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I read a lot of Daphne du Maurier at that age. Glass Blowers, Rebecca, Frenchman's creek all are excellent books. Glass blowers, is a delightful tale set in the midst of the French revolution and will give her both an engrossing read and a bit of history.
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"Give her the gamut."
That's what I want to do, Cap, but I don't know that my own reading experiences are sufficiently eclectic.
"Anne of Green Gables"
I'll point it out to her next time we're out and ask what she thinks.
Thanks!
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"I read Lord of the Rings and Hobbit at that age, and enjoyed them immensely."
I read Hobbit to her for story two (maybe three) years ago. LOTR is on our list.
"Pretty much anything by Arthur C Clarke;"
I recommended some of his short stories to her, but she didn't take the bait.
"Mary Stewart's Arthur series - Crystal Cave"
Of course! These are brilliant! These go on the list for sure!
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" i personally prefer to read the book prior to watching the movie adaption."
Lapsus,
My oldest daughter and I are the same way. It's a really big thing for us to watch a show after we've read a book through - a time of bonding maybe. We talk about the stuff for days afterward.
Youngest doesn't care though.
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"Wodehouse and Ngaio Marsh"
This is exactly the kinda thing I was hoping to get.
I've heard of both these and read neither of them.
Excellent.
thanks,
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of_troy,
Great suggestions. It's been 25 or 30 years since I read The Good Earth.
I've heard of a few of the others, but not read any of them. Light in the Forest sounds like something in which she'd be particularly interested, but I'll mention all of these to her and let her make up her mind.
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"Jane Austen's novels" and "Mary Renault"
Very good choices. I'm thinking of reading Jane Austen myself (P and P is on my list). Maybe we could do this one together.
I've recommended the sf greats to her, but I hadn't thought of most of these, btw.
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"At thirteen I enjoyed reading books and short stories by Jack London: The Call of the Wild, White Fang."
For a while, JL was her favorite author. TCOTW I read to her once and she read to herself 3 times! White Fang she has not read yet.
"Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer."
She's read TS, but not HF. I also read her a few of the short stories when she was younger. She's particularly fond of The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. She used to love when I'd say "an' 'e heisted 'imself up, like a Frenchman" over and over and over.
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All of these are great recommendations.
Feel free to add to the list any time.
I suspect she'll continue on into the school year.
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Books I read between ages 10 and 14. Dad had an extensive library - we are, after all, a newspaper family! < The Scarlet Pimpernel -Baroness Orczy (sp?) Jayne Eyre The Collected Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant especially the one about the pearl necklace! The Casebook of Sherlock Holme - Conan Doyle All th P.G. Wodehouse stories... I laughed at Bertie and wished I had Jeeves to help me! If you can find it : "Born In Paradise" by Armine von Tempski - the first volume of an autobiography by von Tempski - set in time when she was a young girl growing up on Maui, Hawaii. Originally published in 1940. ISBN : 0-918024-34-X The 1985 reprint in large format paperback is by Ox Bow Press, Woodbridge Connecticut < Newer books I have given to youngsters: "Mistakes That Worked" Charlotte Jones with Illus. by John O'Brien - (from silly putty to penicillin and Post-Its!) If you want to go for the Big Bucks -$40.- "Fairie-ality :The Fashion Collection from the House of Ellwand" by Eugenie Baird. A great Christmas gift for a young girl. My 13-year old granddaughter is getting it this Christmas. Superb quality throughout. And finally, for Dad : "101 Secrets a Good Dad Knows" by Walter Browder and Sue Ellen Browder - rescue baby birds, throw a curve ball, skip rocks, build acampfire, slide into second etc. etc. etc. Some of these books I found when I started to get the Bas Blue catalogue http://www.basblue.com Good stuff you would have to browse for days to find in a bookstore! That should be enough to be going on with .... 
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