A little boy who has yet to celebrate his tenth birthday has wowed many adults with his first novel, to be released next week.
The book, titled “Cuoc chien voi hanh tinh Fantom” (The fight against Fantom planet), to be published by Tre and Hong Bang publishing houses on November 17, tells a story about the fight of people on Earth against aliens.

Born in December 2001, Binh will turn 10 next month. At 18 months old, he learned to read and write and became fluent in reading and writing Vietnamese at the age of 3.

Two years later, he could use the computer and access the Internet.

At 6, he began to contribute to articles on the online, open encyclopedia Wikipedia.
“I could read at 3, but I did not remember what I read. They might be Dan Brown’s works,” Binh said with a smile.

The precocious boy also knows a little French and likes classical music.

He says science is his favorite topic and books about world civilizations his favorite kind of book. The 5th grade student could talk at length about ancient Egypt or the Silk Road.

Binh said when he first started his book in 2010, he tried to keep it secret from his family to surprise them.

"I wrote the book on my mom’s computer. At first no one knew about my work since I only wrote when they were all busy,” he said.

The boy’s dad said Binh often asked him to explain the meaning of words he did not understand. After a while, the father gave him a Vietnamese dictionary to look up the words’ meaning on his own.

“The most worn-out thing in my house is the dictionary I gave him,” Binh’s dad joked.

Pham Sy Sau, editor of Binh’s novel said he was surprised to find only 10 mistakes in the 200-page book.

“The book takes its readers on adventures around the world with exact details about the countries,” Sau said.

“Not many university graduates can write as accurately and well as he does,” he added.
Although he is working on the next two sequels to the novel, Binh says his dream is not about writing.

"I only had this ambition a few months ago. I want to study human thinking," he shared.

Source: Tuoitre