answer:Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants IS good. There aren’t movies, but “Gathering Blue” by Lois Lowry is good, as are the “Homecoming” series by Cynthia Voigt- that one was made into a movie. Anything by Judy Blume, Madeline L’Engle (not all are sci-fi), LM Montgomery and Cynthia Voigt will probably talk about growing up. An older author that talks about growing up and being awkward is Paul Zindel. Little Women is an awesome, enduring classic for that age and there are 3 excellent movies you can watch- one from the 1930s, one from the 1960’s and one from 1999ish. Two excellent modern writers who address growing up or teenage issues are Laurie Halse Anderson and Sarah Dessen.