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."
