39 Clues

As far as most of us know from the Rick Riordan assembly, the 39 Clues seemed like an average, run-of-the-mill mystery, the race for extreme power. But, from my point, in Book 2, things are getting extremely complicated, the story hatching from many different points of view. 

At first, Dan and Amy Cahill have extreme trouble figuring out the clues. For example, here was clue 1, the simplest of all clues;  RESOLUTION: The fine print to guess, seek out Richard S. (Do you know who Richard S. is? Here's a hint: think of Poor Richard's Almanack.) 

Making things even more complicating are the vast distance between  the clues, including smaller clues to the clues. What I have read is that Amy and Dan have gone through the Paris catacombs (Lisa may tell you about those), including a near miss at the subway (how would you like to have been run over by a train?). 

With all these paths -- and potential shortcuts, maybe a little stealing -- you can never tell who's in first, and trying to follow another team could be the last mistake you ever made. You could go from last to first in an instant, and without knowing it, back to last.

Dive

Dive is a series by Gordon Korman, the author of Everest and Island.   

Usually, Korman's books usually have a group of four main characters, all of which are kids. Usually, one dies at the end of the third book, which is impossible to tell from now, but this book has an interesting quirk. It keeps the same narrator the whole time, but it keeps switching between two settings (one of them would make a great example in social studies). One of the settings is in 1666, while the other is in the present. I am not sure of this, but I think the kids in the present are searching for the setting in the past because at the very beginning, the 1666 setting crashed to the bottom of the ocean. My evidence comes from page 80, when of the kids found a piece of eight and they thought it was a chipped-off part of an anchor. 

This book's a mystery about why they were assigned to dive. Who knows what will happen in book 2?

The Way We Work

The Way We Work is a new book by David Macaulay. I started on it on the 5th. It is in the same series as The Way Things Work and The New Way Things Work. From the point I am at, the book looks interesting.

It is a book about the body systems and what they do. It is a book about DNA and how it helps to have it. It is a book that has a first part about atoms and molecules. It is a book for people who have never learned about any of the body's many parts, from cells to systems. I do not know much about it now because I am on page 41 out of 230.

One of the things I like about the book is the cover. The letters look like important parts of the body. For example, the W in We looks like some arm bones in the shape of a W.

For Boys Only

The combination of Marc Aronson and HP Newquist as authors makes a great book. From math tips to cracking codes and sports to snacks, this book is packed with extreme fun. I would recommend this book to any typical boy. Just remember to keep a chitchit close when working on the puzzles. I would give it 8 stars out of 10. This is the best book I've read this year and the one before.

 I thought that the book was great. Not only was it beyond expectations, but it had everything that you would not expect in a nonfiction book (including the man who walked between the twin towers). Some of the book may creep you out, but most of it is fun. I didn't touch it at first, so my mom had to motivate me. But when I first picked it up, I knew I was going to have a hard time putting it down.

 P.S. If you want to help me work on the puzzles, you can.

The New Way Things Work

This is an awesome nonfiction book. Ever wonder what happens to that water before and after it goes down your toilet? Ever wonder how the electricity that powers the computer you're viewing this blog on gets to your house(or school) and then to your computer? This is your book. I would recommend this book to basically anyone who wonders a lot. It is as much of a girls book as it is a boys book. It even has a little story about a mammoth in the last section(there are five sections, each divided into chapters).

Schooled

This is a great book by Gordon Korman. In it, Capricorn Anderson's grandma, Rain, breaks her hip while picking plums and working with Cap on a vocabulary lesson. Cap, who is homeschooled, has to go to Claverage Middle School (a.k.a. C Average Middle School). While there, [beep(top secret)] and [beep(top secret)] happen. Read the book to find out the effect [beep(top secret)] and [beep(top secret)] have on the outcome!

This is a weird book. Every chapter, the narrator changes. Like one chapter Cap is the narrator. The next, Mrs. Donnely- the [beep(top secret)] is. There is a reason for all the [beep(top secret)]s. I wanted to give a short summary of the book, but I didn't want to reveal what happens. Easy as pie to explain.

The Big Field

This is a great book by Mike Lupica. In it, the main character's baseball team makes their city finals. It's almost every kid's dream to play on the "Big Field". It's no different in this book. Will they make it past the regionals and get to play at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida? If so, will they win the best-of-three series that awaits them when they get there? Find out in this action packed book.

 

It was a similar story when my Little League baseball team, the Royals, came from being in 4th place, all the way to win the 2008 city championship. I was out injured, but I still joined in on the celebration. We were in the first game of our regionals when we were losing 5-0 in the 5th inning(we play six innings), but this time our luck failed(our luck won us the city championship after we were losing 2-0 in the 4th inning), and we lost, 5-2. That's still okay, we at least won the city.