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6 Year-old Boy Writes A Book Called “Chocolate Bar”

If you haven't heard about "Chocolate Bar", the book, now is the time because the story itself is "chocolate bar", the expression.  Got that?  Read on (and watch video below) to learn more.

For a first grader, Dylan Siegel has gone quite far just to help a friend. Dylan is a 6 year old from Los Angeles who wrote a book entitled “Chocolate Bar” in hopes of raising funds for research purposes. He wants to help his best bud, Jonah Pournazarian, who is diagnosed with an extremely rare liver disease known as glycogen storage disease type 1B. Unfortunately, this disease has no cure.

Whole Foods donated real chocolate bars so Dylan can sell them on top of the book. The sales generated have gone beyond the initial target of $30,000,  and the goal has been increased.  

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