Grace Donahue
- Aug 9, 2022
- 8 min read

70+ Clean Books and Book Series for Middle School Girls

Here is my massive list of books for middle school girls, age 11-14 (thought most ages will love these books like I do and I am 17)! As I continue to read more books in this category, I will add more to this list. If you have any suggested books to add that are not already added and I have not read, please let me know so I can add them, as I don't have time to read all of them.

In this 50+ book list for middle school girls, I have tired to add books from all the different genres including romance, Catholic/Christian fiction, historical fiction, dystopian, science fiction, adventure, fantasy fiction, and more!

I hope you all can find some more new, amazing, wholesome, and clean books!

Stand Alone Novels (Ages 11-12):

Walk Two Moons

SHARON CREECH

Age Range: 11/12 and up

Walk Two Moons is a funny and bittersweet awarding-winning novel about a girl and her story.

Not If I Save You First

ALLY CARTER

Age Range: 12 and up

Bestselling author Ally Carter writes an adventurous stand-alone novel, Not If I Save You First, about the president's son and the bodyguard's daughter.

Playing By Heart

CARMELA A. MARTINO

Age Range: 12 and up

In 18th century Millan a girl dreams of marrying a man who loves music as much as she does, but she might be forced to be a nun instead.

Freckles

GENE STRATTON PORTER

Age Range: 10 and up

Freckles is an American classic written in 1904, about a young man who has one hand and no name.

Ashes, Ashes

JO TREGGIARI

Age Range: 12 and up

A plague kills 99 percent of the world and against all odds Lucy survives. When Lucy feels that it will be okay, new dangers arise that may be more dangerous than the end of the world.

Catch A Falling Star

KIM CULBERTSON

Age Range: 12 and up

Carter Moon has her life set up precisely the way she wants it until Hollywood star Adam Jakes comes to make a movie in her small town.

Right Where I Belong

KRISTA MCGEE

Age Range: 11 and up

Right Where I Belong is a Christian book about finding God's path for you and then following Him.

An Old-Fashioned Girl

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Age Range: 10 and up

A beautiful classic by the acclaimed author Louisa May Alcott about 14-year-old Polly as she matures into a women.

A Girl of the Limberlost

GENE STRATTON PORTER

Age Range: 12 and up

A classic about a poor girl uses the resources around her to pay for school and finds love at the end.

They Loved to Laugh

KATHRYN WORTH

Age Range: 12 and up

A 16-year-old girl doesn't know what it means to truly laugh until she goes to live with a Quaker family with five brothers.

Fever 1793

LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON

Age Range: 11 and up

One girl's story and struggle as she survives the 1793 yellow fever epidemic.

Listen to Your Heart

KASIE WEST

Age Range: 12 and up

A shy girl is chosen to give advice and be the host for her schools podcast.

Stand Alone Novels (Ages 13-14):

The Shadow of the Bear

REGINA DOMAN

Age Range: 13/14 and up

The Shadow of the Bear is a fanciful contemporary retelling of the Grimm Snow White and Rose Red fairytale.

Suitors and Sabotage

CINDY ANSTEY

Age Range: 13/14 and up

Suitors and Sabotage is an entertaining historical book about an artist and a suitor's brother.

Maybe This Time

KASIE WEST

Age Range: 13 and up

Maybe This Time is a cute contemporary romance about a small town girl and an arrogant new boy.

Fawkes

NADINE BRANDES

Age Range: 13/14 and up

Thomas must choose: join his father and kill the king or join Emma and betray everything he has ever known.

The Poppy and the Rose

ASHLEE COWLES

Age Range: 14 and up

A story of two girls in different periods trying to pull their life back together amid tragedy.

On The Fence

KASIE WEST

Age Range: 13 and up

On The Fence is a sweet read about a girl named Charlotte Reynolds, AKA Charlie and the boy next door.

A Song for the Stars

ILIMA TODD

Age Range: 12/13 and up

A Song for the Stars is a sweet historical Hawaiian romance based on a true story.

Sense and Sensibility

JANE AUSTEN

Age Range: 13 and up

Sense and Sensibility is another timeless classic by the esteemed author Jane Austen about status, money, and love.