EPL Picks - Tweens - Relationship Stories for Girls
Annotation:After a fall knocks out her two front teeth when she's in Grade 6, Raina keeps her sense of humour and learns to stand up for herself against mean girls who claim to be her friends. Graphic novel format. Grade 4 - 10
Place a Hold
Annotation:Four friends in Grade 5 dismantle the social circle of a mean queen bee at their school. First in a series. Grade 3 - 7
Annotation:Since her mother seems hopeless at relationships, Violet decides to take the matter of getting a father into her own hands... with results both funny and poignant. Grade 5 - 8
Annotation:Getting a father is just one of Ginny's many amusing projects in Grade 7. Collage illustrations. Grade 5 - 7
Annotation:Emily's funny diary of life in Grade 7 talks about home, school, friends, job and crushes - and she adds little drawings too, sort of like those in Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Grade 5 - 8
Annotation:In another Diary-of-a-Wimpy-Kid-type book for girls, best friends Lydia and Julia embark on a scrapbook project to study the behaviour of popular girls so that they will be able to fit in with the right crowd when they start Junior High. Grade 4 - 7
Annotation:It's all about popularity in this tongue-in-cheek battle of wills between girls in Grade 7. First in a series. Grade 5 - 8
Annotation:Ninth in a series, loveable Alice worries that she is too ordinary and decides to be outrageous -- with hilarious results. Grade 5 - 8
Annotation:Casey misses her mother and resents always having to look out for her little sister who has autism, but she doesn't have any say in the matter. All she can do is send up smoke signals from Ontario, hoping her famous mother will see them before everything burns... Grade 5 - 8
Annotation:Rachel's dreams of becoming a professional ballet dancer come crashing around her when she learns that she has diabetes. Grade 5 - 8
Annotation:A lighthearted look at three friends who spend one day together when a freak snowstorm keeps them indoors. Grade 5 - 8
Annotation:Every child in an eccentric British family - except Saffron - is named for a paint pigment. Then she finds out that she is adopted. First in a series about the Casson family. Grade 4 - 7
Annotation:12-year-old Min's summer with her grandmother in Nova Scotia turns out to involve a ghostly mystery. Grade 6 - 9
Annotation:An uncle with mental disabilities is only one of life's complications for 12-year-old Hattie, who just wants everything to stay the same. Grade 5 - 8
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New responsibilities and challenges at home and at school complicate relationships for girls who are in between their childhood and teen years. LP/WOO/2012