harper Collins, 1997
+ Lev
In this novel, bases on the Cinderella story, Ella struggles against
the childhood curse that forces her to obey every order that is given
to her.
Lowery, Linda
One More Valley, One More Hill : the Story of Aunt Clara Brown
Random House, 2002
YA Low
Chronicles the life of the woman called Aunt Clara Brown, who was born
into slavery and became a pioneer and entrepreneur, earning money to
bring other former slaves to a new start in Colorado.
Munoz, Pam
Esperanza Rising
Scholastic, 2002
YA Mun
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their privileged life in
Mexico, and must go to work as migrant laborers in southern
California, facing those harsh realities that affected everyone during
pre-depression times.
Paterson, Katherine
Jacob Have I Loved
Crowell, 1980
YA Pat
Feeling deprived of love, affection, friends, school, attention
respect, and even her own name all of her life, Louise finally decides
to fight back
Stapels, Suzanne
Haveli
Knopf, 1993
YA Sta
Having given in to her families wishes and married a man of their
choice, she must now contend with the family she has married into and
the blood feud they are involved in, and the contempt of his other
wives.
Staples, Suzanne
Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind
Random House, 1989
YA Sta
The second daughter of a Pakistani family has been allowed freedoms
that other girls of her age and culture have never know, but now she
is expected to bow to her family, and marry a man they have chosen.
Wrede, Patricia
The Enchanted Forest Chronicles Series
