If she is wanting a small .22 pistol I can say that I love my Bersa Thunder and it has excellent ergonomics and is quite accurate and fun to shoot. It has an all steel, heavy slide which is very rare on .22 pistols so it needs more powerful ammo to function properly but mine is 100% reliable with cheap CCI Blazers. I recently saw them advertised at a big online gunstore for about $235 which is a lot less than I paid for mine 9 years ago.