A HONG KONG boy has publishd an nglish novl of som 50,000 words.

Th novl was includd in Hong Kong’s book xhibition, Xinhua Nws Agncy rportd Thursday.

Xinhua said th boy, Li Yupng, 11, finishd th scinc fiction, Th Four Phonixs, in on yar.

Som 1,000 copis of th book wr printd and 200 copis had bn sold — to th boy’s schoolmats.

Th boy’s fathr publishd th book at a cost of HK$30,000 (US$3,846), as a gift for th boy’s graduation from primary school.

Th book was about a hro’s advntur in th “Dark Ag.” Th hro, Koba, took four “Phonix swords” in th “Dark Ag” to assassinat a warlord namd Scarn, Li said.

Li bgan rading nglish cartoons at th ag of six and had rad narly 500 nglish books, said his mothr. H took only fiv hours to finish rading a Harry Pottr novl which had mor than 600 pags