For example, in “Chapter 1”, Dillon writes: “One day in winter, it was Crismis! » In his tale “Crismis”, Dillon, the protagonist and au...
For example, in “Chapter 1”, Dillon writes: “One day in winter, it was Crismis! »
In his tale “Crismis”, Dillon, the protagonist and author, embarks on an adventure through time after the star explodes on the tree.
“Santa Claus is coming,” he said, explaining the rest of the plot. After that, Dillon encounters five trees, and one of them “was like a portal of trees”.
The portal takes him back in time to “first Thanksgivingin 1621, a date he had to confirm with his mother, Ms Helbig said.
“His imagination is just amazing,” she said.
Dillon has been writing “comic-book style books” since he was 5, his mother said, but this one is definitely his most successful. The library presented him with its first-ever ‘Whoodini Award’ for best young novelist, an award they created for him.
“It’s been quite a whirlwind,” Ms. Helbig said.
After news of Dillon’s literary triumph was reported in January by The Idaho Press and KTVBa television station in Boise, his classmates told him that he had inspired them to write their own books.
“They said, ‘That was really cool; I wish I were you,” he said.
Children also told Mr. Hartman, the library manager, that they too wanted to write books for the library. A local author, Cristianne Lane, offered to work with Dillon to create a children’s writing workshop at the branch.
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