Age group: middle school
Twelve-year-old Alyssa McCarthy can no longer stand the toughness of her uncle and wants a better life. But one day she discovers not only the existence of magic, but also a villain hunting her down. The villain uses magic and magical technology to kidnap Alyssa to the Fiji Islands. As much as she wants to go home, she has to face some dangerous challenges first. Not only that, the villain himself must also be defeated. Can Alyssa succeed, even with the help of her mentors?
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My History of Reading:
I have been reading as far as I can remember. Despite being an author now, I haven’t always enjoyed reading. There have been times where I found it to be hard and boring. There was also a time where the only books I’d read for fun was the Harry Potter series. The weirdest thing is that while many kids like to read above their level (about characters older than them), I’ve liked to read books below my reading level.
In second grade I was a big fan of books by Dr. Seuss. I would constantly borrow Dr. Seuss books from my school library. Second Grade was also the first year I read a chapter book, not on my own, but as a school assignment. Now I hear that many seven-year-olds wouldn’t be caught dead reading Dr. Seuss. I’ve heard of some that even reading middle grade novels.
When I was sixteen, I bought a book at a book signing called School of Fear. The main characters were twelve to thirteen years old. I was actually almost going to read it for my summer reading assignment for school. But my mom had to stop me and tell me that it was too young. She’d said that it would be fine for leisure, but for an assignment, it should be a more mature book. I learned that as you get older, your reading choices should be more grown-up. People actually expect others to be mature readers.
Now I am almost twenty, and I still find children’s books more interesting than adult books. I have read some adult short stories in one of my classes at college when I was a freshman. They didn’t sound as exciting as I had imagined.
A lot of people my age, however, have graduated from the teen/young adult books and now read adult fiction. One person about a year old than me had enjoyed reading The Cuckoo’s Calling by J.K. Rowling. I think it is time for me to try reading adult novels for fun.
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Sunayna Prasad has been writing stories for over thirteen years, starting at the age of six. Now nineteen, she will start her junior year of college this fall, and will study accessory design as well as continue to write for children. Aside from that, Sunayna also likes to cook, watch movies, and draw. She lives on Long Island, New York, with her family.
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