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It's not "bang-on correct" -- not that it has to be.
But, because it's not, it should not be described as such, or people might take the description to be true, and emulate the style, thinking that it's perfect. That can only lead to embarrassment.
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Point out one line, one phrase, in her writing that is not correct modern English.
Stop talking and deliver. Sh*t or get off the pan.
Over to you...
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Another discussion that must end here.
If you wish to see what errors are in the work, I suggest that you learn English.
As I say, though, few of the errors are important enough to nit-pick, given that it's a work of fiction -- it's just not "bang-on" perfect, so should not be described as such.
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Can't deliver eh? Didn't expect you to. Thanks for confirming that as always, you are full of it Mark.
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Pratchett has already been said, but I would opt for the series with Tiffany Aching; The Wee Free Men, and "I shall wear midnight".
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Introduce her to the Terry Pratchett Discworld books - can't go wrong.
[Bugger - see this has already been suggested]
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Some of the PERN books maybe? Like Dragonsong, Dragonsinger and Dragondrums. Those are focused on younger people on PERN.
None of the sexual overtones in some of the other books, especially the first couple of the series. KSS after all.
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I found Catcher in the Rye to be utterly boring. No idea why everyone raves about it.
13 is probably too old nowadays for Chronicles of Narnia, but I read them when I was around 13, and I still read through them every year or so. Go figure.
I also enjoyed detective books at that age, Hercule Poirot, Sherlock Holmes, etc.
I think my father started introducing me to science fiction, particularly the late, great Asimov and the Foundation Series around that time.
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The Chronicles of Amber - Roger Zelazny
I remember starting and enjoying this series of books at around that age.
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Why not Hobbit + Lord of the Rings.
Or - mess with her with Candid, Zadig, and selected short stories.
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Isaac Asimov wrote a series of short stories that will definitely stretch the mind.
When I was 11 I was churning through "Lord of Rings" having finished "The Hobbit" a couple of years earlier. Should make for a good read but does not come under the class of "short story".
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Be an absolute bastard and get her hooked on SF, my daughter loved the Heinlein books, started with Friday which has a female central character. They may be a little dated but I think they will still be a fascinating read for a young adult.
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Friday huh? Never read but I sure can grok the Heinlein treasures. THX
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I thought I should mention that Friday has some extremely non-KSS scenes in it despite being an excellent read otherwise. I wouldn't recommend it for a 13 year old girl.
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Hmm you could be right about the KSS content, then again I'm betting the information will not be new and IIRC RAH treated that content rather sensitively. I don't think it would detract from the book for a 13 yo as long as she is not a complete snowflake.
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+1 on Heinlein being non-KSS.
I read Heinlein at a tender young age and it warped me 
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I read Heinlein as much as possible but I leave it to others to determine if it warped me.  I wouldn't give a book where the protagonist (Friday) gets gang raped by the bad guys to a 13 year old girl. Call me old fashioned... 
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I'd go with Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Great late 19th century writing and story telling. Not modern hacker ghoulishness.
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"The City and the Stars" by Arthur C. Clarke.
Great story, mind stretching and definitely encouraging to existential contemplation!
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Catcher in the Rye? Respectfully, no.
IMO, this is more like it: The Secret Garden - Wikipedia
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I started reading "I Robot" by Isaac Asimov when I was 8. It is a book of short stories and first introduced me to the world of Technology. They are, for the most part, little mysteries, and highly enjoyable.
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I would recommend the Jack London stories (ie: White Fang, Call of The Wild).
They are great stories for the young and I believe he also wrote quite a few short stories as well.
They also should have been translated into many languages by now.
Catcher in The Rye is really not a story for young lady. This is why it usually read only by more senior high-school students...
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How about A Wrinkle in Time? Age appropriate and easy to read, but with some depth. That's the one that started my life-long love of science fiction.
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