Book Drive

Hello everyone. I’m Nicole, the new-ish Freakonomics assistant.

A few weeks ago, Dubner blogged about Chicago School District 214, where the campaign of one board member to ban Freakonomics (among other dangerous books such as Kate Chopin’s The Awakening) was successfully thwarted. The publisher, William Morrow, happily gave away 50 signed copies to students in appreciation.

Someone commented that it would be nice to be able to donate a copy of Freakonomics to the District 214 school libraries, now that the students’ right to read the book has been secured.

If anyone would like to send a book, the following are names and addresses for all six District 214 librarians. You can also send one from here or here.

Carrie Jackson
Wheeling High School Library
900 S. Elmhurst
Wheeling, IL 60009

Mike Kic
Rolling Meadows High School Library
2901 W. Central Rd.
Rolling Meadows, IL 60008

Glenn Gotrik
Buffalo Grove High School Library
1100 W. Dundee
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089

Cheryl Petrone
Prospect High School Library
801 Kensington Rd.
Mount Prospect, IL 60056

Joan Kallas
Hersey High School Library
1900 E. Thomas
Arlington Heights, IL 60004

Maria Eichstaedt
Elk Grove High School Library
500 W. Elk Grove Blvd.
Elk Grove, IL 60005