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Ms. Hartling from Houston, TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building a Community Through Novels

Help me give my students a variety of newly published novels by diverse authors.

  • $658 goal

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My Students

I teach grades 7 and 8 at a small K-8, inner-city campus in Houston, TX. My students reflect the diversity of Houston, and they deserve a classroom library that does the same. My students need to see themselves in the stories they read and to experience life beyond what they know.

Together, my students and I will embark on a journey to create a safe and inclusive community of readers and writers.

We will use reading and writing to explore our selves and our world and to witness the successes and failures of those before us.

My Project

Rudine Sims Bishop shared that books can be windows, glass doors, and mirrors. As windows, books offer views of real or imagined worlds. Books can be sliding glass doors that allow readers to walk through new worlds. And finally, books can be mirrors and reflect the reader through shared experiences and familiar characters.

Students need access to a variety of novels that not only echo their worlds but that share the worlds and experiences of others.

Community and empathy are built by stories. Books have the power to bridge cultures, foster understanding, and change lives.

Ms. Hartling Briarmeadow Charter School Grades 6-8

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Houston, TX View local requests

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

100 students impacted 14donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Last Kids on Earth: The Monster Box (books 1-3) • Amazon Business $26.33 1 $26.33
The Henna Wars • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
A High Five for Glenn Burke • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Lobizona: A Novel (Wolves of No World (1)) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
We Are Not from Here • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Maybe He Just Likes You • Amazon Business $15.79 1 $15.79
Incendiary (Incendiary (1)) • Amazon Business $15.56 1 $15.56
Voces Sin Fronteras: Our Stories, Our Truth (Bilingual) (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $14.92 1 $14.92
Ghost Squad • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
This Is My America • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Once Upon an Eid: Stories of Hope and Joy by 15 Muslim Voices • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Shuri: A Black Panther Novel (Marvel) (1) • Amazon Business $14.34 1 $14.34
Dragon Hoops • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
The Only Black Girls in Town • Amazon Business $13.83 1 $13.83
Genesis Begins Again • Amazon Business $13.79 1 $13.79
Diana and the Island of No Return (Wonder Woman Adventures) • Amazon Business $13.59 1 $13.59
Efrén Divided • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
March: Book One • Amazon Business $13.45 1 $13.45
A Good Kind of Trouble • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Opposite of Always • Amazon Business $11.95 1 $11.95
Hey, Kiddo (National Book Award Finalist) • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
The Hate U Give • Amazon Business $11.51 1 $11.51
When Stars Are Scattered • Amazon Business $11.50 1 $11.50
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
Going Bovine • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Internment • Amazon Business $10.88 1 $10.88
March: Book Two • Amazon Business $10.77 1 $10.77
What If It's Us • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Monday's Not Coming • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
They Both Die at the End • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Blended • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
American Born Chinese • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The First Rule of Punk • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
A Very Large Expanse of Sea • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
After the Shot Drops • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
Lu (4) (Track) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Sunny (3) (Track) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Inside Out and Back Again • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
Miles Morales: Spider-Man (A Marvel YA Novel) • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda • Amazon Business $5.49 1 $5.49
Patina (2) (Track) • Amazon Business $4.69 1 $4.69
The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal) • Amazon Business $4.49 1 $4.49

Materials cost

$521.01

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.82

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$558.83

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$98.62

Total project goal

$657.45

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $657.45

4 Donors

-$607.45

Donations toward project cost

-$516.33

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$91.12

match offer

-$50.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

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