Shakespeare never met a Jew in his life and the Merhcant of Venice Sjylock has redeeming values.
There are much more anti-semetic books than the Merchant of Venice. The Grimms Fairy tale “A thorn among jews” is VERY anti-semitic (And for that reason is hardly ever mentioned in Grimms Fairy Tales complilations (Although its there sometimes)
Oliver Twist is also more anti-semetic than the Merchant of Venice. Unless you have seen the book, you would never know this.
Pgymallion is a play and is written as such unlike Tom Sawyer.
If you want to say the Maggid Speaks is better than 1984 because its more inspirational, that is fine, you are the first person who compared reading 1984 to attending a “Circus” . If you want to say you enjoyed the Maggid Speaks better than 1984, that is fine too, however they are nowhere near the same literary level.
Fine literatue is like fine wine. Some people are happy drinking the Kedem Malaga wine all the time and others learn to like the better stuff like Merlots and Chardonnays. You may drink the Merlot and say the Malaga is better, and perhaps to your taste it is, but dont go around telling people the Malaga is better than the Merlot and Hashem is more pleased when you drink the Malaga over the Merlot.
OP rather than listening to people here, Why not contact someone at a Bais Yaakov and see what they let the girls read