A Young Wordsmith: Whiz Kid

Each week, Naperville Patch will seek suggestions from readers for individual kids, youth groups, teens and even sports teams that wow us with their accomplishments.

We want to hear about these amazing children and teens and select one each week as the Patch Whiz Kid. Submit your nomination in our comment box below or e-mail the information to Local Editor Carrie Frillman at carrie@patch.com or Local Editor Mary Ann Lopez at . Be sure to include all of the information that's featured below.

This week's nomination is a whiz with her words. Read on, and you'll see why.

○       Whiz Kid's Name: Trisha Prabhu

○      Whiz Kid's Age: 10

○      Whiz Kid's School:

○      Whiz Kid's Accomplishment: Trisha is an extraordinary girl! She just completed a 140-page novel entitled Miranda that she dedicated to her class.

○      Whiz Kid's Key to Awesomeness (what made him/her successful?): This fifth grader has written and published many books and is currently in the process of writing another in which she is including fellow students from her class as characters. Not only is she a published author, but she is such a role model for other students. She truly inspires them to want to become better writers and they just dive into the books that she has written! She brings a vast array of knowledge and worldly experiences into the classroom through her contributions each and every day. In addition, she has very high aspirations for herself—they do not stop at being a published author. She someday hopes to be the President of the United States. Although Trisha is only 10, she has the insight and maturity of an adult. A way to describer her is that she is truly an "old soul." Anyone who talks to Trisha can see for themselves why she is she is the perfect candidate for the .

Thanks to a partnership with , each weekly Whiz Kid will receive a certificate good for one free slice of pizza at the restaurant's or locations.

Weekly Whiz Kids may redeem their free slice of pizza at Nancy's Pizza locations in Bolingbrook, 210 N. Weber Road, and Naperville, 1275 Rickert Drive, only. For more information call the Bolingbrook location at 630-679-0700 or the Naperville restaurant at 630-355-8774.