This is actually not for me, but for my younger sister (13 Female). She is entering her adolescent period, and as we know this where kids truly try to explore/find themselves and their interests.
For context, our family is not well off, we are being raised by a single mother who’s working abroad, and I just graduated college so I’ve been working for only a couple of months. Throughout the years, I’m usually the one who’s been giving her life advices or parenting her, so her adolescent stage is a pretty sketchy period for me as well.
Recently she asked our mother if she could by her an iPhone, which is something we cannot afford unless we sacrifice some of our necessities. This surprised me because she was never really the type to ask for things other than what she really needs. I suspect peer pressure because of things I observed during a parent-teacher meeting I attended for her. Also, it was like I was looking at a younger version of myself, so I know how she might feel being jealous and all with the other kids in school. I didn’t have anyone to guide me back then, but I was lucky enough to find a group of friends that didn’t make me feel excluded. I wouldn’t bet on the chance of her finding the same type of friends.
With that, I am looking for book recommendations that shares lessons connected to my concern. Books helped me a lot growing up, so I am hoping it could be the same for her. I’m planning on having a talk with her about the issue, but I think there’s something about books that make people connected to the lesson/ideas more than when it comes from another person.
by houtarou_00
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Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson