Teenage girl protagonists with no romance?

[Takver]

Provoked by a conversation with dd . . . She says there are (almost) no contemporary non fantasy novels with a teenage girl protagonist, that don't involve said girl falling in love as a major part of the story.

So far I've come up with
The Bone Dragon
Saffy's Angel (admittedly published in 2002)
A Dog Called Homeless (but protagonist isn't actually a teenager, I think she must be 11 or 12)

Are we missing anything really, really obvious? In fact, even if you allow fantasy, I can't think of many more to add (Frances Hardinge's novels being the main ones, I think Mosca Mye must be 14/15?)

This isn't really a 'looking to read', more curiosity!

They are Takver. Can't wait for the new one in July

I know it's fantasy, but I'm working my way through the Skulduggery Pleasant books at the moment and the main character is a teenage girl. There's a bit of romance but it's a VERY minor part.

Spoiler alert:

Valkyrie's boyfriend breaks up with her because he's fed up of being taken for granted (she is far too busy saving the world to take him seriously) and the good-looking vampire who is obsessed with her seems to have been written as a riposte to all the vampire romances - Valkyrie tells him that the brooding lover stuff is very boring, and she ends up having to kill him.

I'm making furious notes here.

I'm looking for some books for dd (11) who likes contemporary non-fantasy books with no inappropriate content (well - ok it's me who doesn't want the latter!).

Dd has enjoyed a couple of Anne Fine books - The Tulip Touch she was particularly enthusiastic about. Rebecca Stead books also successful: When You Reach Me and Liar and Spy.

Brenda, I've just read The Life of a Banana, and passed it on to dd, who also enjoyed it. Your dd might be a bit young for it just yet (is she 11-in-yr-6, or 11-going on 12 in secondary?), but have a look out for it.

Thanks, that looks interesting. Dd enjoyed Chinese Cinderella. And I enjoyed Sour Sweet by Timothy Mo.

My daughter is a huge fan of Skulldugery Pleasant - a series of at least 7 books by Derek Landy

My daughter loves the Saffy's Angel books, also enjoyed Skellig, will watch in interest for others.

Un Lun Dun by China Mieville. The two female protagonists are not quite teens (they're 12) but it's a fantastic story.