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Hey peeples! Today I'm writing about a book I recently read called Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes. I really liked this book for two reasons: it had an excellent storyline and was well-written, and it had a lot to do with swimming, my favorite sport. The story was about this eighteen year old boy, Eric, and his best friend Sarah Byrnes. Originally they became friends as both outcasts of society, due to Eric's immense fat and Sarah's extreme burn scars on her face. As Eric becomes more and more fit due to his intense swimming ( 100 100's on 1:02! OMG!!!!) he worries that Sarah and he will drift apart due to his loss of fat. Sarah's father is discovered to be an extremely cruel child abuser and finally is apprehended through the teamwork of Sarah, Eric, and their teacher, Mrs. Lemry.

In total, I would give this book 4 1/2 stars, because it was really good, but it could have been a little longer.

envirobots: state competition is coming up!

Hey everybody!

You probably know that I am part of a Lego robotics team. FOr the people who don't know what FLL is, I will explain right now.

FLL, or First Lego League, is a team competition where teams program a LEGO robot to do theme related tasks as well as completing a theme related research project. This year's theme is biomedical engineering, so the tasks include getting a syringe, fixing and putting a cast on a bone, and putting a pacemaker in a heart. My team, the Envirobots, did our research project on allergies. IN the research project, teams have to come up with a unique solution to a real life problem. Our team created a solution for allergies. It involved nanotechnology, and we really impressed the judges at the regional competition ( we won first place for research)

OUr robot, Envyro, is very temperamental. We programmed him to work perfectly, then at competitions, he started acting up. Unfortunately, I wasn't at the regional competition, even though I was there at qualifiers, since I was at Disneyland with my school. I heard from my parents that the robot froze completely!

Luckily even though I was not there at the regional our team managed to qualify for the state level. Wish us luck! (cross your fingers that envyro will work!)

our first place trophy for research:D