So this is it - I'm pulling down the wish list tonight (Quick link: http://bit.ly/GLWBookFair) and the book fair will be over. There are still well over 100 books left to purchase so if you have been waiting until the bitter end to get some books to Ballou, now is the time! (I have been waiting so you're not alone.) Lots of great titles remain such as:

THE BIG SEA by Langston Hughes (we want 2 copies of this one as it is only available in tpb) for $7.98

LEARN TO PLAY GO $18.25
BEGINNING CHESS $17.99 (let's get these kids learning some awesome strategy games!)

ONE MILLION THINGS: Space, Animal Life & Planet Earth - all under $15 (SALE!) and all excellent choices for reluctant teen readers. (Lots of graphics, great info, not intimidating or insulting.)

EONA by Alison Goodman ($19.99 - the first book is on the way; love to see the 2nd go too!)

GREAT EXPECTATIONS in beautiful HC edition for $20 and in illustrated pb for SALE $6.95 (both, please!)

THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK by W.E.B. DuBOIS for only $7.95 in HC

And, well, I could keep going and going and going. All the books are fantastic, all will be much appreciated and I'd love to see any and all of them go from Powells to Ballou. So please dig deep, do what you can and help us in this final day. We have accomplished so much in the last two weeks; I'd love to go out as strongly as we began.

Thanks guys, from the bottom of my heart, for all you have done already.

Mailing address to complete your order at Powells:

Melissa Jackson, LIBRARIAN
Ballou Senior High School
3401 Fourth Street SE
Washington DC 20032
(202) 645-3400