The Golden Child

A ten year old British girl has just become the youngest ever scriptwriter to sign a film deal. Isabel Young, co-creator of the latest book phenomenon Lionboy, and her mother Louisa have signed a deal with DreamWorks to bring their children's character to the big screen. The book, set in London features as its hero a boy called Charlie Ashanti who after being scratched by a leopard as a baby can now communicate with cats. The character began as a bedtime story which Louisa and Isabel co-created, before being sold to Penguin books for a