Description: From the moment he's born, it's clear that Winston Siller is different from other children- drastically different. Before he's one year old, he's able to read and reason and speak in complete sentences-not to mention consume pancakes. ...
Brief description: Haoming Yang, also known as Mickey Yang in school, who is just thirteen years old when he finished writing the novel, first got the idea for this novel from a dream. He saw it as a golden opportunity to explore one of his favorite subjects, politics, and to tell a story that illustrates why war and violence should be the last option to resolve conflicts between nations. Mickey lives in Burnaby, British Columbia, with his parents. When he's not writing-or going to school-he enjoys skiing, shooting, going to the gym, and video games. This is Mickey's first novel.