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Well, I like to reccomend Suzanne Collins' "Gregor the Overlander" books. There aren't any vampires in those, though. Collins' Hunger Games has a female lead but might be a bit dark/advanced for her.
I was reading the late Anne McCaffrey's "Dragonsinger" books (Dragon Singer, Dragon Song) when I was that age. They are about a young girl who finds minature dragons (Fire Lizards) and trains to be a Harper.
Neil Gaiman's Coraline and The Graveyard Book are good for that age group. Stardust, too, probably.
Beth Revis' Across the Universe is quite good. It is Sci Fi about a girl who wakes up early from suspended animation while traveling to another planet to discover there is a whole new civilization that has developed on the ship while she was asleep.
Shannon Hale's "Books of Bayern," which begin with The Goose Girl, are fantasy with good female leads.
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