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Ms. Carter from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Book Battles Are the Best Kind

Help me give my students books to compete in America's Battle of the Books.

  • $405 goal

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My Project

My students love reading and they love competition. America's Battle of the Books combines the two into an exciting competition where student teams battle each other to see who knows the books the best.

This year, my students begged to compete against each other, as they have the past two years, to see which grade level (6th, 7th, or 8th) will come out on top.

The list of books for the competition has 28 titles, some of which we have and some of which are included in this project.

Please support my avid readers in challenging themselves and each other to read swiftly yet carefully by helping me complete the list!

Ms. Carter Mark Twain Middle School Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Los Angeles, CA View local requests

More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

50 students impacted 8donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Swindle (Swindle #1) (1) • Amazon Business $7.59 8 $60.72
Rez Dogs • Amazon Business $12.49 4 $49.96
Wishtree • Amazon Business $9.34 4 $37.36
Everything on a Waffle: (Newbery Honor Book) • Amazon Business $8.99 4 $35.96
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town • Amazon Business $8.96 4 $35.84
Ranger's Apprentice (The Ruins of Gorlan, Book One) • Amazon Business $5.59 4 $22.36
Mockingbird • Amazon Business $7.42 3 $22.26
The School Story • Amazon Business $4.87 4 $19.48

Materials cost

$283.94

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $25.98

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.26

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$344.18

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$60.74

Total project goal

$404.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $404.92

3 Donors

-$363.45

Donations toward project cost

-$344.18

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.27

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$41.47

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