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Bringing Local Authors into the Classroom
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My Students
As I build classroom community with my students, they also need access to the excellent books written by nearby authors they can look to as role models.
My students are entering their first year of junior high in a small-town community school. The overarching theme for classroom this year is influence. How we are influenced by others and how we can use our own influence for good in the world? As they explore these questions, my students will be strengthened by reading literature by local authors with issues and characters they can relate to.
My Project
The books I am requesting for this project are high-quality, engaging middle-grade and young adult novels written by authors with roots in my students' local community. They are a blend of many genres to appeal to all interests: fantasy, science fiction, mystery, graphic novels, and contemporary realistic fiction.
This project will greatly enrich and personalize our classroom library. Reading books by local authors will help my students recognize the value of literature for exploring the world around us.
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Where Your Donation Goes
Materials
Cost
Quantity
Total
The Books of Bayern: The Goose Girl/Enna Burning/River Secrets Shannon Hale
• Barnes and Noble
$18.43
1
$18.43
Rapunzel's Revenge Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, Nathan Hale (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$10.25
1
$10.25
Book of a Thousand Days Shannon Hale
• Barnes and Noble
$7.68
1
$7.68
Princess Academy Shannon Hale
• Barnes and Noble
$6.79
1
$6.79
Calamity Jack Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, Nathan Hale (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$10.25
1
$10.25
Dragon Slippers Jessica Day George
• Barnes and Noble
$6.83
1
$6.83
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow Jessica Day George
• Barnes and Noble
$7.68
1
$7.68
Princess of the Midnight Ball Jessica Day George
• Barnes and Noble
$7.68
1
$7.68
Dragon Flight Jessica Day George
• Barnes and Noble
$6.83
1
$6.83
Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary (Fablehaven Series #4) Brandon Mull, Brandon Dorman (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$6.83
1
$6.83
Grip of the Shadow Plague (Fablehaven Series #3) Brandon Mull, Brandon Dorman (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$6.83
1
$6.83
Fablehaven (Fablehaven Series #1) Brandon Mull, Brandon Dorman (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$6.83
1
$6.83
Rise of the Evening Star (Fablehaven Series #2) Brandon Mull, Brandon Dorman (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$6.83
1
$6.83
The Candy Shop War Brandon Mull
• Barnes and Noble
$5.97
1
$5.97
Keys to the Demon Prison (Fablehaven Series #5) Brandon Mull
• Barnes and Noble
$15.03
1
$15.03
Ender's Game (Ender Wiggin Series #1) Orson Scott Card
• Barnes and Noble
$2.99
1
$2.99
Ender's Shadow (Ender's Shadow Series #1) Orson Scott Card
• Barnes and Noble
$5.12
1
$5.12
Wings Aprilynne Pike
• Barnes and Noble
$4.49
1
$4.49
The Princess and the Hound Mette Ivie Harrison
• Barnes and Noble
$7.68
1
$7.68
The Princess and the Bear Mette Ivie Harrison
• Barnes and Noble
$7.68
1
$7.68
The Princess and the Snowbird Mette Ivie Harrison
• Barnes and Noble
$12.30
1
$12.30
The Hunt for Dark Infinity (13th Reality Series #2) James Dashner, Bryan Beus (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$3.99
1
$3.99
The Journal of Curious Letters (13th Reality Series #1) James Dashner, Bryan Beus (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$6.83
1
$6.83
A Door in the Woods (Jimmy Fincher Series #1) James Dashner
• Barnes and Noble
$8.85
1
$8.85
The Maze Runner James Dashner
• Barnes and Noble
$11.61
1
$11.61
A Gift of Ice (Jimmy Fincher Series #2) James Dashner
• Barnes and Noble
$12.14
1
$12.14
The Tower of Air (Jimmy Fincher Series #3) James Dashner, Michael Phipps (Illustrator)
• Barnes and Noble
$12.94
1
$12.94
The 13th Reality, Book 3: The Blade of Shattered Hope James Dashner
• Barnes and Noble
$12.98
1
$12.98
Wolves, Boys and Other Things That Might Kill Me Kristen Chandler
• Barnes and Noble
$12.30
1
$12.30
Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case Chris Crowe
• Barnes and Noble
$12.98
1
$12.98
The Chosen One Carol Lynch Williams
• Barnes and Noble
$11.59
1
$11.59
Glimpse Carol Lynch Williams
• Barnes and Noble
$11.61
1
$11.61
Pretty Like Us Carol Lynch Williams
• Barnes and Noble
$12.94
1
$12.94
Mississippi Trial 1955 Chris Crowe
• Barnes and Noble
$5.12
1
$5.12
Materials cost
$306.88
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$4.60
Fulfillment labor & materials
$35.00
Total project cost
$346.48
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$51.77
Total project goal
$398.25
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$398.25
-$386.00
Donations toward project cost
-$346.48
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$39.52
Excluded support for DonorsChoose
-$12.25
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