Tamora Pierce Recommendations: For the adventurous tomboy: "Alanna: The First Adventure" and "First Test" are the first books in two different series. In gene

Tamora Pierce Recommendations: For the adventurous tomboy: "Alanna: The First Adventure" and "First Test" are the first books in two different series. In general a good series: Sandry's Book (Circle of Magic Series) Some of them do have romances/crushes (Alanna series more than the other two), but they're all focused on adventurous girls doing cool stuff, and the importance of hard work, friends, learning new things, etc. etc. I loved them as a kid (and now). Source: was an 8-14 year old girl