Families who loved What Every Girl (except me) Knows by Nora Raleigh Baskin often look for books with a similar feel. These 20 recommendations were selected for their similarity in style, theme, and reading level.
Reach for this book when your daughter begins noticing the 'unwritten rules' of girlhood and feels she lacks a roadmap for navigating puberty or social dynamics. Gabby is twelve years old and struggling with the disappearance of a mother figure while her father remains tight-lipped about the past. This story sensitively explores the deep-seated need for maternal connection and the courage required to ask painful family questions. It is a tender, realistic choice for middle-grade readers (ages 9-12) dealing with grief, the onset of adolescence, or the feeling of being an outsider within their own family. It provides a safe space to discuss how we fill the gaps in our own histories.
