Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan. Harper Collins, 1985, 58 pages.

The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill. Aladdin paperbacks, 128 pages, 2002

Last Day On Mars by Kevin Emerson. Walden Pond Press, 2017, 325 pages.

A Different Pond by Bao Phi. Capstone Young Readers, 2017, 28 pages.

Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword by Barry Deutsch. Amulet Books, 2010, 141 pages.

Great Graphic Novel about Mirka Hirschberg, a smart and brave Orthodox Jewish girl from a big family, who rejects the womanly arts her stepmother is always trying to teach her and instead yearns to fight dragons! Let's hear it for girl heroes!

Sisters by Raina Telgemeier. Graphix/Scholastic, 2014. 197 pages.

I love a graphic memoir and I always love Raina. Not as spectacular as Smile, but wonderful just the same.

How Tia Lola Learned to Teach by Julia Alvarez. Yearling Books, 2011, 135 pages