and then Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey? What the bleep are we trying to teach girls about their potential??

Excellent three book miniseries by Terry Pratchett, set in his 40-book [so far] Discworld Series, concerns a budding witch. THE WEE FREE MEN, A HAT MADE OF SKY and WINTERSMITH.

We could push for steampunk teen novels; they seem to be a lot more balanced, gender-wise. I liked the Leviathan books a lot; sure, it's mostly boys, but one of the main characters is a girl who tries to pass

for a boy cause she loves flying too much, and another important one is a woman scientist (although it's mentioned that most scientists are men), who has gained a high position for being Darwin's grand-daughter

but proves many times she is worth it. Other women characters also stand out through the three books.

I still have to read the "Worldshaker" books (I gave the first one to my goddaughter, but she lost it... Annoyed), but it seemed similarly balanced. So... It would just be a matter of briging attention to them!

Ack... that was supposed to be

Hunger Games and/or Girl Genius maybe? Parasol Protectorate?

I think HUnger Games is getting popular enough, and have, I think, (I haven't read the books nor seen the movie yet) good enough feminine models.