OMG! The Giver is a 'New Middle School Classic' - just google them. Too bad your local library doesen't have a kid's book club.

Dr. Ruf talks about gifted kids (and adults too) having a 'brag deficeit' and needing lots and lots of opportunities to 'share' what they have learned. I think that it is due to elementary school being so 'concrete skill' oriented, while many of our kids are 'abstract thought' oriented. I wrote 'Spread his wings and Fly' third one down on this page - http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/analogies.htm
to try to describe my son's experience in elementary school.

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