Project Food Drive

By Carol Kim and Ahya Kim

Each class is competing to collect the most food for the local food pantry. The winning class gets to pick books for the library! Jina and her friends know exactly which books they’d pick. But what happens when a classmate’s family experiences an emergency and Jina and her friends decide to risk winning the competition to help their classmate in need?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: Aug 1, 2023
• ISBN: 9781484679593

Carol Kim

Carol Kim lives in Texas with her husband, two daughters, and one very well-behaved dog. Her childhood was spent in Southern California, where she grew up eating kimchi every day. She writes both fiction and nonfiction for children. When she’s not writing, she enjoys reading, cooking and traveling, and exploring food from different cultures.

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Jina Jeong: Project Food Drive by Carol Kim, Illustrated by Ahya Kim

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover

Title Page

Chapter 1: Books for Food

Chapter 2: Six Bags Full

Chapter 3: Gathering Votes

Chapter 4: A Change of Plans

Chapter 5: Book Friends

Glossary

Talk about It

Write it Down

Hold a Food Drive at your School!

About the Author

About the Illustrator

Copyright

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Chapter 1

BOOKS FOR FOOD

Jina Jeong looked up from the list she was making of all her favorite books. Her teacher, Ms. Hunter, had just started speaking.

Next week our school is having a food drive, Ms. Hunter told the class. We are collecting food to donate to our town’s food pantry.

But to make it even more fun, the school is also holding a friendly competition, continued Ms. Hunter. The classroom that collects the most food wins a prize!

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