This is precisely the situation that gifted kids are in at school, and precisely the situation that this so-called reading specialist is using and advocating: you can't read book x because I decided it's too hard for kids your age. And BTW, your test scores prove it: you're not getting better. Never mind that you had hit the test ceiling last time. So here's a basic reader for you.
I'm kind of surprised to see this reaction from two people here?
I was thinking more of "here's a library, now, go read whatever you want to read" once you have essentially mastered reading.
Ability to read at a basic level + dictionary = able to read just about anything that you feel like reading.
