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Girls Read: Middle Grade Books for Girls

Appelt, Kathi and Alison McGhee. Maybe a Fox

Avi. The Secret School

Behrens, Rebecca. When Audrey Met Alice

Birdsall, Jeanne. The Penderwicks (series)

Blake, Stephanie. The Marble Queen 

Cameron, Ann. The Secret Life of Amanda K. Woods 

Clements, Andrew. About Average 

Creech, Sharon. Bloomability 

DiCamillo, Kate. Because of Winn-Dixie 

Dowell, Frances O'Roark. The Secret Language of Girls

Draper, Sharon. Out of My Mind

Fisher, Dorothy Canfield. Understood Betsy

Fitzhugh, Louise. Harriet the Spy 

Foley, Lizzie K. Remarkable

Frazier, Sundee T. The Other Half of My Heart

Giff, Patricia Reilly. Lily's Crossing 

Henkes, Kevin. Olive's Ocean

Hoberman, Mary Ann. Strawberry Hill 

Holm, Jennifer. Penny From Heaven 

Horvath, Polly. Everything on a Waffle 

Kelley, Jane. Nature Girl 

Kelly, Jacqueline. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 

Khan, Hena. Amina's Voice

Koponen, Libby. Blow Out the Moon 

Lai, Thanhha. Inside Out & Back Again

Law, Ingrid. Savvy 

Levine, Gail Carson. Ella Enchanted 

Lin, Grace. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 

Lord, Cynthia. Rules 

Lowry, Lois. Anastasia Krupnik (series)

MacDonald, Betty. Nancy and Plum 

McKay, Hilary. Saffy's Angel 

Martin, Ann.Ten Rules for Living with My Sister 

Montgomery, L.M. Anne of Green Gables (series)

Morgenstern, Susie. Secret Letters From 0 to 10 

Moss, Marissa. Amelia's Notebook 

Myracle, Lauren. Eleven 

Nannestad, Katrina. When Mischief Came to Town

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Faith, Hope, and Ivy June 

Paterson, Katherine. The Great Gilly Hopkins

Rundell, Katherine. Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms

Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Esperanza Rising

Saunders, Kate. Beswitched 

Sloan, Holly Goldberg and Meg Wolitzer. To Night Owl from Dogfish

Speare, Elizabeth George. The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Stead, Rebecca. When You Reach Me 

Streatfeild, Noel. Ballet Shoes 

Tarshis, Lauren. Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out Of a Tree 

Thor, Annika. A Faraway Island

Weston, Carol. The Diary of Melanie Martin (series) 

Wiles, Deborah. Love, Ruby Lavender

Whelan, Gloria. Homeless Bird 

Wilson, Jacqueline. Double Act 

Wolff, Virginia Euwer. Bat 6