Book list

My Book List: 

• Journey to the center of the earth.          By: Jules Vern.    

 A novel about a geologist, his nephew, and their journey to discover the wonders that await at the center of the earth.

• Around the world in 80 days.                 By: Jules Vern    

A book about a young man and his quest to  travel around the world in 80 day through the struggles that he faces.

• Two thousand leagues under the sea.      By: Jules Vern   

A book that takes you through a ocean adventure in the depths of the sea.

• Stamped.      By: Jason Reynolds.     

A novel that explains the story of racism and the hardships that some people faced.

• The Heir Chronicles.   By: Cinda Williams Chima.     

A wonderful, 5-book fantasy series that takes you on an adventure through a mystical land of dragons, wizards, and magic.

• Bus 57     By: Dashka Slater.    

A true story of how a teenage boy sets someone on a bus on fire.

• The Old Man and the Sea.       By: Ernest Hemingway.     

A stunning story of an old man going on an adventure to catch the biggest fish of his life.

• Trash.             By: Andy Mulligan.  

A deep book about a kid who works on a trash pile sorting through it to find something to sell. And the day that changed his life…

• Dear Martin.  By: Nic Stone.    

A novel about a young black male who struggles through the hardships of racism.

• These are the books I have read so far on this year. Keep checking out this list over the year because I will update it frequently.

Updated book list: 

• Circe      By:  Madeline Miller   

A fantasy book about a Greek goddess of sorcery (Circe) that was exiled to an island to live with other exiled young maidens. They helped marooned sailors with good intentions and transformed those with bad intentions. It also talks about the part she plays in Odysseus’s return home and how they became lovers. 

• The Song of Achilles     By:  Madeline Miller
  

A thrilling novel about a god-like, best of the best warrior who plays a major part in the fall of Troy.

• The Last Olympian (series)    By:  Rick Riordan
  

A series that takes you into the depths of Greco-Roman mythology portrayed through a fictional third-person adventure.  ( sequel to the Percy Jackson series ).

• Percy Jackson (series)       By:  Rick Riordan
  

Also another fantasy series but it takes you into just Greek mythology rather than Greco-Roman mythology. Amazing series with lots of fun characters as well a meet ups with well know Greek monsters, gods, and heroes.

• Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Four     By:  Sir. 

Arthur Conan DoyleAbout Sherlock Holmes uncovering a murder/ treasure theft mystery.

• Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet    By:  Sir. Arthur Conan Doyle 
  

A personal favorite of mine about a religious cult who controls the west and two lovers not aloud to love, but for a certain reason…

• Sherlock Holmes: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes    By:  Sir. Arthur Conan Doyle 
  

A book of Sherlock Holmes short stories were each chapter it is a new evan more mysterious case.

Things I do in my free time

 Here is a list of the 11 year-old things I do in my free time.

1. Solve a Rubix cube. I am proud to say that my record time for solving it is 1minute 59seconds and 82 milliseconds!
2. Make things with rubber bands: like robots.
3. Play with a green bouncy ball. 
4. Roll a marble.
5. Read books ( my book list will be posted if you want to see what books).
6. Read articles and watch documentaries on the Roman Empire, their army, and gladiators.
7. Draw.
8. Work-out.
9. Play basketball.
10. Listen to music while contemplating.
11. Watch the Big Bang Theory show.

There is my free-time. It is a little lame, but I will get use to it. Look for my next book list post. 

Updated free time list:

1. Whittle replicas of Roman weapons using chop-sticks.

2. Practice my Latin.

3. Watch history channel videos and read articles on Roman empowers, famous gladiatorial combats, and Roman military tactics.

4. Beat my Rubix cube record (48 seconds).

5. Look into cool stuff online like boardgames.

6. Play a video game for my designated time of 20 minutes.

7. Read awesome books. 

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Latin

Board game on Amazon.

Launcher with detailed explanation.

Watch me: Sila’s Roman Launcher

Game.

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Gladiator:

record solving time:

Italy!!!

This time in our travels my parents prepared a surprise trip to Italy!!!I was so happy when I heard about our next stop! 

Our flight landed into Venice so we stayed there for about 3 days. When we got into our hotel, we bathed in our excitement for a while then went to get some PIZZA! The pizza was cold by the time we got back to our apartment but still very good. Did you know that Italian pizza is the OG version of New York pizza ( for the adults reading this, OG means original)? The reason that I say Italian pizza is the OG version of NYC pizza is because the Italian immigrants came over to New York and and brought their pizza over and incorporated it into the New York culture.

 Anyways, the next couple days we just walked around Venice and explored the shops, ate pizza 

and pasta, and had gelato. All of Venice is pretty cool: the water streets, food, and the masks were my favorite part of Venice. Unlike the shops in Morocco and Senegal, Italy has a lot of mini glass animals and decorations instead of carpets, fish 🐠, and sun glasses. 

After our time in Venice, we went to the city of Reggio Emilia, which is a city close to where Parmesan was invented! It has little to no tourists, unlike Venice. I really like it in this town, it is peacefully quiet, chilly, and welcoming. 

Our plan is to stay three weeks here! I will write another blog post in a week or so for the people that are reading. Also FYI this place has AWSOME Parmesan cheese if you ever plan on coming.

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