Help build a library in Africa…and possibly win free books for you!

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Some of the kids of Malawi

Have I got an idea for you….

My friend Alyson (the daughter of a friend) is recently out of college and has taken a permanent position in Malawi. I'll probably get her title wrong, but I'm going to call her a missionary–she's living in an area ravaged by poverty, where she might go days without power or clean water–and she's working to build a library for the people of the community.

Our local community has really jumped to the task, and my friend's house is crammed full of boxes of books. (The daughter is home for a few months and staying with mom and dad before returning to Malawi). That's awesome, right? Well, here's the thing: shipping these books to Malawi is going to cost thousands of thousands of dollars which, needless to say, neither my friend nor the Malawi people benefiting from the library have.

She doesn't have a paypal account set up, but I volunteered to filter funds through mine. So if you want to help defray some of the shipping costs (any amount helps!) you can send money via Paypal to julie@juliekenner.com and I'll get a check to her (you can also mail a check to me at

105 Wildwood Road

Suite 103, PMB 120

Georgetown, TX 78633

Be sure to include "Malawi" in the message section of Paypal or "for" line of the check.

But wait! There's more! Donate more than $5, and as a special thank you, I'll put you in a drawing for a full set of my Julie Kenner Demon Hunting Soccer Mom books, along with my J.K. Beck Shadow Keeper books, all signed, of course!

And here's wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!