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MormonTimes.com: Books fill Florida 5th-grader's life

He's read 15 million words — and Book of Mormon 5 times

Published: Friday, Sept. 12, 2008 12:20 a.m. MDT
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Can you read more than a fifth-grader?

If you're going up against John Markham, probably not.

The 11-year-old member of the LDS Church in the DeLand Florida Stake loves to read. He reads one book after another after another — about 15 million words since the fourth grade.

He's read so many books in Scholastic's "Reading Counts" program that he's got several trophies — including two large ones — in his house, plus letters from President Bush, President Clinton and Al Gore praising his reading.

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