Five Faves: Girl Power Intermediate Books

There are so many strong girl protagonists in the Intermediate section. Some are little entrepreneurs who are building businesses while others are doing their best to help their community. Here are five of my favorite girl power intermediates to spark that confidence in your young reader.

Awesome Orange Birthday
Written by Mitali Banerjee Ruths
Illustrated by Aaliya Jaleel
New York: Scholastic Inc., 2023. Intermediate. 71 pgs.

This girl boss has her first client for her party planning business. Priya plans every thing about the party to be in the birthday girl's favorite color: orange! But as the big event approaches, Priya is nervous that something might go wrong!

Catalina Incognito
Written by Jennifer Torres
Illustrated by Gladys Jose
New York: Aladdin, 2022. Intermediate. 106 pgs.
Eight-year-old Catalina wants to help her local library find the rhinestones on display from her Tia Abuela's famous costume. She uses her magic sewing kit to create incredible disguises to get to the bottom of the mystery.

The Astronomically Grand Plan
Written by Rie Neal
Illustrated by Talitha Shipman
New York: Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Division, 2022. Intermediate. 97 pgs

Astrid and her friend Hallie are joining the Shooting Stars, a space club. At the end of the year, one lucky club member will get to go to a real space camp! Astrid is determined to be the first astronaut with hearing aids, but her friends seems a little less interested in space.

The Case of the Missing Cheetah
By Veronica Mang
New York: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LL, 2021. Intermediate. 95 pgs.

Three girls find themselves in a secret society for some of the most famous female spies in the world. One of those spies, Josephine Baker, recruits the girls to help find her kidnapped cheetah. The girls rise to the challenge to help a new friend.

Home Sweet Forever Home
Written by Rachel Aline
Illustrated by Addy Rivera Sonda
New York: Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Division, 2021. Intermediate. 140 pgs.

Lauren, Ruby, Myka and Emelyn love to help others. When volunteering at the dog shelter, they see a need and work to meet it! The girls plan a cupcake adoption event to do what they can for these sweet dogs without a home.

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Review: Faker

Faker By Gordon Korman New York: Scholastic Press, 2024. Fiction. 214 pages. 12-year-old Trey is used to starting over at a new school -- he has the routine perfectly memorized: make new friends, introduce his dad to the wealthy parents of his new friends, and "Houdini" themselves out of there before they get caught running their latest scam. Trey's dad is a master con artist, and Trey has just been promoted to full-partner. Their new scheme for the next big score brings them to the affluent suburb of Boxelder, TN where Trey's dad has cooked up a fake electric car company for investors to buy into. The only problem is that Trey is starting to grow tired of moving around and never putting down roots, especially after forming a fast friendship with Logan and developing a crush on Kaylee, a socially conscious girl in his class. As Trey longs for a normal life, is there any way he can convince his dad to get out of the family business? Gordon Korman is a perennial favorit...

Review: The Bletchley Riddle

The Bletchley Riddle By Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin New York: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2024. Fiction. 392 pages. It's spring of 1940, Hitler has swept through most of Europe, and people believe England will be next. Half Polish-Jewish, half American Jakob has been recruited from Cambridge to Bletchley Park where they are working on deciphering the enigma machine. Jakob's sister Lizzie, meanwhile, is being forced to move from London to Cleveland to live with her grandmother after her mother disappeared in a 1939 attack in Poland. Lizzie manages to escape the keeper her grandmother sent for her to bring her to America and makes her way to Bletchley, where she's eventually given the task of delivering messages between departments. When secret messages begin appearing with Lizzie's belongings, she must decipher them to find the truth about her mother's past and location, while keeping the secrets away from the MI5 agent that seems a little t...

Dragon Run

Dragon Run by Patrick Matthews Scholastic, 2013. 336 pgs. Fantasy Al Pilgrommor is excited for Testing Day, when he will receive his rank, a tattooed number on the back of his neck, and a path forward to his future occupation and life. He feels confident because his parents were fours on a scale of seven, but he is worried for his friend Wisp who doesn't have much of a chance of scoring above a two at best. But when Al is scored a zero, he not only has no prospects, he may lose his life as the dreaded Cullers are unleashed to kill him and his family to purify the land's bloodlines. Al's world is ruled by dragons--the lords and supposed creators of humankind--so he thinks that even if he survives, he will have to make his living as a beggar or thief. But when Al sticks up for his Earther friend in front of Magister Ludi, he is drawn into the struggle of a secret organization hoping to destroy the Cullers, and perhaps the dragons them...

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