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Some Girls Are . . .

Like Mandarinby Kirsten Hubbard

When shy, awkward 14-year-old Grace is paired

with the beautiful and wild Mandarin for a

school project, an unlikely, explosive friendship

begins, but all too soon, Grace discovers Manda-

rin is a very troubled, even dangerous girl.

The Dairy Queen (Series)by Catherine Gilbert Murdock

After spending her summer running the family

farm and training the quarterback for her

schools rival football team, 16-year-old DJ decides to go out for the

sport herself, not anticipating the reactions of those around her.

The Beautiful Betweenby Alyssa B. Sheinmel

Connelley feels like Rapunzel, locked away in her

Upper East Side high rise apartment studying for

the SAT exams, until she develops an unlikely

friendship with her high schools Prince Charming and begins to ques-

tion some of the things that have always defined her life.

Pinkby Lili Wilkinson

16-year-old Ava doesnt know who she is or

where she belongs, but when she tries out a

new personality and sexual orientation at a

different school, her edgy girlfriend, potential

boyfriend, and others are hurt by her lack of honesty.

Some girls are funny, some girls are

mean, some girls are good friends, andsome girls are terrible enemies.

Some girls are sad, some girls are in love,

and some girls save the world.

This booklist is full of great reads about

some girls like you've never known before

and some girls who are just like you.

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last nameRivalby Sara Bennett Wealer

Two high school rivals compete in a prestigious

singing competition while reflecting on the events

that turned them from close friends to enemies

just one year before.

Ashby Malinda Lo

In this variation on Cinderella, Ash grows up

believing in the fairy realm that the king and

his philosophers have sought to suppress, until

one day she must choose between a handsome

fairy cursed to love her and the kings hunt-

ress, whom she loves.

Once Was Lostby Sara Zarr

As the tragedy of a missing girl unfolds in her

small town, 15-year-old Samara, who feels emo-

tionally abandoned by her parents, begins to

question her faith.

Some Girls Areby Courtney Summers

Regina, a senior in the popular and feared

crowd, suddenly falls out of favor and becomes

the object of the same vicious bullying she used

to inflict on others, until she finds solace with

one of her former victims.

The False Princessby Eilis ONeal

For 16 years, Nalia has been raised as the prin-

cess of Thorvaldor, but one day she learns her

real name is Sinda and she is a part of a compli-

cated plot that would change the future of her

country forever.

Mares Warby Tanita Davis

Octavia and Tali learn about strength, courage,

and independence when they are forced to take

a car trip with their grandmother, who tells

about growing up black in 1940s Alabama and

serving in Europe during World War II as a member of the Womens

Army Corps.

Angus, Thongs, & Full-Frontal Snoggingby Louise Rennison

The funny journal of a year in the life of a 14-

year-old British girl who tries to reduce the

size of her nose, stop her mat cat from ter-

rorizing the neighborhood, and win the love of

handsome hunk Robbie.

Perfect Chemistryby Simone Elkeles

When wealthy, seemingly perfect Brittany and

Alex Fuentes, from the other side of town,

develop a relationship after Brittany is not

exactly who she seems, they must face the

disapproval of their classmates and others.

Revolutionby Jennifer Donnelley

An angry, grieving 17-year-old musician facing

expulsion from her private Brooklyn school

travels to Paris to complete a school assign-

ment and uncovers a diary written during the

French Revolution by a young actress trying to help a tortured, im-

prisoned little boy Louis Charles, the lost King of France.

Gracelingby Kristin Cashore

In a world where some people are born with

extreme and often-feared skills called

Graces, Katsa struggles for reception from

her own horrifying Grace, the Grace of killing,

and teams up with another fighter to save

their land from a corrupting king.

Anna and the French Kissby Stephanie Perkins

When Annas romance-novelist father sends her

to an elite American boarding school in Paris

for her senior year of high school, she reluc-

tantly goes and meets an amazing boy who

becomes her best friend, in spite of the fact

they both want something more.