To celebrate Children's Book Week 2012, here's a list of some of our favourite stories with inspiring heroines.
Heroines
To celebrate Children's Book Week 2012, here's a list of some of our favourite stories with inspiring heroines.
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Chains
BloomsburyA brilliantly told, exciting story, with a brave and dignified heroine, which reveals the complexities of this chapter of American history. -
Utterly Me, Clarice Bean
Orchard BooksClarice Bean finds family life exhausting and exasperating, and school is no better; particularly when the teacher, Mrs Wilburton, sets an 'utterly dreary' book project. -
The Hunger Games
ScholasticWelcome to Panem: its Capitol repressively rules twelve satellite Districts, enslaving the populations as workers and controlling them through hunger. -
Matilda
PuffinMatilda discovers that she has a very special power that allows her to deal with difficult grown-ups. -
Twelve Minutes to Midnight
Nosy CrowEvery night at precisely 12 minutes to midnight, the inmates of Bedlam, London's notorious madhouse, all begin feverishly writing - incoherent ramblings that Penelope quickly realises are in fact terrifying visions of the new century to come. -
Coraline
Bloomsbury Children's BooksOne day Coraline unlocks a mysterious door that opens onto another world, a twisted parody of Coraline's own dimension. -
Journey to the River Sea
Macmillan Children's BooksOrphan Maia is thrilled to learn she is to live with relatives in South America. She cannot wait to experience the sights, sounds and smells of the Amazon. -
Howl's Moving Castle
Harper CollinsSophie Hatter is cursed with an old body by the Witch of the Waste and the spell can only be broken by the dreaded Wizard Howl who lives in his moving castle and likes to eat the souls of young... -
Pippi Longstocking
Oxford University PressA lovely gift edition of a classic, brought up-to-date with delightful illustrations from Lauren Child -
Northern Lights
ScholasticIn this first book in the His Dark Materials trilogy, the discovery of a terrifying plot takes Lyra from her home in Oxford to the magical beauty of the frozen north. -
Pirates!
Bloomsbury Children's BooksPirates! traces the adventures of Nancy Kington and Minerva Sharpe as they sail the high seas, often fighting for their lives, in the hope of gaining glory and riches. -
Dead Man's Cove
Orion Children's BooksWhen mysterious uncle Calvin rescues Laura Marlin from her gloomy life in an orphanage, she can't believe her luck! But she soon realises that her Cornish paradise is full of mysteries... -
The Story of Tracy Beaker
Corgi YearlingTracy lives in a children's home but constantly hopes that her absent, glamorous Mum will come and take her away.
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