Emily loved reading. She used to be very shy. She ___1___ talking to others. So she turned to ___2___. In 2019, her dad got sick. It was very serious. Books became an even bigger comfort for ___3___.

Emily’s dad got better. And she came up with a plan to ___4___ others.

Emily started a book drive in her hometown. She ___5___ books. She took them to ___6___ being cared for in hospitals. ___7___, she has collected more than 10,000 books.

Emily and her father are very close. When her father learned of her plans for the book drive, he wasn’t surprised. “She was always interested in books,” he says. “___8___ she always wanted to do things for the neighborhood.” Emily runs the book drive herself, but she gets some help from her ___9___. “We do the driving,” her dad says.

Emily still runs the book drive. The memory of meeting the children she helps sticks with her. “It was the ____10____ day of my life,” she says. “I realized I wanted to do this type of work forever.”