What books would you recommend for a teenage girl who wants to improve her english to read?

It has to be educational yet interesting because i really want to expand my vocabulary and sentence structures.


I've recently just finished To kill a mockingbird which was really good and it's educational as well =]


Your suggestions please.What books would you recommend for a teenage girl who wants to improve her english to read?
The Great Gatsby -Fitzgerald


Catcher in the Rye -JD Salinger


1984 -George Orwell


Pride and Prejudice -Jane Austen (more challenging)


The Adventures of Tom Sawyer- Mark Twain


Emma -Jane Austen (more challenging)


Sense and Sensibility -Jane Austen (more challenging)


Jane Eyre-Charlotte Bronte


Little Women- Louisa May Alcott


The Oepdipus Trilogy-Sophocles


The Secret Garden- Frances Burnett


Personally, I am 18 years old and I absolutely love Jane Austen


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Chronicles of Narnia- CS Lewis


Harry Potter series-JK Rowling


Lord of the Rings- JRR TolkienWhat books would you recommend for a teenage girl who wants to improve her english to read?
Rudyard Kipling's prose


Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov


V. S. Naipaul


Herman Melville (Israel Potter is really very fun.)


George Eliot


Virginia Woolf (fiction for sentence structure; everything else for sentence structure and vocabulary and just sheer amazement)


Joseph Conrad





Some non-fiction authors you could try:


Barbara Tuchman


Richard Hofstadter


Michael Schmidt's The Lives of the Poets (a very thick book, but you can skip around and read about the poets you like best)


Richard Feynman


Stephen J. Gould


Mike Davis


Adam Phillips


Paul Ormerod


Bertrand Russell


Susanna Kaysen





I also suggest you find some regular biographies (i.e., not written for kids or young adults) of people you'd like to read more about.





I dunno. I hope that helps.
You want to keep it fun, because if you start reading a dull book purely because you want to improve your grammar etc, then you want want to read it for very long. I'd definitely reccomment the Harry Potter books, they're really exciting, and theyre really well written, so its not as if you would be reading a kids book, i think you'd definitely get something out of it. You could try reading books like:


The Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory


You should also try the series of books by Lian Hearn:


-Across the Nightingale Floor


-Grass for his pillow


-The Brilliance of The Moon (then theres another one that iv forgotten the name of) iv just started getting into them and im hooked, the imagery and descriptions in the book are brilliant.


I'd also reccommend ';Tithe'; by Holly Black if you;re into fantasy books.


James Herbert and Stephen King books are also really good.
reading most things will improve her vocabulary providing it isnt written in 'street talk' or text speak - if you know what I mean. I suggest you take her to the library and let her choose herself. If a person chooses a book for your and you are not interested in it, they will not read it. I loved secret seven books when I was little, yet could I interest my daughter to read them? It's a different generation. Even the newspaper will improve her reading skills. Or you could suggest the biography of a famous person she admires.
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly, ';Sixteen-year-old Mattie Gokey has big dreams but little hope of seeing them come true. Desperate for money, she takes a job at the Glenmore, where hotel guest Grace Brown entrusts her with the task of burning a secret bundle of letters. But when Grace's drowned body is fished from the lake, Mattie discovers that the letters could reveal the grim truth behind a murder. Set in 1906 against the backdrop of the murder that inspired Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy, Jennifer Donnelly's astonishing debut novel effortlessly weaves romance, history, and a murder mystery into something moving, and real, and wholly original.';





The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, ';According to Ponyboy, there are two kinds of people in the world: greasers and socs. A soc (short for ';social';) has money, can get away with just about anything, and has an attitude longer than a limousine. A greaser, on the other hand, always lives on the outside and needs to watch his back. Ponyboy is a greaser, and he's always been proud of it, even willing to rumble against a gang of socs for the sake of his fellow greasers--until one terrible night when his friend Johnny kills a soc. The murder gets under Ponyboy's skin, causing his world to crumble and teaching him that pain feels the same whether a soc or a greaser.';
http://www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/grto…





Lots of lists, but I especially like the Harvard Classics list - all the books that I should have read, but (mostly) never did.





Some of my favorites from that list (all free online):


Aesop's Fables


Grimm's Fairy Tales


One Thousand Nights and a Night


The Bible


Washington Irving


Poe


The Man Without a Country





Other classics:


Dracula


anything by Verne, but especially Journey to the Center of the Earth


anything by Kipling, but especially The Jungle Books


anything by Twain, but especially The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn


Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee





Jim


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Pride and prejudice a must. By jane Austen
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Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888; American) - Rose's father has died leaving her an orphan. She goes to live with her Aunt Plenty and Aunt Rose. She is very lonely until she makes friends with a servant, Phoebe and then seven cousins, all boys, arrive. Life will never be the same. Publication 1875.





Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888; American) - This novel about Jo and her three sisters, Meg, Amy, and Beth, is set during the Civil War. Their father has gone off to fight. It is based upon the author's life and the lives of her three sisters. Publication 1868.





Little Men by Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888; American). Publication 1871.





Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888; American). Publication 1886.





Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (1816 - 1855; English) - This is an amazing love story. Jane, an poor orphan, grows up in the loveless home of a hate-filled aunt. Her close friend at school dies and cruel punishments are administered by the superintendent. As an adult, Jane falls in love with her employer, Mr. Rochester. He is tormented by a terrible secret in his past. This is a true gothic tale of suspense, romance, insanity, and attempted murder. Publication 1847.





Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (1818 - 1849; English) - The is the story of the tortured romantic relationship of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, an orphan adopted by Catherine's father. The tale is set on the rugged moors of Yorkshire. Publication 1847.





The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte (1820 - 1849; English) Publication 1848.





Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (1775 - 1817; English) - The courtship of proud Mr. Darcy and prejudiced Elizabeth Bennet is complicated by their persistent misunderstanding of each other's actions and feelings. There are many interesting characters. Mrs. Bennet is preoccupied with marrying off her five daughters. There is an impressive dowager aunt who intimidates everyone except Elizabeth. The amazingly conceited clergyman rehearses his speeches to young ladies. The story is set in the 18th century. Publication 1813.





Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (1775 - 1817; English) - Elinor and Marianne Dashwood are two very different sisters. Elinor is sensible, while Marianne is sensitive and emotional. After the death of their father, the girls, their mother, and younger sister are forced to move to a small cottage in the country. The sisters fall in love with eligible bachelors, but problems arise. Publication 1811.





Emma by Jane Austen (1775 - 1817; English) - Emma Woodhouse is a young lady who is intent on matchmaking. After many complications Emma finds that her scheming has served to confuse matters and hurt other people's feelings. Publication 1815.





Mansfield Park by Jane Austen (1775 - 1817; English) Publication 1814.





Persuasion by Jane Austen (1775 - 1817; English)Publication 1817.





Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (1775 - 1817; English) Publication 1817.





Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874 - 1942; Canadian) - Orphaned red head Anne Shirley goes to live with an elderly brother and sister, Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert on Prince Edward Island. Anne is a bookish dreamer who needs to be loved. Publication 1908. Sequels include: Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne of Windy Poplars, Anne's House of Dreams, and Anne of Ingleside.





Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (1907 - 1989; English) - Wealthy Max de Winter remarries and his new bride quickly realizes something is wrong at Manderley. In the opinion of the housekeeper, who was devoted to Rebecca, the last mistress of Manderly, the new Mrs. de Winter is timid and nervous, nothing like Rebecca. The housekeeper becomes the new bride's enemy as a horrible mystery about Rebecca unfolds. Publication 1940.





The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emma Orczy (1865 - 1947; Hungarian) Publication 1903.





The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864; American) - A young woman, Hester Prynne, is shunned in her community of New England Puritans and forced to wear a red ';A'; on her chest because of her sins with the local minister, Arthur Dimmesdale. Hester's husband, Roger Chillingworth, is jealous and full of vengeance. Publication 1850.





The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864; American) Publication 1851.





My Antonia by Willa Cather (1873 - 1947; American) - Antonia Shimerda moves from Bohemia to a pioneer town in Nebraska. Mr. Shimerda is homesick and cannot make a living, so he commits suicide. Antonia is strong and determined. She makes friends with Jim Burden, who lives on a neighboring farm. They grow up on the Nebraska prairie along with wolves, brown earth-owls, and rattlesnakes, and gradually Jim learns to love Antonia. Publication 1918.





O, Pioneers! by Willa Cather (1873 - 1947; American) Publication 1913.





The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather (1873 - 1947; American) - Publication 1915.





The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry (1862 - 1910; American) - A young couple want to make Christmas special despite lack of funds. Each does what is necessary to buy just the right present for the other. The results are quite ironic. Publication 1906.





North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (1810 - 1865; English) Publication 1854.





Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell (1810 - 1865; English) Publication 1865.





Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863; English) Publication 1848.





The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope (1863 - 1933; English) Publication 1894.





Old Yeller by Fred Gipson (1908 - 1973; American) - The old stray dog certainly is ugly and a thieving rascal, but out here on the Texas frontier a dog is a good companion, especially with Dad away on a cattle drive. Publication 1956.





The Call of the Wild by Jack London (1876 - 1916; American) - A domesticated dog, Buck, is kidnapped and sold to gold hunters. To survive he has to learn to listen to the call of the wild and learn the ways of his wolf ancestors. Eventually, he falls into the ownership of John Thornton, whose life Buck saves twice. Publication 1903.





White Fang by Jack London (1876 - 1916; American) - A half wolf - half dog is nearly destroyed by the vicious cruelty of men. Publication 1906.





The Sea Wolf by Jack London (1876 - 1916; American) Publication 1904.





Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes (1891 - 1968; American) - Johnny is an apprentice to a silversmith in Boston (not Paul Revere) in the days just prior to the American Revolution. An accident ends his apprenticeship. In the days following his accident he meets Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and many other men of history. Publication 1944.





Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745; Anglo-Irish) - Lemuel Gulliver travels to a series of very unusual and heretofore unknown lands. In one place he is a giant compared to the Lilliputians. In another, he is the size of a mouse compared to the people he finds. He also finds a floating island and a place where intelligent horses are served by humanoids. Publication 1726. This was made into a movie starring Ted Danson.





Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1660 - 1731; English) - Crusoe finds himself stranded on an uncharted island off the coast of South America for nearly 30 years. He must find food, shelter, and clothing. He survives because of his faith in God. Many years after landing on the island, he saves a man named, Friday, who is about to be eaten by cannibals and Friday becomes Crusoe's faithful servant. Publication 1719.





Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss (1743 - 1848; Swiss) - Fritz, Ernest, Jack, Franz, Mother, and Father survive a shipwreck and find themselves stranded on a deserted island near New Guinea. Being a religious family they offer thanks to God for all that he has provided. They salvage all that they can from the ship. They build a tree house for protection from wild animals, find food, make candles from berries, bread from roots, and a canoe from a tree. They face snakes, wolves, bears, and a lion, but are doing quite well until they discover a way to leave the island. Who will go? Who will stay? This was made into a movie a very long time ago. Publication 1812.





Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894; Scot) - Young Jim Hawkins, an innkeeper's son, finds a treasure map among the belongings of a dead seaman. Pirates seek that very map and Jim finds himself in quite a predicament. On board ship, Jim overhears Long John Silver's plans for mutiny. This has also been made into a movie. Publication 1883.





Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (1828 - 1905; French) - Phineas Fogg tries to make his way around the globe in 80 days in order to win a bet of 20,000 pounds. He is accompanied on his journey by a servant and they implore all sorts of modes of travel (elephant, sled, balloon, etc.). Publication 1873.





Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne (1828 - 1905; French) - Professor Aronnax leads an expedition attempting to destroy a giant sea monster. Their efforts with harpoons are futile and the men find themselves in the water. Later, they are captured by the enigmatic Captain Nemo on his underwater vessel, the Nautilus. Publication 1870. The movie starred a rather young Kirk Douglas.





The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936; English). - A boy, Mowgli, is lost in the jungle of India and adopted by a family of wolves. Publication 1894.





Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936; English) This has many wonderful tales including How the Leopard Got His Spots. Publication 1902.





Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936; English) - Harvey Cheyne is a spoiled
All books by Jane Austen:





- Pride and Prejudice:


Elizabeth Bennet is the perfect Austen heroine: intelligent, generous, sensible, incapable of jealousy or any other major sin. That makes her sound like an insufferable goody-goody, but the truth is she's a completely hip character who ,if provoked, is not above skewering her antagonist with a piece of her exceptionally sharp, yet always polite, 18th-century wit. The real point of the book though, the critical question which will keep you fixated throughout, is: will Elizabeth and Mr Darcy hook up? Read this genuine all-time classic and discover the answer while enjoying a story that has charmed generation after generation.


http://www.amazon.de/Pride-Prejudice-Jan…





-Emma:


For Emma, raised to think well of herself, has such a high opinion of her own worth that it blinds her to the opinions of others. The story revolves around a comedy of errors: Emma befriends Harriet Smith, a young woman of unknown parentage, and attempts to remake her in her own image. Ignoring the gaping difference in their respective fortunes and stations in life, Emma convinces herself and her friend that Harriet should look as high as Emma herself might for a husband--and she zeroes in on an ambitious vicar as the perfect match. At the same time, she reads too much into a flirtation with Frank Churchill, the newly arrived son of family friends, and thoughtlessly starts a rumor about poor but beautiful Jane Fairfax, the beloved niece of two genteelly impoverished elderly ladies in the village. As Emma's fantastically misguided schemes threaten to surge out of control, the voice of reason is provided by Mr. Knightly, the Woodhouse's longtime friend and neighbor. Though Austen herself described Emma as ';a heroine whom no one but myself will much like,'; she endowed her creation with enough charm to see her through her most egregious behavior, and the saving grace of being able to learn from her mistakes. By the end of the novel Harriet, Frank, and Jane are all properly accounted for, Emma is wiser (though certainly not sadder), and the reader has had the satisfaction of enjoying Jane Austen at the height of her powers.


http://www.amazon.com/Emma-Penguin-Class…





-Mansfield Park:


In Mansfield Park, for example, Austen gives us Fanny Price, a poor young woman who has grown up in her wealthy relatives' household without ever being accepted as an equal. The only one who has truly been kind to Fanny is Edmund Bertram, the younger of the family's two sons.


Into this Cinderella existence comes Henry Crawford and his sister, Mary, who are visiting relatives in the neighborhood. Soon Mansfield Park is given over to all kinds of gaiety, including a daring interlude spent dabbling in theatricals. Young Edmund is smitten with Mary, and Henry Crawford woos Fanny. Yet these two charming, gifted, and attractive siblings gradually reveal themselves to be lacking in one essential Austenian quality: principle. Without good principles to temper passion, the results can be disastrous, and indeed, Mansfield Park is rife with adultery, betrayal, social ruin, and ruptured friendships. But this is a comedy, after all, so there is also a requisite happy ending and plenty of Austen's patented gentle satire along the way. Describing the switch in Edmund's affections from Mary to Fanny, she writes: ';I purposely abstain from dates on this occasion, that everyone may be at liberty to fix their own, aware that the cure of unconquerable passions, and the transfer of unchanging attachments, must vary much as to time in different people.'; What does not vary is the pleasure with which new generations come to Jane Austen.


http://www.amazon.com/Mansfield-Park-Sig…





-Persuasion:


Anne Elliot, heroine of Austen's last novel, did something we can all relate to: Long ago, she let the love of her life get away. In this case, she had allowed herself to be persuaded by a trusted family friend that the young man she loved wasn't an adequate match, social stationwise, and that Anne could do better. The novel opens some seven years after Anne sent her beau packing, and she's still alone. But then the guy she never stopped loving comes back from the sea. As always, Austen's storytelling is so confident, you can't help but allow yourself to be taken on the enjoyable journey.


http://www.amazon.com/Persuasion-Signet-…





- Sense and Sensibility


- Northanger Abbey