A 16 yr old werewolf struggles with her animal instincts. Sandry's Book, Tris's Book, and Daja's Book by Tamora Pierce. Dealing with Dragons, Searching for Dragons, and Calling on Dragons by Patricia Wrede. Unconventional heroines, reluctant heroes and civilized dragons populate the hysterically un-fairy tale world of these great and very popular books. Dragon's Milk, Flight of the Dragon Kyn, and Sign of the Dove by Susan Fletcher.
Young girls become heroes as they help dragons and their babies escape the world of men.
Drawn into the Otherworld of totems and dryads, Ash must help her cousin Nina, who is being stalked by an Otherworld manitou that can force Nina's mind into the bodies of beasts. Pern learn to use their musical talents and befriend the legendary, thought to be mythical, fire lizards. Hero's Song and Fire Arrow by Edith Pattou. The first book is a classsic quest based on Irish myth as Collun, son of Cuillean, and Brie, daughter of Conall journey with a wizard, an elf and an aspiring bard to save Eirren from Mdab, Queen of Ghosts. The second focuses on Brie as she finds her legacy, a Fire Arrow, and takes revenge on her father's murderers.