Cam read a chapter about Johnny and Ponyboy hiding in the church. Ponyboy read "Gone with the Wind" out loud to Johnny and they played poker. We examined the character traits that Ponyboy and Johnny admire and discussed the implications regarding their association with the Greasers and their early life. We continued reading another chapter as Cam was interested and interjected questions and comments - at one point using the literary device foreshadowing and making a prediction about events he felt were about to develop. We read a pivotal part in the novel, identified it as the climax and discussed what inferences we could make. Cam identified with the character of Ponyboy and explained his reasoning. His comment "this is actually a really good book" filled me with gratification and simply made my day