To answer your rarity question.....On this forum? Not so rare, but it's skewed highly gifted. Elsewhere? Depends on where you live, the school population, etc. In our local school district, DS was the only one reading several grade levels ahead. Now, in his classroom of HG kids in 3rd grade, recently popular books include The Hunger Games, the cat Warriors, Fablehaven, Mysterious Benedict Society. DS said everyone's already read the Harry Potter books. Something for you to look forward to. smile

i also disagree with girls being better readers early on, having an early reading boy. wink