I think that HG verbal kids probably do ok. As you said, there is always something at their level to read in the classroom, library, or home. However, a PG gifted verbal kid who is no longer satisfied with appropriate level reading material but that perhaps would like to create some of his/her own (writing a book, poem etc. may have a hard time getting a teacher to teach him/her the tools they need to do so. I just think there is a clearer path for math than there is for literature.