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Ms. Candela from Brooklyn, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Hello, 911? We Have an Emergency! We Need Books!

My students need a classroom library that keeps them reading! I have compiled a library of 69 books of various levels and interests to captivate any reader!

  • $924 goal

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Ms. Candela has another project! Donate to Windows and Mirrors: Reading to Understand Others and Ourselves to help her classroom.

$877 - complete this project and be a hero

My Students

"I don't like to read," is something I hear from my students. After working with struggling readers for over 10 years I know it's not that students don't like to read, it's that they struggle as readers. The only remedy for struggling readers is to get books in their hands that they cannot let go.

I work at an all girls public school in NYC with students of culturally diverse backgrounds.

Many of my girls receive free or reduced lunch. Many have made it to the 10th grade and have yet to realize the joys of reading. My students love discussing the world and are insightful young ladies. I want to take this spark and ignite a love of reading so that they are ready for college and life. It's important that my students understand the importance of reading and becoming life long learners.

My Project

I have a cozy little area in the corner of my classroom with a carpet and bean bags. The only thing missing is a good library! I want students to be able to access high interest books on the appropriate level so that they may learn to love reading. I envision students making book clubs, pouring over books and signing up on waiting lists for those "must read" books. I seek a quiet buzz in my classroom where the wheels are turning as each page turns and students excitedly share new understandings and insights on life.

This donation will create life long learners and inquisitive young minds.

I want to give my struggling readers something so powerful, nothing will be able to stop them. My students will be able to tackle any task with ease because they have one of the greatest gifts in life; being a good reader. Once my students understand the joys of reading they will be able to read the world in which they live and enact positive change on a personal and global level.

Ms. Candela Urban Assembly Institute - M&S for Young Women Grades 9-12

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.

More about Ms. Candela

Brooklyn, NY View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

95 students impacted 8donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Judy Blume Teen Collection: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret; Deenie; Forever; Then Again, Maybe I Won't; Tiger Eyes • Amazon $35.25 2 $70.50
Bluford Series 20-Book Boxed Set (Books 1-20) • Amazon $67.49 1 $67.49
JJ Cole Original Toddler Bundleme, Graphite, Toddler • Amazon $49.95 1 $49.95
Divergent Series Complete Box Set • Amazon $34.39 1 $34.39
Thirteen Reasons Why • Amazon $6.87 4 $27.48
Sold • Amazon $6.00 4 $24.00
The The Hunger Games Trilogy Box Set: Paperback Classic Collection • Amazon $22.18 1 $22.18
Uglies: Uglies; Pretties; Specials; Extras • Amazon $22.04 1 $22.04
Brown Girl Dreaming • Amazon $10.74 2 $21.48
Chain Reaction: A Perfect Chemistry Novel • Amazon $8.80 2 $17.60
The Perks of Being a Wallflower • Amazon $8.33 2 $16.66
Before I Fall • Amazon $8.14 2 $16.28
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier • Amazon $7.37 2 $14.74
Perfect Chemistry (A Perfect Chemistry Novel) • Amazon $7.26 2 $14.52
Naughts & Crosses • Amazon $14.50 1 $14.50
Romiette and Julio • Amazon $7.19 2 $14.38
Blubber • Amazon $6.99 2 $13.98
Will Grayson, Will Grayson • Amazon $6.99 2 $13.98
Paper Towns • Amazon $6.84 2 $13.68
The House of the Scorpion • Amazon $6.00 2 $12.00
Wintergirls • Amazon $5.72 2 $11.44
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe • Amazon $5.64 2 $11.28
The Bell Jar (P.S.) • Amazon $10.42 1 $10.42
MLA: The Easy Way! [Updated for MLA 7th Edition] • Amazon $10.40 1 $10.40
Dark Secrets (Urban Underground (Quality)) • Amazon $9.95 1 $9.95
One of Us (Urban Underground #5) • Amazon $9.95 1 $9.95
Return to Paradise • Amazon $9.81 1 $9.81
Rules of Attraction (A Perfect Chemistry Novel) • Amazon $9.63 1 $9.63
Leaving Paradise • Amazon $9.55 1 $9.55
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Book 1) • Amazon $9.18 1 $9.18
If You Could Be Mine: A Novel • Amazon $9.16 1 $9.16
The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen • Amazon $8.89 1 $8.89
Born Confused • Amazon $8.66 1 $8.66
Shadows of Guilt (Urban Underground #2) (Urban Underground (Quality)) • Amazon $8.64 1 $8.64
Wildflower-Urban Underground (Urban Underground (Quality)) • Amazon $8.49 1 $8.49
Boy Meets Boy • Amazon $8.49 1 $8.49
If You Really Loved Me (Urban Underground #4) (Urban Underground (Quality)) • Amazon $8.16 1 $8.16
I Am the Messenger • Amazon $7.80 1 $7.80
The Knife of Never Letting Go (Reissue with bonus short story): Chaos Walking: Book One • Amazon $7.44 1 $7.44
Red Queen (Witch World) • Amazon $7.37 1 $7.37
A Boy Called Twister (Urban Underground #3) (Urban Underground (Quality)) • Amazon $7.24 1 $7.24
Adaptation • Amazon $7.20 1 $7.20
The Battle of Jericho (The Jericho Trilogy) • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
November Blues (The Jericho Trilogy) • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
Just Another Hero (The Jericho Trilogy) • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
Outrunning the Darkness (Urban Underground #1) (Urban Underground (Quality)) • Amazon $6.71 1 $6.71
Looking for Alaska • Amazon $5.99 1 $5.99
Remember Me: Remember Me; The Return; The Last Story • Amazon $4.33 1 $4.33
Until the End: The Party; The Dance; The Graduation (Final Friends) • Amazon $4.00 1 $4.00

Materials cost

$743.58

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.15

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$784.73

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$138.48

Total project goal

$923.21

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $923.21

7 Donors

-$461.61

Donations toward project cost

-$392.37

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.24

match offer

-$461.60

Match offer toward project cost

-$392.36

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$69.24

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