Speedboat Race

Clara J. Johns Medallion — Award-Winning Children’s Book
“Best Blossoming Chapter Book 2022”

Carrera De Lanchas Rapidas — Speedboat Race (Spanish)

Available on Amazon — Early Reading Chapter Book
For ages 4-10

Welcome to the Children’s Book “Speedboat Race.” It is a story of a speedboat racer trying to compete in the season’s final race and trying to overcome last-minute adversity.

This little short story was actually written by Amir Khan in 1990, at age 12. Amir created this fictional story as an assignment in 6th grade at his elementary school in Illinois. The school district selected Amir’s story to represent it for 6th-grade submission to Illinois Young Authors Conference.

After many years, Amir’s parents stored the original manuscript in a safe deposit box. They gave him the original manuscript for his 40th birthday.

In hopes that this story will inspire young authors to pursue and create their own stories, Amir was motivated to publish this simple work and share it with the world. He also is honored to share this experience with his daughters who re-illustrated the book. With their involvement “Speedboat Race” is a story created by “Kids for Kids.”

Author: Amir Khan

A child of immigrant parents: father from Pakistan and mother from Mexico. My family originates in Chicago. Enjoy the beauty of both cultures and food. I am the first author in both families. Looking forward to authoring additional children and educational literature in the future. Currently, work in Healthcare IT and I am an Adjunct Instructor teaching Computer Science and technology.

Education: Graduated from Northern Illinois University with B.S. in Computer Science and Northwestern University with M.S. in Computer Information Systems.

News and Press

Interview with Auggie Bear Publishing for the award

“This is a really good read…not only learn not to give up but through hard work and determination anything is possible”
Stanley Singh (Reading with Stanley)

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♬ inspirational acoustic guitar piano ( ambient background instrumental music calm – megamusic

Reading with Stanley (Stanley Singh with Speedboat Race)

Clara J. Johns Award, Certificate, and Medallion

Winner of Best Blossoming Chapter Book for
Clara J. Johns Auggie Bear Publishing Awards June 2022

Everyone can ride the initial learning curve, but to become good at something, they must be able to navigate the plateaus that will arise as they progress.
Webwire Feb 2022

Featured in Kidlio Magazine March Edition 2022 Kidlio