Emily Bhatnagar is a shy girl who has always loved reading. She says, "The books sort of became my best friends when I didn't have one."
When Bhatnagar was 16, her father was diagnosed（诊断）with cancer. The news was1 for the family. Books became an even bigger 2 , and she started thinking about families in similar situations. When her father recovered, she 3 a plan to help others. "The idea came from not just great thanks that the doctors were able to 4 such a miracle（奇迹）,"she said, "but also a little of 5 that there were kids who were 6 the same battle."
Bhatnagar started a 7 in her hometown. The goal was to collect books and give them to kids being 8 for cancer in local hospitals. Since the start of the book drive, which she called For Love & Buttercup, Bhatnagar has 9 more than 10,000 books.
Bhatnagar had no idea how much 10 her work would get. She started by posting on social media, asking people in her area to donate. "I was expecting maybe two or three 11 from neighbors," she said. But it ended up blowing up, 12 when news stations began reporting it. "The public response has been super great," her father said.
Bhatnagar continues to run the book drive, with a little help from her parents. She hopes to expand the project to 13 more kids one day. The memory of the first time she visited those children who'd 14 her books sticks with her. "It was the best 15 of my life," she said. "I realized I wanted to do this type of work forever."
