Now All The Girls In The Class Are Reading 'Divergent'

Well, not all of 'em, but more than a few of the girls have seen the movie and then borrowed and read the book.  In fourth grade.  This past year was a pretty solid reading year.  Moby Dick took too long in my opinion, but at eight years old, I didn't have too much of a problem with that.  Too Kill A Mockingbird went much more quickly.  Mockingjay was this year, too, along with Phantom Tollbooth, and I'm pretty sure The Great Gatsby will be next.  Since we have a pretty rigorous book-before-movie policy, the wait for Divergent to get released for home video has been long; most of the other girls--I don't think any of the boys in the class have gone for The Hunger Games or Divergent--saw the movies first.  Only now have they been reading the HG books; nobody else has been on Moby Dick or The Hobbit yet.  When you are in fourth grade and reading at a 12th grade--or higher--level, life is good because you don't hear no too many times regarding something that might help you expand your intellectual development.