13-Year-Old Boy Saved Allowance for Kindle Gift

O n the community site Reddit, one reader posted a heartwarming story about a 13-year-old boy who saved his allowance for a year to buy for a Kindle Christmas gift. As the family struggles through the recession, this family of readers chipped in for the eReader.

Here’s more from the post: “Money has obviously been tight, so my youngest brother often doesn’t get an allowance at all. He gets a few dollars every so often from my mom and he had managed to save about $30 in a year.

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