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Apr 6, 2006
"I have been blessed by God. And if I'm blessed, there is one reason and one reason only, and that is to help others." --Akaine, 11 year child prodigy, artist
300 Stories From an Eight Year Old
Adora Svitak loves to read and write. Over the past 18 months she has had a 296-page book published and written 400 short stories and nearly 100 poems. Typing at 80 words a minute, she has produced 370,000 words while reading up to three books a day. The last novel she finished was Voltaire's Candide. And her greatest ambition? To get a Nobel prize in Literature and Peace. Not bad for an eight-year-old.
BE THE CHANGE
Adora spends a lot of time encouraging young children to get involved with reading and writing. Tell a young child to become Adora's penpal. More ...