I received this review from a mom who recommends this series for mother-daughter book clubs.
I’d like to recommend Anne McCaffrey’s young adult series for your 8-12th grade range. I don’t see anything else I recognize as science fantasy, and this is a classic, with a female main character. The books, in order, are Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, Dragondrums. Dragonsong introduces Menolly, who is a talented teenage musician but her father cannot stand her being anything but what is traditional for women in their village. Menolly is lost, impresses a host of small dragons (fire lizards), and eventually finds both a home in a music school and respect from her family. — Sarah T., Castro Valley, California
