I have a friend who works at a feminist bookstore and is trying to build up the juvenile fiction collection. She's looking for recs of girl-friendly interesting fiction for older children.
I love Sarah Dessen! On days when I've sold one too many copies of Twilight, Dessen's continued popularity at my store soothes my soul. Lock & Key is my fave so far, but overall I am happy for books that quench my thirst for Lurlene McDaniel ANGST without the side effect of making me want to punch myself in the face.
Though it's for much younger kids, have you read The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin? It's sweet and funny and simply written, with parts that go oww without pounding it in. Like how the Taiwanese-American heroine is happy when there's finally another Asian girl in her elementary school to make friends with, but she'd learned of the new girl's existence because the lunch lady got mad at her for "going through the line twice." (Oww.) ETA and just noticed there's a sequel! in my birth Year of the Rat, eeeee!
I haven't read the Grace Lin books, although they are on my list (largely because of the title of the latter, big surprise there). Rats! Even metaphorical zodiac rats!
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Though it's for much younger kids, have you read The Year of the Dog
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