Author Soman Chainani speaks to Wood Hill, High Plain students

By Vincent Candela

On March 3, author Soman Chainani visited students at Wood Hill Middle and High Plain Elementary schools. The popular author has written two books in his The School of Good and Evil series and a third is set to come out this spring.

The audience in the Wood Hill auditorium was full of excitement at 9:30 a.m. to hear what Chainani was about to say. He first started off by saying that he wanted to create fairy tales where the heroes don’t always win. He said that when he was a kid he watched the whole collection of Disney movies but he eventually became allergic to them.

In Disney movies, most of the time the villains are the funniest and the most exciting characters. The problem is, they are the ones who die in the end but instead the boring heroes take their place and the story ends with a happily ever after. The only problem with that is that is boring and its not really fair for the "smart" villains.

Students are encouraged to check out Chainani's books at their school library. Learn more about the author and his books on his website.