Thanks for the replies. I will check the links. Regarding price range I don't know as I have not spoken with her yet but as a 17y/o student, I would imagine that the budget will not be very good.

Of course, things are never easy. Somehow, her mother has found out, has spoken with my wife and told her the her daughter is good a mislaying things. She did kinda know about the camera but did not know that I had been contacted. So my instructions are to encourage her with her photography desire but point her in the direction of a better phone rather than a camera that she may loose.