8-year-old girl crushes summer reading goal at more than 300 books

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A little girl in Aldine crushed a goal she set for herself this summer.

Hope Faith Wiggins, age 8, spent summer break reading more than 300 books.

Hope got a medal for the summer reading challenge, but kept going after reaching the 30 book goal.

She is now at 302 books and still going.

Hope's mom says the family couldn't afford to take a summer vacation, so instead her big treat is going to the Aldine library to meet a real life author.