Why kids should read beyond their years and grade level
I was lucky to grow up in a house full of books, and most of the books, as befits a house where the adults were in charge, were books for adults. There were books in every room, really, but a set of built-ins in the living room had the bulk of the titles. For years and years, I ignored them.
Until I didn't.
Right around the transition to junior high, I sensed a void in my reading. I was moving past the books that had
