Books With Strong Female Leads For Tweens. I could have called this list “books to help strong girls stay strong.” in their book meeting at the crossroads, lyn mikel brown and carol gilligan identify this age — the years between childhood and adolescence — as a sort of critical fork in the road of a girl's passage into womanhood. Put them all on your reading list.
Our teens are bombarded with an insane amount of media every day. From tiana, the first black disney princess, to misty copeland, the first black principal. 17 books with lgbt characters that will actually change your life.
Reader’s annotation:claudia is fed up with being the oldest child, and the only girl, and therefore the responsible one.she’s going to run away.
There are plenty of great books featuring strong female main characters in compelling stories that are sure to appeal to boys as well as girls. 95 books based on 77 votes: Ice crown (the elements of kamdaria book 1 by kay l moody). Adichie, a novelist, uses her personal experience growing up in.