Laysa's Blog

The book I read over this summer was "Lincoln's Grave Robbers" By Steve Sheinkin. This crime thriller is about a famous counterfeiter named Benjamin Boyd who is the most wanted counterfeiter in Illinois. On October 20th, 1875 Boyd was arrested and was taken to prison. Boyd being the most famous counterfeiter he had a counter-feinting ring. His counter-feinting ring tried to keep the business going, but it lead to madness. So in order to get the business back-up and running they will need Boyd. Boyd's counterfeiting ring decides that in order to get Boyd back they are going to have to do something outrageous. Steal Lincoln's body in exchange for Boyd and $ 200.000 cash! It took a lot of planning, it took many attempts, and a couple of willing- people. To make the mission even harder they had the Secret Service Agents on their backs and two double agents portraying as the helpers to attempt the outrageous crime, while giving information to the S.S.A. This all...

Where do I see myself in 10 years? Some goals I have for the next 10 years are to make my family proud, to be successful, and to do something I love. I want to be successful and make my parents proud because my family is not rich but we are not poor. My family is always about wanting the best for their children. They always told me to do good in school, avoid this and avoid that, and always believe in yourself and when you don't, just know your family does. They always told me those things because they did not want me to go through the struggles they have had to go through. Although, they don't always catch me when I'm falling. They let me fall really hard but they always taught me how to get back up and try again. Another goal is to do something I love. I mean who would want to do a job that pays good but you're miserable all day. Some people wouldn't mind but I would! I would love to do a job that I would be happy with. By the way, happy people live longer. I w...