"An earlier Andi Watson series, Skeleton Key is about female friendship and adventure. In this case between a high school girl who finds a key and a fox-girl with a mythical Japanese past."
"This one is real literature but also an engaging read. A coming-of-age story about an Iranian girl growing up during the Shaw's overthrow. The story is set in Iran and in Europe and is based on the author's own life."
"I love this series! It is a very tightly crafted story of a girl who moves into her uncle's house (along with her idle-but-no-longer-rich parents). After the move our heroine has a series of adventures with goblins, bullies, and villians. (con't under vol.2)"
"Ted Naifeh is the illustrator for the first volume of GloomCookie and this series (which he wrote and illustrated) has a lot of the same deliciously gothic feeling of GC. However the Courtney Crumrin stories are not as creepy as GC and they are better crafted. It's a very empowering girl series."