A colorful array of books lines a dusty shelf, ranging from kids’ picture books to young adult science fiction. The books are old, worn out, and faded from the sun, but the stories inside are as alive as ever, waiting to be plucked off by an eager young reader. With the newly formed organization Books...

Summer reading books are not on too many students' minds right now, and understandably so: it's March. But for one student, re-purposing and exchanging summer reading books is her new project. Jes Gallagher is a junior at Westford Academy and has just embarked on a mission to eliminate the excess books bought in the WA community.