YA Author Launches Book Donation Campaign for LA Educators & Students
by Kara Yorio
Jan 14, 2025

Veronica Bane, YA author and high school English teacher, is calling on the publishing and kid lit community to help those impacted by the fires.


Veronica Bane
Credit: Jessie Felix Photography

Just a few miles from the wildfire evacuation zones, YA writer and high school English teacher Veronica Bane has watched the fires wreak incomprehensible damage to her city.

“It's hard to fully describe,” Bane says. “I grew up in San Diego. This wasn't my first wildfire, and we've obviously had wildfires in Los Angeles as well, but just the sheer scope of the devastation has been hard to process.”

The school where she works has been closed as ash rained down on it. It shares a campus with an elementary school, and she's been told some students who attend that school have lost their homes. She describes herself in this “weird space” where they have been lucky not to be personally impacted by evacuation orders or fires but are watching this devastation to their community.

Bane and her husband have brought contributions to donation sites and checked in on friends. Their guest room is ready for friends who might need it. But she wanted to do more and she saw a unique need that she could fill.
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https://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/story/YA-Author-Launches-Book-Donation-Campaign-Los-Angeles-educators-students

Anyone who would like to donate books or learn how to receive contributions can go to the Google form or reach out to Bane via her website.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScW0VHXo3teTViHaFTHdEyqrIkXalQ75lXvXywQ3Qbij4jhew/viewform

https://www.veronicabane.com/contact