The Campbell Union School District will celebrate its next batch of writers at the 14th annual Rising Young Authors event on Oct. 5.

The district’s authors from grades 3-7 will sign books and talk about their writings at Barnes & Noble Bookstore, 3600 Stevens Creek Blvd. in San Jose. The event will feature 12 students discussing the books, posters and short essays they published.

Rising Young Authors winners were chosen at the school district’s annual writing fair in May. Judges review entries and select one author per school. The district has nine elementary and three middle schools. Students were recently notified that their work had been chosen.

While mostly fictional works were entered, a few winning students wrote research essays. Blackford Elementary fifth-grader Natasha Huerta expressed her opinion about zoos in her book, “Zoos are Harmful to Animals.” Sixth-grader Zachary King from Campbell Middle School created an informational poster about childhood obesity. Evelin Guzman, a fourth-grader from Capri Elementary, wrote about how polar bears survive in their harsh environment. Rosemary Elementary third-grader Tuyet Tran wrote about kangaroos.

Amanda Schwarz, a third-grader from the Village School, wrote about firefighters. Forest Hill Elementary fifth-grader Vivian Mitchell wrote a story about a “Lady Ninja.”

Fifth-grader Joaquin Jauregui wrote a book in Spanish about a soldier learning what war is really like on the battlefield. His book is called “Escapando de la Guerra.”

Lynhaven Elementary third-grader Simone Scwartz penned a fictional story about a whale from Sea World trying to get back to the ocean in her piece “Home!”

“Crawdads,” written by fourth-grader Kaylie Montoya, is about overcoming adversity. Marshall Lane third-grader Allie Wen wrote “The Adventure of Pigger,” a fictional work following the adventure of a child alien.

Rounding out the older students are Rolling Hills Elementary School sixth-grader Cara Juan and Monroe Middle seventh-grader Angelica Nicolacoudis. Juan’s book, “Lost and Found Again” is about a young girl trying to remember how to love herself and loosen her father’s grip on her life. Angelica wrote a poem about a family member who is no longer in her life.

The Oct. 5 event’s guest speaker will be award-winning author and educator Francisco Jimenez. Jimenez is known for autobiographical works, “The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child,” “Breaking Through,” “Reaching Out,” “La Mariposa” and “The Christmas Gift.”

A majority of his work chronicles his life as a migrant child from Mexico. His latest literary work is “Taking Hold: From Migrant Childhood to Columbia University.” Jimenez is a professor at Santa Clara University.

The event will begin at 7 p.m. Students’ books can be purchased online.

For more information, visit campbellusd.org/news/risingyoungauthors2016.