Photo Gallery: Seven 3rd grade McKinley Elementary student authors win grand prize
The seven third grade authors, of John Alajijian, Russell Uvas, Julia Guglielmo, Sara Cohen, Marion Hunter, Noel Pennington and Henry Keeney, stand with Scholastic Book Fairs representatives on stage for photos at McKinley Elementary School in Burbank on Thursday, September 20, 2012. Seven third grade students, with the help of a parent coordinator, wrote the book Two Dollars One Wallet which won the Scholastic Book Fairs Kids Are Authors 2012 National Fiction Grand Prize Award. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
A group of seven fourth-graders are now among the elite at McKinley Elementary School for writing a book selected among thousands nationwide to be published by Scholastic Book Fairs.
Authors John Alajijian and Russell Uvas look at the certificate they received at McKinley Elementary School in Burbank on Thursday, September 20, 2012. Seven third grade students, with the help of a parent coordinator, wrote the book Two Dollars One Wallet which won the Scholastic Book Fairs Kids Are Authors 2012 National Fiction Grand Prize Award. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Fifth grader Rebecca Agavaryan, 10, enthusiastically claps as a $5,000 check is given to McKinley Elementary School by Scholastic Book Fairs in Burbank on Thursday, September 20, 2012. Seven third grade students, with the help of a parent coordinator, wrote the book Two Dollars One Wallet which won the Scholastic Book Fairs Kids Are Authors 2012 National Fiction Grand Prize Award. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Third grader Anabela Sutter, 8, is the first to purchase the book Two Dollars One Wallet and is on her way to have the 7 third grade authors sign it at McKinley Elementary School in Burbank on Thursday, September 20, 2012. Seven third grade students, with the help of a parent coordinator, wrote the book Two Dollars One Wallet which won the Scholastic Book Fairs Kids Are Authors 2012 National Fiction Grand Prize Award. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
A medal is placed around the neck of Russell Uvas, one of the seven authors who are being recognized at McKinley Elementary School in Burbank on Thursday, September 20, 2012. Seven third grade students, with the help of a parent coordinator, wrote the book Two Dollars One Wallet which won the Scholastic Book Fairs Kids Are Authors 2012 National Fiction Grand Prize Award. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Author Henry Keeney signs his first autograph for a paying customer at McKinley Elementary School in Burbank on Thursday, September 20, 2012. Seven third grade students, with the help of a parent coordinator, wrote the book Two Dollars One Wallet which won the Scholastic Book Fairs Kids Are Authors 2012 National Fiction Grand Prize Award. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Author David Shannon talks to the third grade authors and is impressed with their accomplishment at McKinley Elementary School in Burbank on Thursday, September 20, 2012. Seven third grade students, with the help of a parent coordinator, wrote the book Two Dollars One Wallet which won the Scholastic Book Fairs Kids Are Authors 2012 National Fiction Grand Prize Award. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Parents hold up their cameras to get a photo of the seven third grade authors who wrote the book Two Dollars One Wallet at McKinley Elementary School in Burbank on Thursday, September 20, 2012. Seven third grade students, with the help of a parent coordinator, wrote the book Two Dollars One Wallet which won the Scholastic Book Fairs Kids Are Authors 2012 National Fiction Grand Prize Award. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Parent project coordinator Shari Wendt is invited to the stage to introduce the seven 3rd grade students she worked with to write the award winning book Two Dollars One Wallet at McKinley Elementary School in Burbank on Thursday, September 20, 2012. Seven third grade students, with the help of a parent coordinator, wrote the book Two Dollars One Wallet which won the Scholastic Book Fairs Kids Are Authors 2012 National Fiction Grand Prize Award. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
Author Marion Hunter leans over and watches her friend and co-author Julia Guglielmo sign her first autograph for Anabela Sutter, 8, at McKinley Elementary School in Burbank on Thursday, September 20, 2012. Seven third grade students, with the help of a parent coordinator, wrote the book Two Dollars One Wallet which won the Scholastic Book Fairs Kids Are Authors 2012 National Fiction Grand Prize Award. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)