Potter fan wins contest wishing for autism cure.
Last month, 12,000 kids nationwide conjured their imaginations and entered a Harry Potter essay contest sponsored by Scholastic Books. Young writers were asked: If you had one power taught to you at Hogwarts, what would it be and why?
The tiny Camarillo boy who reads at the fifth-grade level was picked as one of 10 winners. From June 24-27, he will visit London courtesy of Scholastic. Winners will go to Royal Albert Hall and hear author J.K. Rowling read from the newest in the series: "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."
Around the Boyces' neat, two-story home, excitement abounds around the trip. Daniel and his mother, Nancy Boyce, have passports on rush order so they arrive before their trek. The watch around Daniel's wrist already reads London time.
Aside from being proud of their son, Daniel's parents are touched by words in his essay. Daniel wrote he would create an "Autistic Cure Potion." He would use it for his younger sister, Suzie, who is 5.
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