Suggestions: For Younger Girls

These books should appeal to girls of 12 and under. They're not just girly books; there are adventure books and historical ones, showing different aspects of what it is to be a girl.

Back Home (Michelle Magorian)
Beauty (Robin McKinley)
Dear Olly (Michael Morpurgo)
The Exiles (Hilary McKay)
Journey to the River Sea (Eva Ibbotson)
Larklight (Philip Reeve)
The Penderwicks (Jeanne Birdsall)
The Secret of Castle Cant (K.P. Bath)
The Talent Thief (Alex Williams)
The Thieves of Ostia (Caroline Lawrence)
Tuck Everlasting (Natalie Babbitt)