Daniel Zhu, 10San Jose, CA Trust (Inspired by “Harlem” by Langston Hughes) Daniel Zhu, 10 What happens to trust vanished? Does it reappear Out of thin air? Does it painfully regrow like a half-alive tree? Does it haunt you- A ghost in your dreams? Does it leave you as empty- nothing but a shell? Does […]
Funding Our National Parks: How America’s Best Idea is Being Left in the Dark by Daniel, 10
$11.9 billion is the cost of the NPS deferred maintenance. This is because funds keep getting cut, and not a lot of measures have been taken by the government to continue to preserve “America’s Best Idea” – a name given by many to our national parks. Our leaders simply don’t seem to understand how severe […]
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey, Reviewed by Daniel, 10
A dangerous scavenger hunt across the world cannot be accomplished by one person. In the book The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart, Mr. Benedict sends Reynie Muldoon, Kate Wetherall, George “Sticky” Washington, and Constance Contraire on a scavenger hunt across the world, leaving clues scattered all over the place. […]
