Hi, I’m looking for a book as a Christmas present for my 12 year old nephew. He is a bright boy, in gifted class, and reads voraciously. He is the eldest of 4 siblings, and the 3 younger siblings (6,8,10) are closer to each other than to him as he would often “bully” or “trick” them, as they say.
I love this boy to bits and wished he could be a bit kinder and more loving towards his siblings. He is otherwise a thoughtful and sweet boy, mature in thoughts for his age.
Does anyone have any book recommendations for him? I’m currently thinking of getting “The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse”. Something not so in-your-face that I’m trying to teach him kindness but for him to grasp some deeper meaning behind a simple story perhaps.
Thank you!
by colourfulgiraffe
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If he’s a voracious reader he might’ve already read this but
“The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe” by C. S. Louis
*Disclaimers*
+ It does have religious references
+ It’s the second book in “The Chronicles of Narniaa,”
+ The sibling bully in this book isn’t the oldest
TLDR: Four siblings discover a magical world, one of them is particularly nasty which leads to trouble for the three plus other people, sibling is guided towards redemption and kindness.
The book has lots of other themes so this one is explicit enough to pick up easily but not the only takeaway. It’s just a fun read.
Rangers Apprentice and Brotherband Chronicles, both have some lessons about bullying. They are more “found family” than about sibling relationships though.