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Boys vs. Girls

Boys and Girls, all together now!
  • Richard Scarry's Best Storybook Ever by Richard Scarry (age 2-6)
  • Vampires Don't Wear Polka Dots! by Debbie Dadey (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids series, age 7-10)
  • Aliens on Vacation by Clete Barrett Smith (age 8-12)
  • Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (age 8-12)
  • The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens (The Books of Beginning trilogy, age 8-12)
  • City of Ember by Jeane DuPaul (City of Ember series, age 8-12)
  • From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg (age 8-12)
  • The Giver by Lois Lowry (age 8-12)
  • Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater and Florence Atwater (age 8-12)
  • The Midnight Tunnel by Angie Frazier (Suzanna Snow Mysteries, age 9-12)
  • Smells Like Dog by Suzanne Selfors (Smells Like... series, age 9-12)
  • Storm Runners by Roland Smith (Storm Runners series, age 9-12)
  • Beyonders: A World Without Heroes by Brandon Mull (Beyonders series, age 9-13)
  • Savvy by Ingrid Law (age 9+)
  • Incarceron by Carrie Fisher (Incarceron trilogy, age 12+)
  • Gone by Michael Grant (Gone series, age 12+)
  • The Pigman by Paul Zindell (age 12+)
  • Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer (age 12+)
  • The Uninvited by Tim Wynne-Jones (age 14+, mature content)
  • Ashfall by Mike Mullin (Ashfall trilogy, age 14+)

Boys

Boys Will Be Boys
  • Masters of Disaster by Gary Paulsen (age 8-12)
  • Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary (age 8-12)
  • Boom! by Mark Haddon (age 8-12)
  • Aliens on Vacation by Clete Barrett Smith (age 8-12)
  • Holes by Louis Sachar (age 8-12)
  • How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell (age 8-12)
  • Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls (age 8-12)
  • Stuart Little by E. B. White (age 8-12)
  • Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White (age 8-12)
  • Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look (Alvin Ho series, age 8+)
  • Smells Like Dog by Suzanne Selfors (Smells Like... series, age 9-12)
  • Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen (age 9-13)
  • Science Fair by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson (age 10+)
  • Fat Kid Rules the World by K. L. Going (age 12+)

All in the Family
  • The Compound by S. A. Bodeen (age 13+)
  • The Uninvited by Tim Wynne-Jones (age 14+, mature content)
  • Ordinary People by Judith Guest (age 14+, mature content)

Adventure
  • Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins (Underland Chronicles series, age 8-12)
  • Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go by Dale E. Basye (Circles of Heck series, age 8-12)
  • The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens (The Books of Beginning trilogy, age 8-12)
  • Fablehaven by Brandon Mull (Fablehaven series, age 8-12)
  • City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau (City of Ember series, age 8-12)
  • Smells Like Dog by Suzanne Selfors (Smells Like... series, age 9-12)
  • Beyonders: A World Without Heroes by Brandon Mull (Beyonders series, age 9-13)
  • Alcatraz verses the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson (Alcatraz series, age 9-12)
  • Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (age 11+)
  • Raven's Gate by Anthony Horowitz (Power of Five series, age 12+)
  • The Merchant of Death by D. J. MacHale (Pendragon series, age 12+)
  • Incarceron by Carrie Fisher (Incarceron trilogy, age 12+)
  • The Maze Runner by James Dashner (Maze Runner trilogy, age 12+)
  • Gone by Michael Grant (Gone series, age 12+)
  • The Compound by S. A. Bodeen (age 13+)
  • Lockdown: Escape from Furnace 1 by Alexander Gordon Smith (Furnace Penitentiary series, age 13+)
  • Ashfall by Mike Mullin (Ashfall trilogy, age 14+)

Relationships
  • Aliens on Vacation by Clete Barrett Smith (age 8-12)
  • The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman (His Dark Materials trilogy, age 9+)
  • The Gardener by S. A. Bodeen (age 12+)
  • Acting Up by Ted Staunton (age 12+)
  • Annexed by Sharon Dogar (age 13+, mature content)
  • Ashfall by Mike Mullin (Ashfall trilogy, age 14+)
  • The Uninvited by Tim Wynne-Jones (age 14+, mature content)

Self Image/Abuse/Bullies/Dealing with Life
  • Stand Tall by Joan Bauer (age 10+)
  • Fat Kid Rules the World by K. L. Going (age 12+)
  • Ironman: A Novel by Chris Crutcher (age 12+)
  • Annexed by Sharon Dogar (age 13+, mature content)
  • So Shelly by Ty Roth (age 15+, mature content)

Peer Pressure
  • Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (age 8-12)
  • Go Ask Alice by Anonymous (age 13+)

Girls

Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice
  • Ivy + Bean by Annie Barrows (Ivy + Bean series, age 7+)
  • Just Grace by Charise Mericle Harper (Just Grace series, age 8+)
  • Cinderella Smith by Stephanie Barden (Cinderella Smith series, ages 8+)
  • Athena the Brain by Joan Holub & Suzanne Williams (Goddess Girls series, age 8+)
  • Ramona and Beezus by Beverly Cleary (Ramona Quimbly series, age 8-12)
  • Kristy's Great Idea by Ann M. Martin (The Babysitter's Club series, age 8-12)
  • Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild (The Shoes Books series, age 8-12)
  • Matilda by Roald Dahl (age 8-12)
  • Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh (age 8-12)
  • Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery (age 8-12)
  • Moving Day by Meg Cabot (Allie Finkle series, age 9+)
  • Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (age 10+)
  • What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell (age 12+)
  • The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (age 12+)
  • The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau Banks by E. Lockhart (age 12+)
  • The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things  by Carolyn Mackler (age 12+)
  • The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson (age 13+)
  • Girl Wonder by Alexa Martin (age 13+, mature content)
  • The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, age 13+)
  • Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly (age 14+, some mature content)

All in the Family
  • The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens (The Books of Beginning trilogy, age 8-12)
  • The High Power of Lucky by Susan Patron (age 9+)
  • Love, Ruby Lavender by Deborah Wiles (age 9+)
  • Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt (Tillerman series, age 12+)
  • Girl Wonder by Alexa Martin (age 13+, mature content)
  • The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May and June by Robin Benway (age 13+)
  • Ruby Tuesday by Jennifer Anne Kogler (age 13+)
  • Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly (age 14+, some mature content)
  • The Uninvited by Tim Wynne-Jones (age 14+, mature content)

Adventure
  • Emily's Fortune by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (age 8-12)
  • City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau (City of Ember series, age 8-12)
  • The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens (The Books of Beginning trilogy, age 8-12)
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  • Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House series, age 8-12)
  • Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery (Anne of Green Gables series, age 8-13)
  • Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go by Dale E. Basye (Circles of Heck series, age 8-12)
  • Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos by R.L. LaFevers (Theodosia series, age 8+)
  • Fablehaven by Brandon Mull (Fablehaven series, age 8-12)
  • Beyonders: A World Without Heroes by Brandon Mull (Beyonders series, age 9-13)
  • Graceling by Kristin Cashore (age 13+. mature content)
  • Fire by Kristin Cashore (age 13+, mature content)

Relationships
  • Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery (Anne of Green Gables series, age 8-13)
  • The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman (His Dark Materials trilogy, age 9+)
  • The Candidates by Inara Scott (Delcroix Academy series, age 12+)
  • Matched by Ally Condie (Matched trilogy, age 12+)
  • Girl Wonder by Alexa Martin (age 13+, mature content)
  • A Walk to Remember  by Nicholas Sparks (age 13+)
  • Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway (age 13+)
  • Graceling by Kristin Cashore (age 13+, mature content)
  • Fire by Kristin Cashore (age 13+, mature content)
  • Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly (age 14+, some mature content)
  • Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles (Perfect Chemistry series, age 14+, mature content)
  • Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles (Paradise novels, age 14+, mature content)
  • Anatomy of a Boyfriend by Daria Snadowsky (age 14+, mature content)
  • The Uninvited by Tim Wynne-Jones (age 14+, mature content)

Self Image/Abuse/Dealing with Life/Growing Pains
  • The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes; illustrated by Louis Slobodkin (age 6-10)
  • Emily's Fortune by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (age 8-12)
  • Blubber by Judy Blume (age 9-12)
  • Dear George Clooney: Please Marry My Mom by Susin Nielsen (age 10+)
  • The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things  by Carolyn Mackler (age 12+)
  • Deenie by Judy Blume (age 12+)
  • Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (age 12+)
  • Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson (age 12+)
  • Don't you dare read this, Mrs. Dunphrey by Margaret Peterson Haddix (12+)
  • Girl Wonder by Alexa Martin (age 13+, mature content)
  • Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly (age 14+, some mature content)
  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (age 14+, mature content)
  • Hunger by Jackie Morse Kessler (age 14+)
  • So Shelly by Ty Roth (age 15+, mature content)

Peer Pressure
  • Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (age 8-12)
  • Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh (age 8-12)
  • Girl Wonder by Alexa Martin (age 13+, mature content)
  • Go Ask Alice by Anonymous (age 13+)http://ourtimeinjuvie.blogspot.com/2011/04/byron-keats-and-shelly-re-imagined.html
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