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I would like to ask for some advice for a Christmas book for Anna a very dear dear girl of 13 - daughter of my German cousin Eva. The mother is an English teacher and Anna loves reading, in that language. Anna comes across as happy, serious and filled with curiosity.
The first book to come to my mind is Catcher in the Rye. Bit of a stretch at 13, and German. But then I wish to provide some stretch! The young-reader-ideas discussed here are not too discouraging: Is 10 Too Young to Read The Catcher in the Rye? - Barnes & Noble Reads — Barnes & Noble Reads[^]
Another thought is the non-kid short stories of Roald Dahl. Another stretch too they are. Might be outside the interests of a 13-year-old...
But I do like the idea of short stories, in English original, and the idea of encouraging existential contemplation. Thanks.
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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megaadam wrote: Anna comes across as happy, serious and filled with curiosity.
While "The Catcher in the rye" is no light reading  , may I also suggest "The book thief"? Or is it too dark for a 13 year old?
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There is but one book she should ever need to read: The Bible[^]
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Have some mercy, she's just 13. 
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You're absolutely right. Something lighter[^] is required... 
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That's just cruel and unusual punishment!
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A modern Codex Gigas[^]...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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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.
Mark Twain
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Start as you mean to go on, that's what I say.
Didn't you learn to read from "Janet and John"[^] like the rest of us?
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It seems you are totally starved for posts that allow room for jokes here in the Lounge 
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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Nah, you can find humour in anything if you look hard enough! 
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Can you please take a look at my boss then and let me know how hard you have to look... 
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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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Sometimes you do have to look pretty deep.
Sharp instruments can help here.
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OriginalGriff wrote: Sharp instruments can help here.
A blunt one might be more fun, though... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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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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The Quran's got a better plot, and doesn't have as many plot holes.
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Yeah, but the Quran says nothing about Windows Messaging.
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OriginalGriff wrote: Windows Messaging
HERESY!
BURN THE WITCH!
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Sheesh, if you're gonna go that way, then why not that "other" bestseller, also written by delusional people back around the mid-20s, and was given to every newlywed couple in the country a few years later? Bonus: It's already in German.
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Because
1) I have no idea what book you refer to;
And
2) I suspect you didn't follow the link (or even look at the URL)
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You're right, I didn't follow the link. When you wrote "the bible", I took it literally.
As for the book: It was very popular back in its time. It's now banned in Germany (unless laws have changed).
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Ah! Schicklgruber's finest opus!
Never read it (or wanted to) ... but he did make an obscene amount of money out of that one. If only he'd stuck to authorship, the world would be a different place.
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Read a copy years ago with added footnotes from some eminent historian. My struggle was keeping a straight face at the number of notes that went along the lines of Quote: 101 This never actually happened
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LOL You got me, OG. Je lève mon chapeau à vous.
Cheers,
Mike Fidler
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"I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright
"I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter." Steven Wright yet again.
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Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat may go...
Also Brian Selznick's The Invention of Hugo Cabret can fit...
Or Eric Lindstrom's Not If I See You First...
I will ask my (almost 13) daughter when home to see what she likes (a dedicated bookworms since learned to read)...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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Three Men in a boat would definitely be something for a youngster. I remember the fun I had with it whan I was that age! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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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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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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