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Mrs. Fenstermacher from San Ramon, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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New Novels: Calling All Boys

Help me give my students action-packed, relatable, fiction novels to dive in to! Specifically targeted for the boys in my classroom, these books will be sure to capture their attention.

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My Project

I teach students who are talented, passionate and joyful about living life! They are beautiful humans who love interacting with each other! My students however do not have a passion for reading. I teach reading intervention and my audience of students think that reading is hard and boring. I am often met with blank stares and outright defiance when it comes to reading independently. I have discovered, however, that books read in community have a magical effect on middle schoolers.

Additionally, I find that there is one population of students who is more resistant to reading: middle school boys.

There are fewer books available to them that contain strong male characters and relatable situations. I would like to change that.

I am asking DonorsChoose to help me add to my classroom library so that it includes a diverse selection of books with strong male protagonists. Additionally, I want to engage all readers by offering multiple copies of titles so that students can collaborate and discuss stories together. I believe that the requested titles will help spark the passion for reading in my classroom!

Mrs. Fenstermacher Pine Valley Middle School Grades 6-8

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San Ramon, CA View local requests 120 students impacted 2donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Ultraviolet • Amazon Business $14.51 5 $72.55
Crushed • Amazon Business $14.70 4 $58.80
Roswell Johnson Saves the World! (Roswell Johnson, 1) • Amazon Business $14.26 4 $57.04
Closer to Nowhere • Amazon Business $8.99 4 $35.96
What About Will • Amazon Business $8.50 4 $34.00
Eb & Flow • Amazon Business $8.42 4 $33.68
Before the Ever After • Amazon Business $7.89 4 $31.56
Hazard • Amazon Business $7.51 4 $30.04
The Lion of Mars • AKJ Education $6.56 4 $26.24
Restart • Amazon Business $5.50 4 $22.00

Materials cost

$401.87

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $36.77

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.03

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$474.67

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.77

Total project goal

$558.44

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $558.44

1 Donor

-$279.22

Donations toward project cost

-$237.34

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.88

match offer

-$279.21

Match offer toward project cost

-$237.33

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$41.88

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