Girl Power Books for Teens
Grades 7-9
Cover of "The Baby-Sitters Club"
The Babysitters Club: Kristy's Great Idea
by Raina Telgemeier

Adapted by the Eisner Award-winning creator of Smile, a graphic novel rendering of the first entry in the best-selling series introduces the original members of the Baby-Sitters Club when one of them suggests that they organize their efforts into a business.
YA GRAPHIC BABYSITTERS 1
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
by Kelly Regan Barnhill

Luna, whose magical abilities are emerging, was raised in the forest by a witch, a swamp monster, and a dragon, but when a young man from the Protectorate is determined to kill the witch, Luna must use her magic to protect her family.
TEEN FANTASY BARNHILL KELLY
The Key to Extraordinary
by Natalie Lloyd

Orphan Emma Casey lives by a graveyard in her Tennessee town waiting for the destiny dream of her ancestors, but when it comes it shows her only a key and it is up to her to solve a mystery that has haunted her town for generations.
TEEN FANTASY LLOYD NATALIE
Lumberjanes: Beware the Kitten Holy
by Noelle Stevenson

Best friends Jo, April, Mal, Molly, and Ripley spend a fun summer at Lumberjane scout camp where they encounter yetis, three-eyed wolves, and giant falcons while solving a mystery that holds the fate of the world in the balance.
YA GRAPHIC LUMBERJANES 1
My Lady Jane
by Cynthia Hand

A fantastical, comedic romance adventure inspired by the true story of Lady Jane Grey follows the experiences of a 16-year-old noblewoman who, on the eve of her marriage to a stranger, is swept up in a conspiracy to usurp the throne from her cousin. 
TEEN HISTORICAL HAND CYNTHIA
Pashmina
by Nidhi Chanani

When Priyanka finds a mysterious pashmina in her house, she is transported to an India which may or may not be real, and goes in search of the reason why her mother left her homeland and the father she has never met.
YA GRAPHIC CHANANI
Puddin'
by Julie Murphy

When circumstances put Millie Michalchuk and Callie Reyes together over the course of a semester, the girls realize they have more in common than they ever imagined.
TEEN REALISTIC MURPHY JULIE
Grades 10-12
The Belles
by Dhonielle Clayton

Born one of the revered Belles in the opulent world of Orleans, where people are naturally born gray and seek the talented Belles to transform themselves with beauty, Camellia dreams of being declared the queen's favorite before her arrival at court exposes dark and dangerous realities within the palace walls.
TEEN FANTASY CLAYTON DHONIELLE
Caraval
by Stephanie Garber

Believing that she will never be allowed to participate in the annual Caraval performance when her ruthless father arranges her marriage, Scarlett receives the invitation she has always dreamed of before her sister, Tella, is kidnapped by the show's mastermind organizer.
TEEN FANTASY GARBER STEPHANIE
The Hazel Wood
by Melissa Albert

When the scary, magical world in her grandmother's book of dark feminist fairy tales becomes real, seventeen-year-old Alice, partnered with Ellery, an obsessed fan of the fairy tales, must enter the world to rescue Alice's kidnapped mother.
TEEN FANTASY ALBERT MELISSA
Heavy Vinyl
by Carly Usdin

Working at Vinyl Mayhem is just as rad as Chris imagined, and she quickly starts crushing on super-cute coworker Maggie. When the staff’s favorite singer Rosie Riot mysteriously vanishes, Chris discovers her local indie record store is also a front for a teen girl vigilante fight club.
YA GRAPHIC HEAVY 1
Moxie
by Jennifer Mathieu

Witnessing a series of sexist incidents at her high school, an exasperated teen takes a page from her former Riot Grrrl mom's past and creates an anonymous feminist zine that triggers a revolution in her small-town Texas high school.
TEEN REALISTIC MATHIEU JENNIFER
Not Your Sidekick
by C. B. Lee

Resigned to a life without superpowers in a world full of them, Jess takes a paid internship...for the world’s most heinous supervillain. On the upside, she gets to work with her longtime secret crush, Abby, who Jess thinks might have a secret of her own.
TEEN FANTASY LEE C.B.
Pride
by Ibi Aanu Zoboi

After the wealthy Darcy family moves in across the street, Zuri is forced to find common ground with Darius, while struggling with her four wild sisters, a handsome boy vying for her attention, and college applications.
TEEN REALISTIC ZOBOI IBI
Stalking Jack the Ripper
by Kerri Maniscalco

The privileged teen daughter of a lord in Victorian-era London secretly studies forensic medicine before she is embroiled in the investigation of serial killer Jack the Ripper.
TEEN MYSTERY MANISCALCO KERRI
Summer of Salt
by Katrina Leno

Fearing that the magic that has touched every other woman in her family will pass her by, Georgia spends her last summer on the island of her youth, falling in love and discovering lessons in mystery surrounding a 300-year old bird.
TEEN REALISTIC LENO KATRINA
Undead Girl Gang
by Lily Anderson

While investigating the supposed suicides of her best friend, Riley, and mean girls June and Dayton, sixteen-year-old Wiccan Mila Flores accidentally brings them back to life.
TEEN SUPERNATURAL ANDERSON LILY
Warcross
by Marie Lu

After hacking into the Warcross Championships' opening game to track illegal betting, bounty hunter Emika Chen is asked by the game's creator to go undercover to investigate a security problem, and she uncovers a sinister plot.
TEEN SCI-FI LU MARIE
When Dimple Met Rishi
by Sandhya Menon

A heartfelt romantic comedy told from the alternating perspectives of two Indian-American teens whose parents have arranged their marriage follows the efforts of one to distance herself from the agreement and the other to woo his intended during a summer program they are attending together.
TEEN ROMANCE MENON SANDHYA
Wonder Woman: Warbringer
by Leigh Bardugo

Determined to prove herself to her legendary warrior sisters, Diana throws away her chance at glory and breaks Amazon law, risking exile, to save a mere mortal who is unwittingly fated to bring about an age of bloodshed and misery.
TEEN ADVENTURE SUPERHEROES WONDER
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