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Any kind of books can be donated from picture books to long novels. Franke says, “The best part about book drives is people can donate any kind of books, so in theory anyone can receive or get a book from the drive.”

People around the world and even in our own community are struggling to read and struggling to get books to read. Not only because some cannot afford them, but because things are going digital. So with the help of kids in our school and the help of the Hippogriffs club, a book drive was held to help this.

The Hippogriff club is a group of students who love Harry Potter, love to do community service and give back to the school. The members of the club decided that they should host a book drive for local students in need of books. The Hippogriffs looked for any kind of books from picture books and all the way up to long novels.

Senior Rebecca Franke said, “We’re doing the book drive because we know that there is a part of our community that is struggling to learn how to read and is need of books and can’t afford them. So the book drive allows us to help those in need.”

Book drives are a lot like food drives, but unlike food drives when someone is done with a book they can pass it on to the next person, kind of like a chain reaction of people learning and enjoying to read books they’ve never read before free of charge.

Junior Cole Fernandez said, “Book drives are a great thing, it allows me to help those in need of books and it also helps me clean out my room of all the books I don’t read anymore. So it’s kind of a win win situation, I get a cleaner room and someone in need gets a book.”

Book drives can also be fun. They can allow people to get a book that they have never read before and then pass on a book of their own. This particular book drive collected about 47 books, which can propel into circulation more titles for people to explore.

Junior Tommy McGuire said, “Book drives are great, you may end up helping a kid learn how to read and may ignite them to love books and keep reading for life.”

Book drives can help a person learn how to read and in turn they could help many others learn how to read too. There is no downside to book drives, they’re easy, can help you clean out your bookshelf of books you don’t read anymore and pass those on to new people who may love them too and maybe even teach a person how to read.

Fernandez said, “There is really nothing bad about book drives, they make me feel great that I am helping someone out, and I know the people receiving the books are very happy to get them.”