Diya Diamond Talks

All Your Twisted Secrets By: Diana Urban Reviewed by: MEEE How I found this book: Personally, I love murder mystery books. I searched up on google some good murder mystery books for teens, and this came up. I found this book very similar to One of Us is Lying. It was a lot better than I expected. And the ending was so unpredictable. A bad habit I have when I'm reading is sometimes I end up skipping to the end, so I can look for clues. But you shouldn't do that. The only problem with this book, was that it is a bit more of a mature read. It has a lot of mention of suicide. Overall, this book is so suspenseful, and it was such an exciting read.  Summary:  Welcome to dinner, and again, congratulations on being selected. Now you must do the selecting. What do the queen bee, star athlete, valedictorian, stoner, loner, and music geek all have in common? They were all invited to a scholarship dinner, only to discover it’s a trap. Someone has locked them into a room with a bomb, a syri

 I have been playing the flute for three years now, since the start of sixth grade. Playing the flute has been a special part of my life. I am in my school wind ensemble, and I even got into ILMEA! I have looked back at solos I have done from the start of sixth grade till now. I see so much improvement. My tone is much more pleasant, and my vibrato sounds so much more mature. This goes in showing, how practice really does make things better. What's funny is, at the end of sixth grade, the highest note I could play was a g. But now the highest I an play is a really, really high b natural. The flute has been proven to benefit the brain, so its not only fun to play but it is good for you too. Physically, it promotes good posture and better breathing. As well as playing the flute, I run too. The breathing the flute taught me, helps me when I run. The flute also relieves stress. During school, the flute would always make me feel happier, and calmer.  Did you know?????? That there are 13

  I love going on vacation don't you? There are so many exciting places to visit, with things to do for every type of person. There are places for people who want to relax or go on an adventure. Below are some places I have traveled, that I would recommend going to! 1. Maldives We went to Maldives last summer and had an amazing time. I experienced a lot of firsts there. I went scuba diving for the first time in my life. Although it was not a full experience(the instructor teaching us held on to our oxygen tanks, to keep us from swimming away), we still saw so many amazing fish. There were so many different shapes and sizes along with colorful coral. We saw schools of fish, and they swam in between us. They were so close I could almost touch them. On top of seeing the sea animals we saw an abandoned shipwreck. It was a smaller sized ship compared to the ones in movies, but it was so cool! Another first I had there was walking on a white sand beach. These beaches are completely white

Imagine going to the store because you’re in the mood for chocolates. But when you get to the store, you see so many options. There’s pink chocolate, white chocolate, salted caramel, unsweetened chocolate, etc. You have narrowed it down to two choices. Milk chocolate or dark chocolate. That’s why I’m here today, to help you make the right choice, the best choice.  To start, I conducted a poll. A poll to determine how many people will choose milk chocolate over dark chocolate. I had 184 responses to the form, and out of the 184 people who responded, milk chocolate won with a landslide of 133 people choosing milk chocolate! This poll had an age group range of 4th grade, 6th grade, 7th grade, 8th grade, and adults. An anonymous person said their reason for liking milk chocolate more, and I quote was “Milk chocolate is sweeter and makes my taste buds happy!” A key reason why milk chocolate is the best is because of its sweet taste. It is not overwhelmingly sweet or bitter in any way, unlik

It all started off as a nice day at school on a Friday morning. It was sunny, beautiful, and mystical oustide. Everybody was doing their morning work, Mr.Adams was doing whatever he had to do, well you probably get the point. Nothing strange was happening. I was talking to the people near me, Veer, Ananya, Jillian. It was a song day where we annotate songs. Today’s song was Unwritten by Natasha Beddingfield. I personally love listening to songs and not always writing them down. Well, I should get started with the story before I bore everybody to death.  We were on our way to music. I was in line with Roshni, Anoushka, and Anwita. I noticed that Veer and Manhar were arguing. Well, I should not say that everybody noticed, even Mr.Adams. Mr. Adams calls Manhar, Mr.Murali. He said “ Mr. Murali you don’t always have to be right. Roshni, Anwita, and Anoushka started laughing silently. I have to admit I had to laugh today. Suddenly I noticed something nobody else saw. An emotion that Veer har

 Prologue In France, Miss Jasmine Florez was at her singing concert with her mom. She was singing Speechless and So Long Farewell. She loves singing in front of crowds. She saw families sitting together and enjoying the performance. It broke her heart that her younger sister was not there. As the sky darkened, she called a taxi to take her home.  Her mom had been staying with her at Jewel Plaza for the past week while preparing for the concert. Jasmine’s mom was also a famous singer. Her mom stood there and said as she came in: “ You did great sweet pea.” Jasmine looked at her mom with a sad smile. Her mom beckoned for Jasmine to join her on the couch. “ Sweetie I don’t want to worry you but this came in the mail this morning,” her mom said. Her mom handed her a letter with the family crest stamped onto it. She opened it… and read it.   Chapter 1 The Return Home Jasmine and her mom’s eyes met. It was like they were talking without words. They started packing and took their private jet