If she likes Calvin and Hobbes then first of all, you probably cannot go wrong with Smile, Drama, or Roller Girl. Or Squirrel Girl, for that matter, the Shannon Hale take. Or Nimona. Or the Amulet books. Or the Zita, the Spacegirl books. Or Ms. Marvel. Or the Princeless or Hereville books.
Other than that (and keeping this mostly on the younger side of the YA/MG divide):
Zahrah, the Windseeker Millicent Min, Girl Genius Mars Evacuees Oddity (my new fave) Princess Academy (ignore the weird title) Goose Girl by Shannon Hale (Shannon Hale is gold, okay?) Kiki Strike (get the whole darn trilogy) Akata Witch Celeste's Harlem Renaissance One Crazy Summer Dust Girl Seraphina The Epic Crush of Genie Lo The Jumbies Amina's Voice Not So Awful, Falafel Labyrinth Lost Shadowspeaker Dragon's Milk (but skip the fourth) Quest for a Maid (for my money, STILL the best first line in kidlit) Anything by Frances Hardinge, especially Face Like Glass and Cuckoo Song Blackbird Fly The First Rule of Punk The Mighty Miss Malone Starglass Salvage and Sound (must read both books. Love these) Tin Star Cinder (bit annoying that everybody gets heteronormatively paired up at the end of each book, but whatevs) Breadcrumbs Stranger by Rachel Manija Cat Girl's Day Off Un Lun Dun Zeroes Leviathan trilogy Summer of the Mariposas Chasing the Moon Under a Painted Sky (warning - starts with the heroine's near-rape) You're Welcome, Universe Braced Flygirl The Floating Islands Enter Title Here A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman The Occasional Diamond Thief Galax-Arena Tomorrow, When the War Began Invitation to the Game (now republished as simply The Game) The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf Rain is Not My Indian Name Full Cicada Moon Yaqui Delgado Wants To Kick Your Ass
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Date: 2018-04-12 05:59 am (UTC)Okay. So.
If she likes Calvin and Hobbes then first of all, you probably cannot go wrong with Smile, Drama, or Roller Girl. Or Squirrel Girl, for that matter, the Shannon Hale take. Or Nimona. Or the Amulet books. Or the Zita, the Spacegirl books. Or Ms. Marvel. Or the Princeless or Hereville books.
Other than that (and keeping this mostly on the younger side of the YA/MG divide):
Zahrah, the Windseeker
Millicent Min, Girl Genius
Mars Evacuees
Oddity (my new fave)
Princess Academy (ignore the weird title)
Goose Girl by Shannon Hale (Shannon Hale is gold, okay?)
Kiki Strike (get the whole darn trilogy)
Akata Witch
Celeste's Harlem Renaissance
One Crazy Summer
Dust Girl
Seraphina
The Epic Crush of Genie Lo
The Jumbies
Amina's Voice
Not So Awful, Falafel
Labyrinth Lost
Shadowspeaker
Dragon's Milk (but skip the fourth)
Quest for a Maid (for my money, STILL the best first line in kidlit)
Anything by Frances Hardinge, especially Face Like Glass and Cuckoo Song
Blackbird Fly
The First Rule of Punk
The Mighty Miss Malone
Starglass
Salvage and Sound (must read both books. Love these)
Tin Star
Cinder (bit annoying that everybody gets heteronormatively paired up at the end of each book, but whatevs)
Breadcrumbs
Stranger by Rachel Manija
Cat Girl's Day Off
Un Lun Dun
Zeroes
Leviathan trilogy
Summer of the Mariposas
Chasing the Moon
Under a Painted Sky (warning - starts with the heroine's near-rape)
You're Welcome, Universe
Braced
Flygirl
The Floating Islands
Enter Title Here
A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman
The Occasional Diamond Thief
Galax-Arena
Tomorrow, When the War Began
Invitation to the Game (now republished as simply The Game)
The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf
Rain is Not My Indian Name
Full Cicada Moon
Yaqui Delgado Wants To Kick Your Ass