An Upton Park school boy was beaming with pride after winning a national writing competition to team up with children’s author Dan Freedman on his new book.
St Edward’s Year 6 pupil Ricardo Barron-Gardner will have a character he created included in the next instalment of Dan’s series about football star Jamie Johnson.
Samaira Naz, gifted and talented co-ordinator at St Edward’s, said: “Ricardo was thrilled to meet Dan.
“It was a very successful visit.”
The Year 6 pupil scooped the top prize after writing a short story about an amusing character for the competition, which was organised by schools learning products and services provider, Scholastic.
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