Teen Prodigy Started His Own Business at Age 7, Penned His Autobiography While Homeschooling Himself

'Accepting the idea that he was incapable because he was a kid was never an option to him.'

Courtesy of Tina Cooper

A late Utah teen entrepreneur and environmentalist, who homeschooled himself, penned an autobiography at the tender age of 14 to tell the story of his short but extraordinary journey, and many have since called him a prodigy.

At the age of 6, Kevin Cooper—who chose the pseudonym Cole Summers—was fixing vehicles on his parents’ farm in Beryl, Utah. Both of them are homebound as Cole’s mother is partially sighted, and his father is a U.S. veteran who uses a wheelchair.