Jonathan Livingston Seagull (read when I was about 10)
A series of books by Susan Cooper about a boy in England who has magical powers and travels back and forth through time to fight the powers of darkness-also interweaves Arthurian legends through out. I read these when I was about 13 or 14 so they predate Harry Potter-still have em. I actually bought the series for my goddaughter for Christmas this year, she's 11.
You might be interested in them for your daughter Barefootgirrl.
They are "The Dark is Rising", "Greenwitch", Over Sea, Under Stone",The Grey King" and " Silver On the Tree", I found them at Chapters. Oh phoo! Now I feel like going to bed early with a cup of tea and revisiting one of these books
Beautiful Losers by Leonard Cohen (bought at a flea market for 50 cents when I was about 14-still have it on my shelf) got me hooked on ole Lenny's writing and music.
Ray Bradbury in general but my favorites were: "The Halloween Tree", October Country", "Farenheit 451", " The Illustrated Man", "Something Wicked This Way Comes" and "Dandelion Wine".
A Wrinkle in Time and A Swiflty Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle.
1984 and Down and Out in Paris and London, both by George Orwell-still have those too.
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
A lot of philosophy books, too many too mention, my Dad is a gentleman and a scholar and I read all his religious/philosophical books growing up.
Shakespeare-anything, although I preferred the dramas, my favorite is Othello.
I am sure that I will have some more for this list later