After all of Grimm, and “Black Beauty”, I think it was “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”, then “Diary of Anne Frank”…but today I’m searching for a good birthday book for a 14 year old very smart girl whose just reading “Catcher In The Rye” and “Frannie and Zoey” by Salinger…I thought perhaps of his short stories…but any one with a good idea?
I would get The Bride’s Farewell by Meg Rosoff and maybe Tess of the D’Urbervilles to go with it. Also she might be ready for John Irving? The Brides of Rollrock Island by Margo Lanagan (might be called Sea Hearts in USA)
After all of Grimm, and “Black Beauty”, I think it was “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”, then “Diary of Anne Frank”…but today I’m searching for a good birthday book for a 14 year old very smart girl whose just reading “Catcher In The Rye” and “Frannie and Zoey” by Salinger…I thought perhaps of his short stories…but any one with a good idea?
I would get The Bride’s Farewell by Meg Rosoff and maybe Tess of the D’Urbervilles to go with it. Also she might be ready for John Irving? The Brides of Rollrock Island by Margo Lanagan (might be called Sea Hearts in USA)