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Ms. Pendley from Seattle, WA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Feed these Hungry Readers!

My students need new high quality young adult novels, particularly the newest books in popular series to read on their way to meeting their 40 book goal for the year.

  • $341 goal

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My Students

Do you know the thrill of opening a new book, of breathless anticipation while you await the release of the next book in a series you love, or of finally getting your hands on a book you have been dying to read? My students are avid readers without the resources to have these experiences.

My students are brilliant, voracious readers who learned to be this way in our middle school reading classes.

When I get my hands on new books, they have epic rock paper scissors competitions to see who gets to read them first. Our school library is geared towards younger readers so the books in my classroom library are their literary lifeline. Because most of the students come from struggling families, books are a luxury few of them can afford. Our city library is a great resource, but the average wait for a new popular title is 6 months. We need a collection of high interest books. My students rush into class Monday morning to tell everyone what they read over the weekend. They are eager to share recommendations with their classmates. The most unlikely friendships have been forged over a shared book. Our class discussions are full of references to books. Out of my 10 years as a reading teacher, I have never encountered students who LOVED books so much.

My Project

A few weeks ago, I bought a copy of Kung Fu High School used from Amazon for one of my students. He has had a difficult road to walk in his 14 short years from time in juvenile detention to foster care to overcoming crippling depression. I didn't unwrap the package, just left it on his table for him. When he walked into class, he saw it, gasped, looked at me with a question in his eyes, and then pounced on it. He opened it like it was Christmas morning. When he saw the book. He hugged it to his chest, jumped up and down, and then threw his arms around me. His classmates watched with amazement. The #1 tough guy, the one who never smiled, was hugging a book AND his teacher. One of them asked, "Why are you so happy?" He replied, "No one has ever bought a book just for me before." Ever one of the books I requested is a book one or more of my students is dying to read. When the books arrive, the students will be ecstatic.

These books will go right into the eager hands of kids who will probably stay up all night to read them.

Then, they will get passed on from student to student, year to year, until they fall apart. Then, I will tape them together and more students will read them. Imagine how many lives just one book can touch.

Ms. Pendley Pathfinder K-8 School Grades 6-8

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Seattle, WA View local requests 50 students impacted 6donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Center of Everything • AKJ Books $16.98 1 $16.98
Crescendo • AKJ Books $14.05 1 $14.05
Bad Girls Don''t Die • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Lockdown Walter Dean Myers • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
The Lost Hero • AKJ Books $14.05 1 $14.05
Elsewhere (hardback) • AKJ Books $11.84 1 $11.84
Blue Moon • AKJ Books $7.39 1 $7.39
Dark Flame (Immortals Series #4) Alyson Noel • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Shadowland (Immortals Series #3) Alyson Noel • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
The Curse of the Wendigo • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
A Northern Light • AKJ Books $12.58 1 $12.58
American Born Chinese • AKJ Books $14.76 1 $14.76
The Things a Brother Knows Dana Reinhardt • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Burned Ellen Hopkins, Sammy Yuen • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Split Swati Avasthi • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Pathfinder • AKJ Books $14.05 1 $14.05
Saint Iggy • AKJ Books $12.58 1 $12.58
A Child Called It: One Child''s Courage to Survive • AKJ Books $8.84 1 $8.84

Materials cost

$230.64

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $20.18

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.46

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$289.28

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$51.05

Total project goal

$340.33

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $340.33

4 Donors

-$166.11

Donations toward project cost

-$144.64

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.47

match offer

-$170.16

Match offer toward project cost

-$144.64

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.52

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.05

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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