For most high school students, the thought of having to write an essay sounds miserable. For one elementary school student, writing is something she has enjoyed since she was four-years-old.

Fourth grade student, Aleesa St. Julian from Harvest Elementary school was able to read by the age of one. She started writing her first story by the age of four and published it by the age of six. She now currently has two books published and was the first student from a feeder school to have a story published on the Crimson Crier website.

“I asked my Mom if I could write a book, but she said I could when I was an adult. Only God knew what I asked her, but my cousin sent me a book writing kit in the mail.  My mom helped me write my true story,” St. Julian said.

St. Julian’s first book, “The Day I Met Walt”, was based on a real life experience. She was inspired by her mother, Terita, who was writing her first story, “Training Your Children to Remain in the Vine.” Through St. Julian’s stories, she wants people to see her faith in God and how God is a big part of her life and her decisions even at such a young age.

“My book, The Day I Met Walt, is a true story about me lying to my parents; so, they took away all my stuffies. I prayed and asked God to forgive me and give me another stuffy,” St. Julian said.  “God answered my prayer the next day. When I was serving at The Huntsville Dream Center, I met a man who was homeless for thirteen years named Walt.  He gave me a stuffy.  I told him what I did, and he told me that my parents wouldn’t take away that one.  I knew God had just answered my prayer!”

Adviser Erin Coggins, implemented a project to the feeder schools, to encourage younger students to read and learn about journalism. The stories submitted are posted under “The Write Mind” titled on the site.

“After I came up with the idea for ”The Write Mind”, I emailed all the principles of the feeder schools to share it with their facility to see if we could get some submissions. In less than twenty four hours, Aleesa responded with a well-written story and photo to go with it,” Coggins said.

When St. Julian first heard about the opportunity to write a story for the school’s website, she was excited. The story she wrote was on the Hydrate tour that came to our school. The Hydrate tour did not come to her school, but she was able to attend the after school event since her older brother, Avery St. Julian, is a student here at Sparkman. In the web story, she talks about her experience with bullying and how it has affected her life and how she handles the situation. St. Julian is not sure if writing is something she wants to do in the future, but it is something she enjoys doing.

“I will see what God wants me to do in the future. If God leads me to do it, then I will. But, if he doesn’t, then I won’t. Right now, I believe I want to be a scientist someday,” St. Julian said.

To view St. Julian’s work visit www.aleesastjulian.com