That’s the way the English system is set. I had to disillusion a lot of my American friends that things like the houses, the heads of houses and the head boy in school are not really made up. I remember being in the states when those books became so popular. Instead of quidditch we played field hockey. And they had us play sport against each other. We had 4 houses just like Harry Potter has 4 houses in his school. So it was very much like Hogwarts except that there was no magic and it wasn’t a boarding school. Then I went to an English/British expatriate school. I spent a lot of my growing up in Hong Kong. Then we moved again when I was 7 to Hong Kong. Shirin: Kuala Lumpur which is the capital city in Malaysia. Let’s get to know a little more about the winner of the Ezra Jack Keats award for Ruby’s Wish, Shirin Yim Bridges. Shirin refers to her fellow writers at Goosebottom Books as “geese.” Her flock of geese are busy writing and getting ready to share 3 more books with us this year. She is the owner of Goosebottom Books and affectionately referred to as the Head Goose. Shirin Yim Bridges is the author of the award winning book Ruby’s Wish, Horrible Hauntings, Dastardly Dames, Real Princesses and a new series called Glorious Goddesses.
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