Girls Will Be Boys: Gender Pretenders for Young Readers

Explore 'Girls Will Be Boys: Gender Pretenders for Young Readers'—a curated list of books where girls defy norms by pretending to be boys. Perfect for young readers interested in gender-bending stories and adventurous tales.

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Star-crossed

by Linda Collison

Having been discovered as a stowaway as she tries to reach Barbados in 1760 to claim her father's estate, teenaged English orphan Patricia Kelley struggles …
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Girl in Blue

by Ann Rinaldi

Determined to live her own life free of the controls of any man, Sara Louisa Wheelock disguises herself as a man and sets off from …
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The Breadwinner

by Deborah Ellis

Because the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, impose strict limitations on women's freedom and behavior, eleven-year-old Parvana must disguise herself as a boy so that …
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Daughter of Venice

by Donna Jo Napoli

In 1592, Donata is a noble girl living in a palazzo on the Grand Canal. Girls of her class receive no education and rarely leave …
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Mairelon the Magician

by Patricia Wrede

Kim, a streetwise girl disguised as a boy, and Mairelon, an itinerant magician dressed as a dandy, share adventures in a Regency England that is …
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The Folk Keeper

by Franny Billingsley

She doesn't really know who she is or what she wants... Corinna is a Folk Keeper. Her job is to keep the mysterious Folk who …
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Alanna

by Tamora Pierce

From Tamora Pierce, the first book in the Song of the Lioness Quartet, honored with the Margaret A. Edwards Award. “From now on I’m Alan …
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Rowan Hood

by Nancy Springer

Rosemary has nowhere to go when her beloved mother dies. She has never met her father-the outlaw Robin Hood-and she's grown up among the woodland …
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Bloody Jack

by Louis A. Meyer

Reduced to begging and thievery in the streets of London, a thirteen-year-old orphan disguises herself as a boy and connives her way onto a British …
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Callie Shaw, Stableboy

by Judy Alter

This book places Saint Augustine's theology in a new and illuminating context by considering what he has to say about beauty. It demonstrates how a …
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Caroline

by Willo Davis Roberts

When Caroline's brothers head West to find gold in California, she disguises herself as a boy and follows, but along the way she meets Dan …
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