“A solid resource for parents and educators” ( Kirkus Reviews), Brave Girls is an empowering guide to cultivating confident, passionate, and powerful young leaders during the most formative stage of life: the middle school years.Īfter years of research as a psychologist and consultant for women struggling in the professional world, Stacey Radin made a groundbreaking realization: women who become successful leaders learn how to do so in the middle grades-the most formative stage in a girl’s development and self-identification.

This post contains affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission from your clicks. Here are my other book lists, which might help if you’ve got a kiddo reading above his or her second grade level: These books are highly appropriate for second grade.

The more advanced books on this list are still wonderful to read aloud together, which will build the stamina of your second grader, and expose them to vocabulary they need. The average reader will end 2nd grade reading on a level M. Many of the books on this list are around a guided reading level M (plus or minus a couple of levels), so the average 2nd grader will do great with them! If your child is an average reader just entering 2nd grade, you’ll want to look for them to read books independently at a level K. Bummer, but that’s getting a bit picky! She’ll enjoy non-fiction once in a while, but it’s not her favorite go-to genre.

I cannot get this girl into historical fiction, so she won’t have anything to do with American Girl books. And, like every other kid on the planet, she loves the Wimpy Kid, despite him being a boy. She prefers fantasy, adventurous female protagonists, mysteries in small doses, and she seems interested in social justice leaders. My daughter will literally read anything, but she does have her favorites. These are the best chapter books for 2nd grade girls. I’ve got a little girl who LOVES to read, and we own all of these books.

Brave books for girls