Mississippi 10-year-old writes anti-bullying book
TUPELO — William Faulkner was 29 years old. Richard Wright was 30. John Grisham, Eudora Welty and Greg Iles were all around age 33. But Atiya Henley was
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TUPELO — William Faulkner was 29 years old. Richard Wright was 30. John Grisham, Eudora Welty and Greg Iles were all around age 33. But Atiya Henley was
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — William Faulkner was 29 years old. Richard Wright was 30. John Grisham, Eudora Welty and Greg Iles were all around age 33. But Atiya Henley was just 10 years old when she published her first book.
Atiya Henley will enter the fifth grade at West Clay Elementary this school year, but unlike most — if not all — of her classmates, she's already a published author.
CLAY COUNTY, Miss. (WTVA) - One fourth grader at West Clay Elementary is aiming to put a stop to bullying with her first published book.
The Mean Girls, A Bunch of Bullies. It's a book Henley wrote to help students who are picked on at school.