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Or how about a book that refers to and discusses Three Men in a Boat. “To Say Nothing of the Dog” by Connie Willis. Funny and very English.
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat may go...
Oh, come - "To say nothing of the dog" -- ( 'tho that may go better after the other, which I haven't read )
But, to meggaadam - I'm agin existential _anything_ ( doctor asked about depression, I told him I swore off angst in high school. ) "The Tin Drum" is _not_ my taste.
But - assuming she's read the Harry Potters - the next book on sociology and poly sci I'd recommend is "Tom Jones".
For lighter, check out "Terrier" ( Tamora Pierce ) or the Jacky Fabers.
Have fun,
dave
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I would suggest anything by Jules Verne. Exiting stories that appeal to most teenagers - and challenging, but not too much. 
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When I was that age, I read Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov and Clifford D. Simak. But I think it may be too big a mouthful in this case... 
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
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Mark Twain? Light & adventurous - something for a modern 13 year old to compare the old times simple but hard life to how we live today all regulated but everything at your fingertips. Definitely lighter than catcher, but similar times. (i.e. use the Twain to lead into Catcher.)
... oh and it will probably be banned everywhere in the next 10 years.
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lopati: roaming wrote: ... oh and it will probably be banned everywhere in the next 10 years.
Exactly - probably not PC at all. Better read it while she's got the chance. Good suggestion! 
BTW: Are people still allowed to read Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe around the world?
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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Johnny J. wrote: Are people still allowed to read Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe around the world?
Yes! I just did (after the kids done with it)
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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Get a phone, it is all kids want to read these days 
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I would recommend Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, or the Bartimaeus Sequence books from Jonathan Stroud which are well written and also very funny in parts - both are a great series to read as an adult too.
Outside of that The Hobbit is a good read or for something really refined how about George Elliot's The Mill on the Floss?
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Get a pack with Equal Rites, Wyrd Sisters and Witches abroad, by Terry Pratchett, for her. In English.
There's no reason she shouldn't have fun while reading.
And his books do have depth. Especially the later ones.
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Harry Potter books. Easy reading in bang on modern correct English.
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Munchies_Matt wrote: modern correct English.
Not necessarily. It may be necessary to hire a Griff interpreter[^]
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
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Just think, if it wasnt for immigration we would all be Welsh...
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A Socttish version? Scots or Gallic, does anyone even still speak those two?
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Aye! 
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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Scots is based on Saxon (old English) I believe (ken, for know, like kennen in Dutch) and spoken i the low lands mostly?
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Interesting. I didn't ken. But I looked it up, and in the Highlands they spoke (speak) Scottish Gaelic. I thought it was the same.
The big question now is: What language is Harry Potter translated to? Is there a Highland AND a Lowland version? 
And which one should I get for Christmas?
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
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Yes, highland is Gaelic, like Irish, the other Celtic branch in the British isles (the other is Brythonic Celtic, gives its name to Briton, Breizh, Brittany our (English) pre Saxon language.
Kirk is church too in Scots, like it is in Dutch. I seem to recall there are a few other obvious words but I have forgotten them.
Anyway, stick to English, or French. The two greatest languages in the world!
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Munchies_Matt wrote: Kirk is church too in Scots, like it is in Dutch.
"Kerk", but close enough. The Germans put an "i" in there with their "Kirche".
"Swine", "Zwijn", "Schwein", some things are very similar. Then you get to a dandelion, and the Dutch come with "Paardenbloem" (Horse flower) and the Germans with "Loewenzahn" (lions tooth). No idea where the plant went wrong.
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And where did it go wrong with Pineapple[^]???
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
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And in English both the 'k's' become soft, so "ch ir ch"
Rijk was rice in saxon, pronounced 'riche'.
Dendelion is from the French. Dents de Lion.
Anyway, yes, Scots is a norhern form of saxon, which itself is related closely to Frise/Platte Deutsche.
It would be nice if these two languages had more prominence on the continent. It would be fun to try to speak to each other (the English speaker would have to limit themselves to words descended from Saxon, not French of course)
Anyway, werent you taught Latin at school Eddie?
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