The Heinlein Juveniles. ‘have space suit will travel’ and others have the whole self-reliance, work hard and achieve things strongly ingrained.
I cannot judge how well the integrate with your current culture, but in the 50s they sold well, and still do.
But those are not specific for über-bright kids, more for the normal bright types.
If he hasn’t done so yet, just introducing him to the next big library might help a lot.
Another all-purpose book:
Bill Brysons: short history of almost everything.
It is not aim at kids, but very accessible, well written and deal with lots of the history of sciences, including the ignoring of great achievements, misleading pathways and such.
The Heinlein Juveniles. ‘have space suit will travel’ and others have the whole self-reliance, work hard and achieve things strongly ingrained. I cannot judge how well the integrate with your current culture, but in the 50s they sold well, and still do. But those are not specific for über-bright kids, more for the normal bright types. If he hasn’t done so yet, just introducing him to the next big library might help a lot.
Another all-purpose book: Bill Brysons: short history of almost everything. It is not aim at kids, but very accessible, well written and deal with lots of the history of sciences, including the ignoring of great achievements, misleading pathways and such.
A great overview.