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“I loved my sister Lucy very much. She was the sweetest baby, even though she had a lot of medical issues that meant she would spend long periods of time in the hospital,” remembered Grace Beal.

Her family was turned upside down by the death of little Lucy. Grace felt alone. She was in second grade and didn’t know what to do with her grief. But she did know she wanted to keep the memory of Lucy alive.

Raising money and hope

Within the pages of books, Vance Tomasi finds adventure, knowledge and new worlds. As an avid reader and straight-A student, Vance couldn’t imagine his life without books. While volunteering at a book drive, he discovered there is a direct connection between owning books and performing better in school. And he was dismayed to learn that many children don’t have any books of their own.