One day, I was searching on the website http://www.wimpykidclub.co.uk for more books in my favourite book series called “Diary of a Wimpy Kid”. I really like these books and I read them whenever I get a chance.
Here I am reading one them when I was in London. It was raining cats and dogs outside, so I read while we waited for the rain to go away!
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So, while checking out the website, my Mom told me about a girl named Coryn who likes these books too. She is from Trinidad and Tobago or T&T (for short) and she decided to write seven books by her seventh birthday!
I knew I wanted to meet her!
To my surprise and delight, we learnt that she was going to come to Montserrat for the Alliouagana Festival of the Word Literary Festival – AFWLitfest for short. I was super excited.
I told my friends at school and they said her name sounds like one of my special friends’ name. That special friend was in Grade K and Grade 1 with us, but did not join us for Grade 2. I miss her soooo much.
My Mom surprised us with tickets for a movie night showing “The Fab 4 and Deep Blue”. Look at the flyer below.
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Mom said that I might get to see Coryn there. Once again I got all excited.
When we got to the Cultural Centre that night, I asked the organizer of the AFWLitFest, Miss Nerissa, if Coryn was there. She said yes!
I hurried in to see if I could find Coryn. She was there with her Mom. I was so happy to introduce myself.
She was very smart and kind. I told her about my favourite book and she shouted, “That’s my favourite book too!”
We both want to get all the books in the series for our collection.
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We got popcorn together and talked for the rest of the evening. Coryn showed me the name of one of her books on the book arch – Chronicles of Coryn. I would probably get my hands on one of her books soon, if not all seven!
It was great meeting Coryn. I hope she can come back to Alliouagana – Land of the Prickly Bush – Montserrat soon, or maybe I will meet her in Trinidad one day.