Thank you so much!!!!!

Officially, the GLW Book Fair for Ballou SR High School is over! (We will keep the wish list open for the next couple of weeks however in case someone wants to jump in and send another book their way. If you need any ordering info you can find it here.)

The final tally (as of this very moment) is 175+ books on the way to the school. As for why we are doing this, take a look at these tweets from Ballou as the books came in:

Thank you Valerie Baartz for the book Juicy Central Tia Fitting In....I had to quickly add it to our catalog..YES!!!! TEENS READING!!!!
— Melissa Jackson (@BallouLibrary) May 2, 2012

Thank you Katherine Loomis!!!! Bitterblue was a tug a war among the students. YES...a summer reading book!!!!
— Melissa Jackson (@BallouLibrary) May 2, 2012

Thank you Elizabeth Louros You rock!!! A Girl Like Me book had the students tugging for a first to read title....Yes!!!
— Melissa Jackson (@BallouLibrary) May 2, 2012

I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK EVERYONE FOR YOUR HELP BY PURCHASING BOOKS TO BUILD OUR FICTION COLLECTION!!We are TRULY grateful!— Melissa Jackson (@BallouLibrary) May 1, 2012

Follow Ballou for more updates in the coming days as the books continue to arrive. We will be back with another book fair this fall, with many more great books and a few more things we're cooking up to share with you how much this all means to the kids in this DC school. This was a good thing we did guys, and it really has made a difference. THANK YOU ALL!!!!