gellison--thanks very much for your posts, and the advice. We are trying to get DD into a school that we hope will challenge her in math but are trying also to line up other options in case that does not happen for whatever reason, so it is helpful to hear what others have done.
Mom2277--in addition to the "Hard Math" books, have you seen the Danica McKellar math book series? I guess they're supposed to sound a little like teen girls' gossip magazines in some ways, but DD has enjoyed them and they're mainly about math with some girly stuff thrown in to make it less threatening(??). Which I suppose might be objectionable in some ways but overall it seems like a good thing, especially as just one part of what girls might read about math.
