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Young schoolboy publishes three e-books

&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;" alignright size-full wp-image-1909" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schoolnewsnz&period;fastrackdev&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;11&sol;SND21-wk3-school&lowbar;boy&lowbar;publisher1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"SND21-wk3-school boy publisher1" style&equals;"margin&colon; 5px&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"225" &sol;>Technology continues to break down barriers&comma; in this case with an eight-year-old Auckland schoolboy publishing his own series of books&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> <&excl;--more--> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Jacob Hewitt&comma; from Kaurilands Primary School&comma; west Auckland&comma; has published three stories about the adventures of cats in his neighbourhood called The Agents of Meow&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He says he was inspired after listening to a family friend read an e-book and realising he could write his own&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;My friend Ben has a cat Dinty and I have a cat called Bobo and they are the main characters in the Agents of Meow&comma;&&num;8221&semi; says Jacob&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He donates &dollar;1 from the sale of each book to the SPCA&comma; &dollar;100 so far&comma; and has also set up an interactive website <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;agentsofmeowclub&period;weebly&period;com" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">www&period;agentsofmeowclub&period;weebly&period;com<&sol;a> for fans of his books&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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Rosie Clarke

Rosie is the managing editor here at Multimedia Pty Ltd, working across School News New Zealand and School News Australia. She has spent 10+ years in B2B journalism, and has spent some time over the last couple of years teaching as a sessional academic. Feel free to contact her at any time with editorial or magazine content enquiries.

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