Middle School (ish) Girls

If your girls are of middle school age, not ready for YA books, but not really into fantasy at the moment, there are lots of fun options. These are treats for their reading brains—not a bad thing if interspersed with the occasional reading vegetable.

I have no idea what I'm talking about, but here are some books my girls like to read and reread and reread. I know it's not taking a great deal of brain power to read them, but they are happy, and their happiness is coming from reading something they can relate to.

My Life in Pink and Green by Lisa Greenwald

Close to Famous by Joan Bauer

The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Wan-long Shang

The Popularity Papers by Amy Ignatow (this is a pretty darn funny series)