Tag Archives: Girls & Women

Hourglass (Evernight Novels)

Rating: (4 reviews)
Author: Claudia Gray
Publisher: HarperTeen

Product Description
Bianca will risk everything to be with Lucas.
After escaping from Evernight Academy, the vampire boarding school where they met, Bianca and Lucas take refuge with Black Cross, a fanatical group of vampire hunters. Bianca must hide her supernatural heritage or risk certain death at their hands. But when [...]

Princess Parade: Christmas Special 2007 (The Tiara Club)

Author: Vivian French
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Product Description
Two stories in one! Princess Hannah and Princess Lucy are fizzing with excitement. If Lily Room wins the prize for best stall at the Christmas Fair, they will get to lead the Princess Parade!

Stand Up for Yourself and Your Friends: Dealing with Bullies and Bossiness and Finding a Better Way

Rating: (6 reviews)
Author: Patti Kelley Criswell
Publisher: Amer Girl

Product Description
This book helps girls learn how to spot bullying and stand up and speak out against it. Quizzes, quotes from real girls, and “what would you do?” scenarios give readers lots of ideas for dealing with bullies, including clever comebacks and ways to ask adults for [...]

Fancy Nancy’s Elegant Easter

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Jane O’connor
Publisher: HarperFestival

Product Description
Nancy prepares an elegant Easter affair in this fancy new lift-the-flap book!
Throwing a fabulous and fancy Easter party is a very big job—and Nancy and Bree are in charge of decorating! This book includes thirteen flaps that open to reveal hidden surprises that will delight all festive Fancy [...]

Ride Wit’ Me

Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: Deja King
Publisher: A King Production/Young Diamond Book

Product Description
Check out Mercedes and Dalvin, two beautiful young lovers in a modern day story that is destined to be a classic. Mercedes is truly a daddy s girl. She is his crown jewel and nothing in the world is more precious to him. Mercedes [...]

Fancy Nancy: Heart to Heart

Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Jane O’connor
Publisher: HarperFestival

Product Description
Almost everything about Valentine’s Day is fancy . . . especially with Fancy Nancy!
Mystery is in the air when Nancy receives a valentine from a secret someone. Join Nancy as she follows the clues to find out who it is—all in her trademark fabulous style, of course. Gorgeous [...]

A Smart Girl’s Guide To Manners (American Girl Library)

Rating: (10 reviews)
Author: Nancy Holyoke
Publisher: American Girl Publishing Inc

Product Description
THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Girls learn how to handle fancy restaurants, troublemaking party guests, embarrassing accidents, and more through helpful advice, quizzes, and letters from girls just like them. Updated conte

Tempted (House of Night Novels)

Rating: (130 reviews)
Author: P. C. Cast
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin

Product Description

So…you’d think after banishing an immortal being and a fallen High Priestess, saving Stark’s life, biting Heath, getting a headache from Erik, and almost dying, Zoey Redbird would catch a break.  Sadly, a break is not in the House of Night school forecast for the [...]

House of Night, Books 1-4 (Marked / Betrayed / Chosen / Untamed)

Rating: (8 reviews)
Author: P. C. Cast
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin

Product Description

The House of Night is a thrilling, New York Times bestselling book series that follows 16-year-old Zoey Redbird as she is “Marked” by a vampyre tracker and begins to undergo the “Change” into an actual vampyre. She has to leave her family in Broken Arrow, OK, [...]

Fancy Nancy: Splendiferous Christmas

Rating: (18 reviews)
Author: Jane O’connor
Publisher: HarperCollins

Product Description
What could be fancier than Christmas?
Presents with elegant wrapping paper, festive decorations, Christmas cookies with sprinkles—and who could forget the tree? After all, there is no such thing as too much tinsel. Ooh la la! This year, Nancy is especially excited about decorating the Christmas tree. She bought [...]

Goldilicious (Pinkalicious)

Rating: (25 reviews)
Author: Victoria Kann
Publisher: HarperCollins

Product Description
Being Pinkalicious is pinkatastic, especially when she’s accompanied by her pet unicorn, Goldilicious. Goldie is a roller-skating, kite-flying, high-jumping unicorn who will protect Pinkalicious from the evil wizardry of her little brother, Peter. Together, Pinkalicious and Goldilicious can conquer anything!
This enchanting follow-up to the New York Times bestselling [...]

It Girl #9: Devious

Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: Cecily von Ziegesar
Publisher: Poppy

Product Description
The ninth engrossing novel in the #1 bestselling It Girl series. Popular Gossip Girl character Jenny Humphrey never goes looking for trouble; but trouble always seems to find her. What Waverly Academy mischief will Jenny, Tinsley, and Callie stir up now?
It’s January, and a new semester at [...]

Dealing with the Stuff That Makes Life Tough : The 10 Things That Stress Teen Girls Out and How to Cope with Them

Rating: (9 reviews)
Author: Jill Zimmerman Rutledge
Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Book Description
With compassion and insight, an expert counselor shows teen girls how to find the solutions to stress and anxiety that lie within
Parents, schoolwork, boyfriends, college . . .it’s enough to make any teenage girl wish she could just snap her fingers and make it all go away. [...]

A Katie Kazoo Christmas: Super Super Special (Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo)

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Nancy E. Krulik
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap

Product Description
Katie can’t wait for the holidays. There are so many things to look forward to! Her motorcycle-riding grandma is coming to visit, class 4A is having a Secret Santa grab bag, and it’s almost time for Cherrydale’s annual holiday lights display contest. But even the [...]

Fancy Nancy’s Fashion Parade!

Author: Jane O’connor
Publisher: HarperFestival

Product Description
Springtime for Fancy Nancy means flowers, butterflies, sunshine, and most of all . . . a chance to show off her fabulous spring fashions!

Chrissa Stands Strong (American Girl Today)

Author: Mary Casanova
Publisher: Amer Girl

Product Description
Chrissa s had a good summer, practicing for swim team tryouts. Then her world is shaken when she and her friends get mean text messages and there s an accident at the pool. Can one girl put an end to the bullying?

3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows (3 Willows (Hardback))

Rating: (15 reviews)
Author: Ann Brashares
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Product Description
summer is a time to grow
seeds
Polly has an idea that she can’t stop thinking about, one that involves changing a few things about herself. She’s setting her sights on a more glamorous life, but it’s going to take all of her focus. At least [...]

Princess Ben

Rating: (27 reviews)
Author: Catherine Murdock
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children

Product Description
Benevolence is not your typical princess and Princess Ben is certainly not your typical fairy tale. With her parents lost to unknown assassins, Princess Ben ends up under the thumb of the conniving Queen Sophia, who is intent on marrying her off to the [...]

Graceling

Rating: (112 reviews)
Author: Kristin Cashore
Publisher: Harcourt Children’s Books

Product Description
Katsa has been able to kill a man with her bare hands since she was eight–she’s a Graceling, one of the rare people in her land born with an extreme skill. As niece of the king, she should be able to live a life of privilege, [...]

Envy: A Luxe Novel (The Luxe)

Author: Anna Godbersen
Publisher: HarperCollins

Product Description

Jealous whispers.
Old rivalries.
New betrayals.

Two months after Elizabeth Holland’s dramatic homecoming, Manhattan eagerly awaits her return to the pinnacle of society. When Elizabeth refuses to rejoin her sister Diana’s side, however, those watching New York’s favorite family begin to suspect that all is not as it seems behind the stately doors of [...]

Madeline, Reissue of 1939 edition

Rating: (42 reviews)
Author: Ludwig Bemelmans Author And Illustrator
Publisher: Viking Press

Product Description
Set in picturesque Paris, this tale of a brave little girl’s trip to the hospital is as appealing today as it was in 1940. The combination of spirited heroine, timelessly appealing art, cheerful humor, and rhythmic text makes “Madeline” a perennial favorite with children [...]

Influence

Rating: (12 reviews)
Author: Mary Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen
Publisher: Razorbill

Fancy Nancy: Poison Ivy Expert (I Can Read Book 1)

Author: Jane O’connor
Publisher: HarperCollins

Product Description
When Nancy picks flowers for Ms. Glass’s surprise party, she is overjoyed—until she discovers an unpleasant surprise of her own! How could Nancy, practically a poison ivy expert, come down with something so unfancy?
In this hilarious new addition to the Fancy Nancy I Can Read series, Nancy realizes that even experts [...]

The It Girl #7: Infamous

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author:
Publisher: Poppy

Product Description
When Jenny Humphrey confessed to a crime she didn’t commit- starting the rampant fire that burned down Miller Farm-she thought her life at elite Waverly Academy was over. But her last minute escape from expulsion made Jenny the most talked-about girl in school. What nobody knows is who saved her. [...]

Cybele’s Secret

Rating: (6 reviews)
Author: Juliet Marillier
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers

Product Description
FOR PAULA, ACCOMPANYING her merchant father on a trading voyage to Istanbul is a dream come true. They have come to this city of trade on a special mission to purchase a most rare artifact—a gift from the ancient goddess, Cybele, to her followers. [...]

A Smart Girls Guide to Boys: Surviving Crushes, Staying True to Yourself & Other Stuff (American Girl Library)

Rating: (19 reviews)
Author: Nancy Holyoke
Publisher: American Girl Publishing Inc

The Teen Girl’s Gotta-Have-It Guide to Money: Getting Smart About Making It, Saving It, and Spending It! (Teen Girl’s Gotta-Have-It Guides)

Author: Jessica Blatt
Publisher: Watson-Guptill

Product Description
Suze Orman advises women on how to handle their money–and now Jessica Blatt advises the women of tomorrow on how to handle theirs. The newest addition to the Teen Girl’s Gotta-Have-It series empowers girls by showing them why money matters. From making money, to saving money, to investing money, to spending [...]

The Clique Summer Collection #2: Dylan (Clique Series)

Rating: (12 reviews)
Author:
Publisher: Poppy

Product Description
Game, Set, Match… Dylan? Dylan and her TV-host mom are off to Hawaii’s Aloha Tennis Open. While Merri-Lee interviews tennis’s wild child Svetlana “Tennis the Menace” Slootskyia, Dylan lets the tropical sun melt away the memory of getting dumped by two guys at the end of seventh grade. But between [...]

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (rpkg) (HarperClassics)

Rating: (406 reviews)
Author: Avi
Publisher: HarperTrophy

Product Description
A vicious captain, a mutinous crew –
and a young girl caught in the middle
Not every thirteen-year-old girl is accused of murder, brought to trial, and found guilty. But I was just such a girl, and my story is worth relating even if it did happen years ago. Be warned, [...]

Friends: Making Them & Keeping Them (American Girl)

Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Patti Kelley Criswell
Publisher: American Girl

Book Description
FRIENDS gives girls everything they need to know about making new friends and making the most of the friendships they already have. The interactive book is full of quizzes, crafts, and thoughtful advice, including tips and true friendship stories from girls. Five mini posters are bound [...]

Kit an American Girl (6 Book Set)

Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Valerie Tripp
Publisher: American Girl

The It Girl #6: Tempted (It Girl)

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Cecily von Ziegesar
Publisher: Poppy

Product Description
When Jenny Humphrey confessed to a crime she didn’t commit-starting the rampant fire that burned down Miller Farm-she thought her life at elite Waverly Academy was over. But her last-minute escape from expulsion made her the most talked-about girl in school. What nobody knows is who saved [...]

Frostbite (Vampire Academy, Book 2)

Rating: (18 reviews)
Author: Richelle Mead
Publisher: Razorbill

Product Description
Rose loves Dimitri, Dimitri might love Tasha, and Mason would die to be with Rose…
It’s winter break at St. Vladimir’s, but Rose is feeling anything but festive. A massive Strigoi attack has put the school on high alert, and now the Academy’s crawling with Guardians—including Rose’s hard-hitting mother, [...]

The Clique Summer Collection #3: Alicia (Clique Series)

Author:
Publisher: Poppy

Product Description
Alicia takes on Mission Spalfa: Spanish Alpha! Back in Spain to visit her relatives, Alicia discovers that Spain’s newest pop sensation ¡Ignacio! is searching for a true Spanish beauty to star in his new hit-single video. She can’t believe her luck! If Alicia is cast as a true Spanish beauty, Massie will never [...]

Lock and Key

Rating: (24 reviews)
Author: Sarah Dessen
Publisher: Viking Juvenile

Product Description
“Ruby, where is your mother?”
Ruby knows that the game is up. For the past few months, she’s been on her own in the yellow house, managing somehow, knowing that her mother will probably never return.
That’s how she comes to live with Cora, the sister she hasn’t seen [...]

The Penderwicks on Gardam Street

Rating: (6 reviews)
Author: Jeanne Birdsall
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers

Product Description
THE PENDERWICK SISTERS are home on Gardam Street and ready for an adventure! But the adventure they get isn’t quite what they had in mind. Mr. Penderwick’s sister has decided it’s time for him to start dating—and the girls know that can only mean [...]

Miss Rumphius

Rating: (56 reviews)
Author: Barbara Cooney
Publisher: Puffin

Clique Summer Collection #4:Kristen (Clique Series)

Author:
Publisher: Poppy

Product Description
Kristen sets sail on the Love Boat… With the rest of the Pretty Committee scattered across the globe, Kristen is stuck in summer school at OCD, making good on her scholarship commitments. No sleepover horse camp, no Hawaiian spa, no Spanish vacation, not even a trip to Orlando. But when Kristen scores a [...]

The Wee Free Men

Rating: (94 reviews)
Author: Terry Pratchett
Publisher: HarperTeen

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Nine-year-old Tiffany Aching needs magic–fast! Her sticky little brother Wentworth has been spirited away by the evil Queen of faerie, and it’s up to her to get him back safely. Having already decided to grow up to be a witch, now all Tiffany has to do is find her [...]

Fancy Nancy and the Boy from Paris (I Can Read Book 1)

Rating: (7 reviews)
Author: Jane O’connor
Publisher: HarperTrophy

Product Description
There’s a new boy in school, and he’s from Paris. Nancy cannot believe her luck. But this Parisian may not be as fancy as Nancy expects!

Clique Summer Collection #1: Massie (Clique Series)

Author:
Publisher: Poppy

Book Description
Massie gets BE-yoo-tiful: After getting thrown out of horse camp, Massie’s parents force her to take on a summer job. Not one to walk strangers’ dogs or babysit, Massie stumbles upon the perfect position while flipping through Teen Vogue poolside-she’ll be a sales rep for be pretty, the high-end cosmetics brand that preaches [...]

The Care & Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls (American Girl Library)

Rating: (235 reviews)
Author: Valorie Schaefer
Publisher: American Girl

Book Description
This bestselling guide answers all the questions growing girls have about their bodies – from hair care to healthy eating, bad breath to bra buying, pimples to periods. It offers guidance about basic hygiene and health without addressing issues of sexuality. Over 1 million copies sold!

Fancy Nancy’s Favorite Fancy Words: From Accessories to Zany (Fancy Nancy)

Author: Jane O’Connor
Publisher: HarperCollins

Book Description
Fancy Words Are Simply Fascinating!
From everyone’s favorite fancy girl comes an alphabetical guide to enhancing vocabulary. Why say beautiful when there are fancy words like gorgeous and glamorous? Instead of hello, try bonjour, which is French and so much fancier. An umbrella will keep you dry, but a parasol will make [...]

Fancy Nancy Loves! Loves!! Loves!!! (Fancy Nancy)

Rating: (7 reviews)
Author: Jane O’Connor
Publisher: HarperFestival

Book Description
Meet Nancy, who believes that more is always better when it comes to being fancy. From the top of her tiara down to her sparkly studded shoes, Nancy is determined to make everything she and her family do as fancy as possible. With this sticker book, you can [...]

Gossip Girl: Because I’m Worth It

Rating: (84 reviews)
Author: Cecily von Ziegesar
Publisher: Poppy

The Luxe

Rating: (23 reviews)
Author: Anna Godbersen
Publisher: HarperCollins

Book Description
Pretty girls in pretty dresses, partying until dawn.
Irresistible boys with mischievous smiles and dangerous intentions.
White lies, dark secrets, and scandalous hookups.
This is Manhattan, 1899.
Beautiful sisters Elizabeth and Diana Holland rule Manhattan’s social scene. Or so it appears. When the girls discover their status among New York City’s elite [...]

The Potty Book – For Girls

Rating: (69 reviews)
Author: Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Publisher: Barron’s Educational Series

Book Description
Every little girl’s graduation from diapers to the potty is always a very important moment—and one to make both parents and toddlers proud! In The Potty Book, Hannah needs to have her diapers changed so she can go out and play. Then mom and dad [...]

The Teachers’ Night Before Christmas (Night Before Christmas Series)

Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Steven L. Layne, Clement Clarke Moore
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company

Fancy Nancy at the Museum (I Can Read Book 1)

Author: Jane O’connor
Publisher: HarperTrophy

Book Description
Nancy’s class is going on a trip to the museum. Even after a bumpy bus ride, Nancy finds a way to make the day extra-fancy!

Gossip Girl: The Third Collection (Gossip Girl)

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Cecily Von Ziegesar
Publisher: Little Brown and Company

Book Description
A third Gossip Girl boxed set of three books (Gossip Girl #7: Nobody Does It Better, Gossip Girl #8: Nothing Can Keep Us Together, Gossip Girl #9: Only In Your Dreams) in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.