Duncan Kelley has upheld a family tradition.

Like his two brothers before him, the Holy Family sixth-grader has reached the 1,000-point mark in the school's accelerated reader program.

"It feels pretty good knowing I'm extending the legacy," said Kelley, who recently joined his older brothers, Holden and Cameron, as members of the 1,000-point club.

Besides the three Kelley brothers, there are only two other Holy Family students who have earned at least 1,000 points in the program.

Duncan Kelley said the accelerated reader program is open to every student in the school in grades one through eight. To earn points, students read a book and then take a short quiz about the story. If they answer all the questions correctly they earn the amount of points designated for that specific book, and the points accumulate over time.

He said points vary based on the difficulty of the book. For example, many of the books he read in first-grade were only worth a half a point, but an 888-page Harry Potter book he read in fourth-grade - "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" - was worth 44 points.

"That's the biggest book I've read, yet," he said.

Kelley said most of the books he read en route to 1,000 points were worth on average 17 to 20 points. He said he's probably read more than 300 books since first-grade.

His father, Deron Kelley, said, "You have to knock out a ton of books to reach 1,000."

He said when his sons aren't busy with school, homework or playing sports, their noses are usually in a book.

And they all talk trash with one another and push each other to succeed.

"I've been giving my younger brother, Paxton, a hard time," Duncan Kelley said.

"I was 200 points past where he is right now."

Deron Kelley said he's confident Paxton, who is in the fifth-grade, will join his older brothers at the 1,000-point mark, as will Griffin, the youngest Kelley boy.

"They've all hit 1,000 points around fifth- or sixth-grade," Deron said.

Duncan, who plays baseball, basketball and soccer, said his favorite book is "Pendragon: The Soldiers of Halla," and the book he read to put him at 1,000 points was "The Kingdom of the Golden Dragon."

"I like the more understandable fiction books, but not the ones where you go off to fantasy land and dance around with ponies," he said.

"Reading is just fun. It gives me something to do and keeps by brain going, Lord help me if I didn't have books."

For joining the 1,000-point club, Duncan will be presented a certificate in front of the entire school at an assembly, have a book donated to the school library in his name and get to serve as Holy Family's principal for a day.