Disclaimer; I don't own the 39 clues.

Dear Diary,

I met 2 parents named James and Lily Golding. They were very nice and raised 2 kids to adulthood. They missed taking care of kids and they wanted to adopt me. James and Lily lives in New York so Ms. Smith told me to pack my clothes and personal belongings. I would be living Oregon, a state that I grew up for 16 years. I wasn't sure that I would like New York. I tried to ask Ms. Smith to go with another parent since I knew that I wouldn't like New York. Ms. Smith replied by saying that I was lucky to have such kind parents and she didn't want to hear that ever again. I have decided to research about New York, and it turns out that state wasn't so bad at all. The first American chess tournament was held there and I love chess. When I was 6, my father taught me chess with Grace. We were very competitive. Grace won the most time by 57-49. I knew that Grace was more experienced that me by a year. Also, NY has the highest waterfall which is Taughannock. My ''father'' is a scientist being paid a lot of money like $7000 a week. They lived in a nice house that they owned. I still miss Grace and the rest of my real family in Europe. I barely remember my family because I was so busy trying to survive on the streets. The car ride was boring and smelly unlike the limo that I used to ride in. The plane that I was supposed to board on took so long because they had to land in Minnesota to refuel because the captain slept on the job. 2 hours later, my ''family'' boarded on the plane to New York. As the plane taking off, I realized that I forgot my favorite T-shirt that Grace gave me. Hopefully they would give it back, I thought.

From

Fiske