A Book Deal That Was Too Good To Be True

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• A late August news story about a six-year-old boy who was allegedly given a 23-book deal caught the attention of numerous global news outlets and became something of an urban legend. In truth, it was a hoax. • The story was a hoax fabricated by the child’s mother, who’d already previously published several books with vanity presses. By Noel …