Since my last update, I have read:

31. The Red Pyramid: written by Rick Riordian. This book is about Carter and Sadie Kane, siblings who were born with Egyptian magic, have to defeat Set, the god of violence. If they fail to do so, North America will become the biggest desert on the planet.

32. The Throne of Fire: written by Rick Riordian. This book is a sequel to the Red Pyramid. Carter and Sadie have created a school for other Egyptian magicians that want to follow the path of the gods. But, the god of chaos, Apophis, is rising. Carter and Sadie believe that the only person that will be able to stop him is Ra, the old king of the gods and the sun god, and they embark on a journey to find him.

33. The Serpent’s Shadow: written by Rick Riordian. This book is the final one in the Red Pyramid series. Carter and Sadie failed to stop Apophis from rising, but did manage to revive Ra. The problem is that Ra has lost all of his powers and is no help to Carter and Sadie in the fight against Apophis. They come up with a plan to stop him.

34. The Medusa Plot: written by Gordon Korman. The Medusa Plot begins two years after the Cahills worked together when there is a worldwide abduction of seven members of the Cahill family. The same day, three Vesper agents attempt to kidnap Amy and Dan, but the kids’ counterattack keeps them safe. The family’s lawyer, William James McIntyre, tells the kids of the other abductions, and they receive a text from Vesper One on an untraceable cell phone delivered by helicopter. The message tells the kids to be in Florence, Italy, tomorrow or one of the hostages will die.

35. Inventors of Computer Technology; written by Heather S. Morrison. This nonfiction book is about the history of how the computer was created.

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It takes 25 dollars to educate one child in India for an entire year. A box of Nike Mojo balls also cost 25 dollars. If you were faced with the choice of buying the golf balls or donating to Pratham USA, which would you choose? If you buy the golf balls, it may improve your golf game, but if you donate to Pratham, you are giving an underprivileged child a chance to make a difference. When you are donating to Pratham, you can be sure that most of the money you donate will be going to the child’s education. If a donor donates money to Pratham, at least 90% is given to the child in India. That means when you donate 25 dollars to Pratham, 20 dollars go to the child in India. Most charitable organizations’ cost of operation is at least 40%, which affects the people receiving the donations dramatically. We have everything we need to help these kids, except the incentive to do so, and I hope this provides enough of it.

Since my last update, I have read:

29. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Demigod Files: written by Rick Riordian. This book is about three of Percy Jackson’s most dangerous adventures, behind the scenes interviews with characters such as Annabeth Chase, and much more.

30. The Battle of the Labyrinth: written by Rick Riordian. This book is the fourth one in the series Percy Jackson and the Olympians. In it, Percy, Annabeth, Grover, and Tyson are sent on a quest into the dangerous Labyrinth, to stop Luke from finding Camp Half Blood and destroying the camp.

Since my last update, I have read:

25. I Even Funnier: written by James Patterson. This book is the second one in the I Funny series. Jamie Grimm has passed through the qualifiers, and is heading to Las Vegas for the next contest.

26. Frindle: written by Andrew Clements. This book is about a fifth grader named Nicholas Allen. When he meets his fifth grade English teacher Mrs. Granger, he finds out that she is a fanatic about the dictionary, which is hopelessly boring to Nicholas. But, he finds a way to make the school year a little bit better. He changes the word for a pen. It is now called a frindle.

27. The Genius Files: Mission Unstoppable: written by Dan Gutman. The book is about twins named Coke and Pepsi McDonald. They are unknowingly part of a program called The Genius Files, which is a top secret organization that consists only of children. Its job is to right to wrongs that the adults of the world could not. In the book, Coke and Pepsi find out that they are a part of the organization, and embark on their first adventure.

28. The 39 Clues: Into the Gauntlet: written by Margaret Peterson Haddix. Dan and Amy Cahill are on the last leg of the race in London, inspecting the lost years of William Shakespeare.

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Since my last update, I have read:

21. I Totally Funniest: written by James Patterson. The book is about a stand up kid comic named Jamie Grimm. He was put into a wheelchair after a horrific accident that killed his parents and his baby sister, leaving him as an orphan. When he turned 12 he enlisted in the Planet’s Funniest kid Comic contest. In the book, Jamie head to Hollywood as one of the four finalists in the contest.

22. The Misadventures of Max Crumbly: Locker Hero: written by Rachel Renée Russell. It is about a middle schooler named Max Crumbly, who gets locked in a locker by his school bully named Doug Thurston. Max hopes someone notices him and opens the locker door for him, but no one ever arrives. He ends up getting stuck there for a entire weekend. While stuck in the locker, Max notices that there are three burglars that had broken into the school. Will Max stop them?

23. The History of Golf: written by John Pinner. This book is all about the history of the game.

24.Big Nate In the Zone: written by Lincoln Peirce. This book is about a 6th grader named Nate Wright who is having terrible luck, until one day, his friend Chad gives him a good luck charm, and everything turns around.

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Thank you to Mommy, Dadima, and Mamamma for your generous donations!

Since my last update, I have read:

15. Colin Powell: it Worked For Me: This book is an autobiography about Colin Powell, who is a retired statesmen and four star general in the United States Army.

16. Guiness Book of World Records 2016: This book was written by the company Guiness World Records. This book talks about the many different world records that people have set, such as longest hair or longest fingernails.

17. Ripley’s Believe It or Not: This book was written by Robert Ripley. The book is similar to the Guiness Book of World Records, but instead, it talks about crazy events that have happened.

18. The Tales of the Great Beasts: This book was written by Brandon Mull. It talks about the four Great Beasts (Uraza the leopard, Essix the falcon, Jhi the panda, and Briggan the wolf) who fought alongside the humans in the Great War, and made the ultimate sacrifice in that war.

19. The Story of Golf: This book was written by George Peper. The book is about how golf was created and how it has grown since then.

20. The Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle: This book was written by Rick Riordan. The god Apollo (god of the sun, poetry, music, archery, etc.) has angered his father Zeus (god of lightning, thunder, and also king of the gods). Zeus threw Apollo down to Earth as a mortal to fix the damage that he supposedly wreaked on the planet.

Since my last update, I have read:

12. Massachusetts: This book was written by Scholastic. The nonfiction book talks all about the history of Massachusetts.

13. Car Science: This book was written by Richard Hammond. This book is all about the mechanics of a car (the engine, how it was created, etc.).

14. Draw in the Dunes: This golf book was written by Neil Sagebiel. It is about the 1962 Ryder Cup between two of the greatest golfers in the world; Jack Nicklaus and Tony Jacklin.

Since my last update, I have read:

9. Code Talker: Code Talker is a nonfiction book written by Joseph Bruchac, and published by Speak, which is owned by Penguin group. The setting is when America decides to join World War II after Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941). It is about a young Navajo named Ned Begay who wants to fight in World War II- especially when he hears that Navajos are being specially recruited by the Marine Corps for a top secret project.

10.The Big Miss: This book was written by Hank Haney, who is a golf coach that coached the legendary Tiger Woods. It is about the “adventures” that Haney and Woods have in their time together.

11. Famous Animals: This book was written by many different people, but was compiled together by Phyllis Hobe. This is a nonfiction book about different famous animals that risked their lives to save people.

Since my last update, I have read:

6. Genius! The Most Astonishing Inventions of All Time: This nonfiction book was written by Deborah Kespert and was published in 2015. TMAIAL is a book about the inventions of famous inventors starting from the 3500 BCE to the present day. You can learn about how Archimedes, a famous ancient Greek inventor created the Archimedes screw, which has the power to pull water uphill. Or, you can fly into deep space and learn about the Saturn V rocket, the first ever manmade object to touch the surface of the moon. This book is very interesting and will teach you about the most astonishing inventions of all time.

7. The Golden Fleece: This fiction book was written by Padriac Colum, and was published in 2004. This Greek book is set in Colchis Greece, in the mighty Ioclus kingdom, and it tells the tale of the Golden Fleece, a mythical fleece of a ram that is rumored to be golden.

8. Winning Golf Tips: This book was written by John Andrisani. It talks about a lot of tips from golf professionals such as Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, and many more.

So far, I have read 5 books, which are:

1. The 39 Clues: One False Note: This book was written by Gordon Korman. This is the second book in a series called the 39 Clues. It is about a brother and sister named Amy and Dan Cahill who are racing against their relatives to find a treasure that will give them a power beyond imagining. In this book, they follow a clue related to a series of letters that were sent between Benjamin Franklin and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

2. The 39 Clues: The Sword Theif: This book was written by Peter Lerangis. This is the third book in the 39 Clues series. After finding the second clue, Amy and Dan traveled to Japan looking for the third clue with the help of their uncle, Alistair Oh. In the end, Alistair ditches the siblings, and carries on with the hunt for the rest of the clues.

3. Race for the Sky: This book was written by Dan Gutman. It is about a man named Johnny Moore who witnesses the first flight of the Wright Brothers. He writes a diary of the experience leading up to the flight and how he ended up meeting the Wright Brothers.

4. Spirit Animals Book 1: Wild Born: This book was written by Brandon Mull. It is about four children are about to discover if they have a spirit animal bond, a rare link between human and beast that gives great powers to both. Separated by vast distances, Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan each see a flash of light . . . and then the animals emerge.

5. Ben Hogan’s Five Lessons: This book was written by Ben Hogan, who was a famous golfer in the late 1900s. It helps golfers perfect their swing with five tips from Ben Hogan himself.