Book Trust is a national literacy nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower children from low-income families to choose and own books, inspiring a passion for reading, developing literacy skills, and fostering life-long learning. Participating students are empowered to order 1-3 books each month of the school year,building a personal library of 25 - 30 books over the course of the school year. Book Trust currently serves more than 53,000 students in 21 states.