Bonham Middle School has a celebrity in its midst!
Author Mack Lee Thomas
While many 11-year-olds are focused on video games, Bonham Middle School sixth grader Mack Lee Thomas is focused on putting pen to paper…or fingers to keyboard. Mack’s love of writing has made him one of the youngest authors with a book on Amazon. It all started with a poem.
“A Problem Here?”
The Temple Independent School District tells Fox 44 that Mack submitted his poem “A Problem Here” to the district’s “Voices of Temple” writing contest and was one of two winners. He was encouraged to publish the poem.
The Poem was Inspired by A Real-Life Experience
According to Fox 44, Mack was inspired to write the poem following a real-life incident with a wasp that sent him to the emergency room with anaphylactic shock. Mack said the incident made him scared to go outside when he returned to school. Writing the poem helped him face his fear as well…..