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

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Changing Lives Through Empowering Novels

My students need empowering new books that inspire, build character, and teach life lessons!

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My Students

Most of my students attend their classes each day, complete their homework, play sports, and yes, they might even play on their devices/video games. However, many tell me they don't have any "good" books at home, and reading each night is required. We need NEW, diverse, multicultural, inclusive, GREAT book titles that will help educate, empower, and inspire. We want kids to speak up and "do the right thing" when real world challenges like bullying, racism, divorce, or mental illness enter their young lives. I want books to be easily accessible for my students. I do not have enough new book titles for my students in my classroom library, nor do I have multiple copies of great books for "Book Clubs". I need popular books that will continue to spark empathy and teach life lessons to my students.

My students are voracious readers, and they crave exciting new novels they can relate to for our upcoming Social Issues Book Club Unit.

Many middle schoolers in our diverse community have taken an interest in social justice, and will find the courage to fight for their own rights and the rights of others by reading both fictional and real life inspirational stories.

My Project

My Sixth Grade teammates and I have planned some exciting upcoming Reading and Writing Units with our students. My favorite one, and the one that our students "loved" last year, was the "Social Issues" Book Club Unit. In this unit, students read in Book Club format and tackle issues/themes such as: feelings of exclusion, understanding self and others, culture and diversity/responding to racism, stereotypes and prejudices, fitting in, finding the good in people and places, and finding our way in the world as we overcome obstacles. One book example is I Am Malala, the story of the young teen who defied the Taliban in Pakistan, and demanded that girls be allowed to receive an education. As we know, she was shot . . . she survived to tell her story, and went on to win The Nobel Peace Prize. These stories matter. Kids need to read these inspiring stories.

I want my students to read deeply, experience powerful "Book Club" discussions with their peers, and in doing so, learn that it is possible to live peacefully in a world of differences, while feeling empowered to find resolutions to the challenges we face in a sometimes confusing world.

My students LOVE getting new books. Don't we all? These children are curious, compassionate, avid readers, forever searching for the latest and greatest new titles on our classroom bookshelves! They often team up with classmates and form "Mini Book Clubs" on their own. The more fantastic "life changing" books I can get into their hands, the better. These students are our future leaders. Books change lives.

Mrs. Nevins Iron Horse Middle School Grades 6-8

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San Ramon, CA View local requests 330 students impacted 14donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
A Time to Dance • Amazon Business $9.79 5 $48.95
The Book Thief • Amazon Business $11.64 4 $46.56
The Breadwinner Trilogy • Amazon Business $13.26 3 $39.78
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition) • Amazon Business $9.89 4 $39.56
Unschooled • Amazon Business $11.89 3 $35.67
The Thing About Jellyfish • Amazon Business $8.47 4 $33.88
Mockingbird • Amazon Business $7.99 4 $31.96
I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This • Amazon Business $7.99 4 $31.96
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key • Amazon Business $7.99 4 $31.96
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. • Amazon Business $7.94 4 $31.76
Brown Girl Dreaming • Amazon Business $9.89 3 $29.67
Moo: A Novel • Amazon Business $6.99 4 $27.96
Wish • Amazon Business $6.98 4 $27.92
Zack Delacruz: Me and My Big Mouth (Zack Delacruz, Book 1) • Amazon Business $6.95 4 $27.80
Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story • Amazon Business $6.84 4 $27.36
Ban This Book: A Novel • Amazon Business $6.75 4 $27.00
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas • Amazon Business $8.99 3 $26.97
The Misfits • Amazon Business $8.98 3 $26.94
Stella by Starlight • Amazon Business $6.63 4 $26.52
Esperanza Rising (McDougal Littell Library) • Amazon Business $6.29 4 $25.16
Return to Sender • Amazon Business $6.29 4 $25.16
Counting by 7s • Amazon Business $6.00 4 $24.00
The Pants Project • Amazon Business $11.89 2 $23.78
The Hate U Give • Amazon Business $11.39 2 $22.78
Booked (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $11.29 2 $22.58
George (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $5.31 4 $21.24
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda • Amazon Business $9.89 2 $19.78
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu • Amazon Business $6.39 3 $19.17
Swing • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Slacker • Amazon Business $6.29 3 $18.87
The Whole Story of Half a Girl • Amazon Business $6.29 3 $18.87
The Skin I'm In • Amazon Business $8.99 2 $17.98
Towers Falling • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Home of the Brave • Amazon Business $7.48 2 $14.96
Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere • Amazon Business $7.19 2 $14.38
One Half from the East • Amazon Business $6.45 2 $12.90
Loot • Amazon Business $6.29 2 $12.58
Amal Unbound • Amazon Business $12.32 1 $12.32
The Crossover (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $12.16 1 $12.16
Zombie Baseball Beatdown • Amazon Business $5.99 2 $11.98
The Day You Begin • Amazon Business $11.97 1 $11.97
Sunny (Track) • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Lu (Track) • Amazon Business $11.72 1 $11.72
The One and Only Ivan • Amazon Business $5.59 2 $11.18
Rain Reign • Amazon Business $3.99 2 $7.98
The Juice Box Bully: Empowering Kids to Stand Up for Others • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
Nobody!: A Story About Overcoming Bullying in Schools • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Speaking Up for Each Other: A Collection of Short Stories for Tweens and Middle Grade Readers • Amazon Business $6.95 1 $6.95
Flying Lessons & Other Stories • Amazon Business $6.75 1 $6.75

Materials cost

$1,088.81

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $99.63

3rd party payment processing fee

$16.33

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,234.77

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$217.90

Total project goal

$1,452.67

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,452.67

13 Donors

-$846.34

Donations toward project cost

-$719.39

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$126.95

match offer

-$606.33

Match offer toward project cost

-$515.38

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$90.95

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