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Wow!  I've learned of many new titles and authors in addition to old favorites.
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I have a group of girls who love "girly books." They particularly like series 
books.  They've been through Katy Kazoo, Mallory,  Emma (by Warner), Alice (the 
younger ones) by Naylor, Millicent Min, Clementine, and I've ordered Sassy, the new 
Sharon Draper book.  These are the ones I can think of from home.

I'm looking for some new "heroines" for them to read.  They like contemporary 
realistic fiction about girls who are about their age which would be third-fifth 
grade.  They enjoy lighter, more humorous stories rather than something serious but 
I'd be open to trying some serious books with them too.
Are there any books  your girls love that I need to add to the collection?
Please email me at home off list and I'll compile a hit if asked.

Besides the ones mentioned here are some other suggestions:
Judy Moody (McDonald)
Allie Finkle (Meg Cabot--2 in series so far)
Piper Reed (Kimberly Willis Holt)
Ivy and Bean (Barrows)* Probably mentioned the most
Dear Dumb Diary (Benton)
Franny K Stein (Benton) (not exactly what I was looking for but popular, 
nonetheless)
Juby and the Booker Boys
Moxy Maxwell (3 in series)
Main Street (Martin)
Amazing Days of Abbie Hayes (Mazer)
Julia Gillian and the Art of Knowing (McGhee)
Just Grace (Harper)
Katherine the Almost Great (Mullarkey)
My Last Best Friend and My New Last Best Friend (Bowe)

I found a series on Amazon that looks interesting but no one mentioned it:  Lucy 
Rose by Katy Kelly.

And also mentioned were Amber Brown, Junie B. Jones, American Girls, Betsy Tacy; 
 1.  Love, Ruby Lavender                                 Deborah Wiles            
 2.  Loud Silence of Francine Green                  Karen Cushman

 3.  Naked Mole-Rat Letters                               Mary Amato   
 4.  Olivia Kidney                                                 Ellen Potter  
(There are three of them) 

 5.  The Penderwicks                                           Jeanne Birdsall   
(There are two, but the second one dragged a bit)

 6.  Rules                                                              Cynthia 
Lord  

 7.  The Sisters Grimm: Fairy-Tale Detectives    Michael Buckley  

 8.  The Wish                                                        Gail Carson 
Levine

 9.  Amazing Days of Abby Hayes                     Anne Mazur

10. Jigsaw Jones                                               James Preller

11.  Princess School                                         Jane Mason

12.  Princess Ellie                                              Diana Kimpton

13.  Cam Jansen                                                David Adler

14.  Weather/Rainbow/Jewel/Daily Fairies     Daisy Meadows

15.  Princess Power                                           Suzanne Williams

16.  Franny K. Stein                                            Jim Benton

17.  Dear Dumb Diary                                        Jim Benton

Not all of the ones listed fall into the contemporary realistic fiction genre, but 
there are many here that I haven't heard of and will give a try.

I tried to respond to each person who took the time to send me their favorites.  If 
I missed you, I do appreciate your input.  



Jan Cole, LMS
Horace Mann Elementary
Duncan, OK  73533
n2books@cableone.net

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