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Some books are loved by kids of both genders. However, some others clearly have gender preferences. This book list includes some award winners and classic works in which females are main characters or involves in complex relationship situation. Girls tend to like these books more. However, boys should be encouraged to read some of the girlish book. There used to the time that there were few female role models in the children books. Females are either auxiliary figures or weak figures who were waiting for someone to transform their lives (e.g., Cinderella). This has changed greatly in last 20 years. You can now find many books featuring strong and confident girl/woman as main character.
 

Louisa May Alcott
    The Little Woman

Jane Austen
    Pride and Prejudice
    Sense and Sensibility

Carol Ryrie Brink
    Caddie Woodlawn

Charlotte Bronte
    Jane Eyre

Emily Bronte
    Wuthering Heights

Karen Cushman
    The Midwife's Apprentice
    Catherine called Birdy

Roald Dahl
    Matilda

Elizabeth Enright
    Thimble Summer

Rachel Field
    Hitty: Her First Handred Years

Jean Craighead George
    Julie of the Wolves

Frances Hodgson
    The Secret Garden

Margaret Michell
    Gone With the Wind

Lucy Maud Montgomery
    Anne of Green Gables
    Anne of the Island

Lois Lenski
    Indian Captive
    Strawberry Girl

Scott O'Dell
    Island of the Blue Dolphins

Johana Spyri
    Heidi

William Shakespeare
    Romeo and Juliet

Leo Tolstoy
    Anna Karenina

Kate Douglas Wiggin
    Rebacca of Sunnybrook Farm

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