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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 61367" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I am not sure of the appropriateness of "A Boy called It" for a 12yo. The author is Dave Pelzer and he IS the boy in the book. It is about really hard-core child abuse. If you feel it is ok, go for it. I am kind of surprised it was in the school library, here it is not even in the jr high library. Only in hte high school library.</p><p></p><p>If this is the type of book, try "Don't Hurt Laurie" and "The Lottery Rose". I forget the authors, but they would/could be more age approp. They are about girls though. Not sure if that would be a negative for your son.</p><p></p><p>I can ask Jess about books. My difficult child is into the fantasy, anime, graphic novel stuff. He would not be any help.</p><p></p><p>Have you considered Sports Illustrated for kids if he is into sports? My cousin (wierd link on family tree, he is my difficult child's age)was reading at age 5(pre-K), then quit reading all together. A gift subscription to SI for kids was the only gift idea I could think of so we tried it. He startede reading again, but only sports stuff.</p><p></p><p>If the real life stuff interests your son, a subscription to REaders Digest might be interesting. My grandparents gave my bro and I one every year from the summer I was 10 on. We started reading them at my grandparents that summer and were hooked. My folks figured the stories were usually not too far above what was appropriate for us. Jbird recently discovered RD and loves it. </p><p></p><p>Susie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 61367, member: 1233"] I am not sure of the appropriateness of "A Boy called It" for a 12yo. The author is Dave Pelzer and he IS the boy in the book. It is about really hard-core child abuse. If you feel it is ok, go for it. I am kind of surprised it was in the school library, here it is not even in the jr high library. Only in hte high school library. If this is the type of book, try "Don't Hurt Laurie" and "The Lottery Rose". I forget the authors, but they would/could be more age approp. They are about girls though. Not sure if that would be a negative for your son. I can ask Jess about books. My difficult child is into the fantasy, anime, graphic novel stuff. He would not be any help. Have you considered Sports Illustrated for kids if he is into sports? My cousin (wierd link on family tree, he is my difficult child's age)was reading at age 5(pre-K), then quit reading all together. A gift subscription to SI for kids was the only gift idea I could think of so we tried it. He startede reading again, but only sports stuff. If the real life stuff interests your son, a subscription to REaders Digest might be interesting. My grandparents gave my bro and I one every year from the summer I was 10 on. We started reading them at my grandparents that summer and were hooked. My folks figured the stories were usually not too far above what was appropriate for us. Jbird recently discovered RD and loves it. Susie [/QUOTE]
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