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Maria
Keller is from Minneapolis, Minnesota. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} she was 8 years old, she already loved
reading. She noticed that some of her classmates didn't read as {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (most)
as she did. When she asked her mother {#blank#}3{#/blank#} that could be, her mother said
that they might not have enough money for books. Maria had never thought of this
and decided {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (change) this.
With her
{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (mother) help, Maria created Read Indeed. Read Indeed collects and gives
out books to kids in need for free.
Maria
set the goal to collect and give out one million books {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the time she was
18. She tried every means to achieve it. As a result, it didn't take long to
reach that goal!
Today,
she {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (collect) over one million books and has sent them to many states and
countries around the world. She says, "I can't live without books. As I
continue my work, I have learned that {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (million) of kids are in need of
books. So I just can't give up, even after {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (reach) my original goal."
She has
{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (recent) set a new goal: To give books to kids in need in every state in
the United States, and every country in the world.
