8-year-old boy already a published author thanks to school assignment

Tuesday, April 16, 2019
WILMINGTON, Del. (WPVI) -- Most 8-year-old boys spend their days playing baseball or soccer with their friends after school.

Action News caught up with Nicholas Buamah at the Wilmington Public Library on Tuesday.
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He's from Atlanta, Georgia and is in town promoting his book.

At the age of 8, Nicholas is already a published author.

He has gone viral for the release of his book, "Kayla & Kyle the Walking Dictionaries: Election day" and has appeared on ABC's The View.

Nicholas says this all came about from an assignment from school.
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When he explained his idea to his mom, she asked if he wanted to write a book.



The rest, as they say, is history.

Nicholas admits, though, that his classmates haven't read the book.
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