CRRL Teens: Hear Me Roar! Great Fiction for GirlsLike this list

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• Alma Presses Play

  Cane, Tina, 1969-

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  Alma's is half-Chinese, half-Jewish. Her parents spend half the time fighting, and the other half silent; and, at thirteen, she's halfway through becoming a woman. Then comes the year when everything changes, and her life is overtaken by constant…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bad Girls Never Say Die

  Mathieu, Jennifer

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  In this gender-flipping reimagining of S.E. Hinton's classic novel "The Outsiders" set in 1964 Houston, Evie must redefine what it means to be a bad girl and rethink everything she knows about loyalty after she is saved from the unimaginable by a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Beyond the Mapped Stars

  Eves, Rosalyn,

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  17 year-old Elizabeth is torn between becoming an astronomer, familial duties, and the Mormon faith when she navigates a whole new world of possibility, in this sweeping adventure set in Colorado in the late nineteenth century.

• Dangerous Play

  Kress, Emma

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  Zoe Alamandar has one goal: win the State Field Hockey Championships and earn a scholarship that will get her the hell out of Central New York. But after Zoe is sexually assaulted at a party, she finds a new goal: make sure no girl feels unsafe…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Elysium Girls

  Pentecost, Kate,

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  When Sal is named Successor to Mother Morevna, a powerful witch and leader of Elysium, she jumps at the chance to prove herself to the town. Even the arrival of Asa, a human-obsessed demon in disguise, doesn't shake her confidence in her ability -…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Embrace the Serpent

  Mara, Sunya

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  After escaping life as a palace ward under the cruel djinn Lady Incarnadine, Saphira now works as the apprentice to the unscrupulous jewelsmith Galen. Out of fear of being discovered, she hides her rare gift for harnessing the magic in gemstones and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Girl in the White Van

  Henry, April,

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  Savannah disappears soon after arguing with her mom's boyfriend, and everyone assumes she ran away. The truth is, she's been kidnapped by a man in a white van who locks her in an old trailer home, far from prying eyes. And worse yet, Savannah is not…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

  Oh, Axie

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  In this retelling of a Korean legend, 16 year-old Mina is swept away to the Spirit Realm where - assisted by a motley crew of demons, gods, and lesser spirits - she sets out to awaken the sleeping Sea God and save her homeland and family from deadly…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Girls Save the World in This One

  Parsons, Ash

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  June and her two best friends attend ZombieCon! when it comes to their small town. At first everything seems perfect, though some fans seem to be taking things too far... shambling a little too much and someone actually bites a cast member! Then all…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last Cuentista

  Higuera, Donna Barba

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  Petra Pena - who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller - is in a world is ending. Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children - including Petra and her family - have been chosen to journey to a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Library of Lost Girls

  Pipps, Kristen

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  When her sister returns from finishing school a total stranger, a teen seeks out the cause and discovers that the cost of becoming a perfect lady is much higher--and more sinister--than ever expected. A lush, gothic tale that will haunt readers long…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Run Like a Girl

  Egbe, Amaka

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  Dera Edwards knows her life is over when she's shipped off to live with her estranged father in the middle of White Suburbia. To make matters worse, Dera learns that her new school doesn't have a girls' track team, shattering her dreams of getting a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Secret Life of Kitty Granger

  Falksen, G. D. (Geoffrey D.), 1982-

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  16 year-old Kitty Granger has always known that others consider her peculiar. She hates noise and crowds, tends to fixate on patterns, and often feels acutely aware of her surroundings even as she struggles to interpret the behavior of people around…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Snapdragon

  Leyh, Kat

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  Snap's town had a witch. At least, that's how the rumor goes. But in reality, Jacks is just a crocks-wearing, internet-savvy old lady who sells roadkill skeletons online - after doing a little ritual to put their spirits to rest. It's creepy, sure,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tahira in Bloom

  a Novel

  Heron, Farah

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  When seventeen-year-old aspiring designer Tahira Janmohammad's coveted fashion internship falls through, her parents have a "Plan B." Tahira will work in her aunt's boutique in the small town of Bakewell, the flower capital of Ontario. No one is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Unexpected Consequence of Bleeding on a Tuesday

  Toney, Kelsey B

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  High school senior Delia Bridges has a bright future--until her debilitating, undiagnosed endometriosis and a desperate attempt to manage the pain with marijuana lead to her expulsion. With her dreams of becoming a compassionate doctor at risk,…Read moreRead more of this annotation