Young boy's handmade book becomes a hit after he snuck it into his hometown library

An American boy of eight could become one of the youngest authors ever published with a book he snuck onto library shelves. Photo: Handout

In the United States, one book has recently become an unexpected success. But rather than being penned by a best-selling author like James Patterson, it was written by an eight-year-old American boy called Dillon Helbig.

His first literary offering is an 81-page illustrated tome that he wrote in four days.Its title is The Adventures Of Dillon Helbig's Crismis, and the young, budding writer has used the pen name "Dillon His Self." In his book, he recounts how he is transported back in time to the first Thanksgiving in the United States after a light on his Christmas tree explodes.