Girl with a Pearl Earring
by Tracy Chevalier
Nonfiction · age 14+ · grade 9+ · 820L · 233 pages · 2000
Why we'd hand it over
A meticulous, sensory novel about power and ambition disguised as a portrait—not a children's book, but a sophisticated 12-year-old who reads at level will find Griet's quiet resistance genuinely moving.