With Girls as Main Characters
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Sold by Patricia McCormick |
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novel in vignettes, in which Lakshmi, a thirteen-year-old girl from
Nepal, is sold into prostitution in India. (F MCC) |
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Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares |
Four
best friends share a magic pair of jeans through a summer of adventures.
(Movie and book sequels) 249 pages. (F BRA Bestseller Section) |
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I loved the book! It was really hard to put down. It jumped back and forth between girls which made it extra hard to put down. -E.M.
The book was a great book. Each girl was different, and being in different places made it interesting. I like how the story jumped from each girl. -J.F.
This is a veery good book. It's easy, fun, and always makes you want to keep on reading. -Julia Sotomayer, class of 2010
This was a good book. I definitely recommend it. It made me think about my friends. -Liz Holland, class of 2009
I thought that the book was interesting and also it's a book that you can't put down because you want to see what happens in every chapter. -B.D., class of 2009
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Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts |
| Pregnant
17-year-old is dumped off by her jerk of a boyfriend in a remote
town. She must survive on her own. Inspiring story of a strong female
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This was a great book. Novalee was such a wonderful-spirited lady! -J.B.
The movie was good, but the book was definitely better! -K.H.
I thought it was really good and that it was
kinda sad.
-K.M.M., class of 2009
I liked this book very much. I thought it was entertaining, sad, and sometimes funny. -D.R., class of 2009
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Wait for Me by An Na |
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her senior year in high school approaches, Mina yearns to find her
own path in life but working at the family business, taking care
of her little sister, and dealing with her mother's impossible expectations
are as stifling as the southern California heat, until she falls
in love with a man who offers a way out. (F NA) |
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Letting Go of Bobby James, or How I Found My Self of Steam by Valerie Hobbs |
| After being left by her husband at a gas station in
Florida, sixteen-year-old Sally Jo Walker, also known as Jody, makes
some difficult decisions and a better life for herself. Similar story
to Where the Heart Is, but much shorter. 135 pages. (F HOB Bestseller Section) |
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The Trouble with Liberty by Kristin Butcher |
Liberty
is the new girl in school, but she's acting like she has a secret,
and someone will be hurt by it! Very short, easy-to-read. 88 pages.
(F BUT Bestseller Section) |
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Life in the Fat Lane by Cherie Bennett |
| Skinny
cheerleader gets mystery disease, can't stop gaining weight! 260 pages. (F BEN Bestseller Section) |
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Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold |
14-year-old
Susie has been murdered by a serial killer. In her afterlife, she
watches her family and her killer, and how they react to her death. 328 pages (F SEB) |
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Murder . . . a word meaning more than just the taking of one's life by another. Unfortunately, this character and her family experience murder firsthand. Twisted events and heartbreaking occurences, this book takes you thru a shattering tale. -N.I., class of 2007
Personally, I really enjoyed reading this book. With my busy schedule, I was constantly forced to put it down and read it over a period of time; however, never had difficulty picking up where I left off. Easy, but enjoyable ride. -J.S.
It was good - there were some very good parts. I liked it a lot. - J.D., class of 2010
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Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson |
Freshman
is shunned by classmates because she called the cops on a keg party
over the summer, but did she have a valid reason? 198 pages. (F AND Bestseller Section) |
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This is a great book about a teenage girl who just started 9th grade. The book tells about life as a teenager and how she struggles with schoolwork and having no friends. This is an awesome book, and I recommend it to anyone who doesn't like to read, because I don't, but I absolutely loved this book! -L.K.
Speak was a great book that kept you thinking. I think everyone should read this book. -J.M.
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Finding Miracles by Julia Alvarez |
| Millie has always kept her adoption a secret from her friends, but a new handsome refugee from her native country is making her very uncomfortable! (F ALV) | |
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Dead Girls Don't Write Letters by Gail Giles |
| Sunny
is stunned when a young woman shows up at her house posing as her
older sister, who had died in a fire months earlier. 176 pages. F GIL (Bestseller Section). |
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The Beckoners by Carrie Mac |
| Zoe, unhappy to be moving again, falls in with the Beckoners, a gang at her new school, but finds it harder than she thought to get free from them. For mature readers. 217 pages. (F MAC) | |
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Alice, I Think by Susan Juby |
Fifteen-year-old
Alice keeps a diary as she struggles to cope with the embarrassments
and trials of family, dating, school, work, small town life, and
a serious case of "outcastitis." 290 pages (F JUB Sequel is: Alice McLeod, Realist At Last) |
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Perfect Strangers by Jahnna N. Malcolm |
Madison
and Jeremy are bitter enemies and are both running for president
of their high school; but as the election gets nastier, Madison
gets hooked up with an anonymous pen pal who calls himself Blue.
217 pages. (F MAL Bestseller Section) |
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Crank by Ellen Hopkins |
| Kristina Georgia
Snow's life is turned upside-down after she becomes addicted to drugs,
leading her down a desperate path that threatens her mind, soul, and
life. Poem format. 537 pages. (F HOP Bestseller Section) |
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The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot |
Fourteen-year-old
Mia, who is trying to lead a normal life as a teenage girl in New
York City, is shocked to learn that her father is the Prince of
Genovia, a small European principality, and that she is a princess
and the heir to the throne. First of a series. 283 pages. (F CAB
Bestseller Section) |
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The Dashwood Sisters'
by Rosie Rushton |
Upon
moving to Norfolk, England, three sisters juggle the trials and
tribulations of friendship and romance. 325 pages. (F RUS) |
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Just Listen by Sarah Dessen |
Isolated
from friends who believe the worst because she has not been truthful
with them, sixteen-year-old Annabel finds an ally in classmate Owen,
whose honesty and passion for music help her to face and share what
really happened at the end-of-the-year party that changed her life.
371 pp. (F DES) |
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Prom by Laurie Halse Anderson |
| Eighteen-year-old
Ash wants nothing to do with senior prom, but when disaster strikes
and her desperate friend, Nat, needs her help to get it back on track,
Ash's involvement transforms her life. 215 pages. (F AND Bestseller Section) |
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