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

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Help 7th Graders Meet Their Reading Goals For The Year!

My students need 1-2 copies of 54 books, with an emphasis on urban fiction such as The Bluford Series and books by Walter Dean Myers.

  • $842 goal

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I teach 2 sections of 7th grade ELA in a low-income school urban school where 98% of students qualify for free lunch.

After 5 years in the classroom, I know that the most effective way for students to make dramatic gains in reading growth is to encourage them to read high-interest texts on their level. I take pride in raising student reading levels by 1.5 or more years, so having a great collection of reading material is crucial to me. I am lucky to have a group of motivated, proficient readers in my seventh grade classes this year. At the beginning of each school year, I spend a week or so outlining my expectations and encouraging students to set audacious goals for themselves for the school year and beyond. As a class, our goal is that each student will read 35 books on their level by year's end. However, many of my students have set the bar much higher, aiming for 40, 45 or 50 books completed this year. As a teacher, I am both energized by their enthusiasm and concerned about my inadequate supply of reading material! While my classroom library contains hundreds of texts, very few are engaging enough to tempt these voracious readers. Additionally, most of the books in my classroom library are well below my students' read level and thus, unappealing to my students.

My project needs a wide variety of high-level, high interest fiction texts for my students to read. These include challenging series texts like The Demonata Series and Stephanie Meyers popular books.

My students are avid readers but need some assistance finding texts to suit their tastes. Please help me fill our classroom library with books that will motivate my students to EXCEED their reading goals for the year!

Ms. Liles MS 88 Peter Rouget Grades 6-8

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More than 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

60 students impacted 1donor

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Game Walter Dean Myers • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
Autobiography of My Dead Brother Walter Dean Myers, Christopher A. Myers (Illustrator), Christopher Myers (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Drive-By Lynne Ewing • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
Durango Street Frank Bonham • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Shooter Walter Dean Myers • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
What They Found: Love on 145th Street Walter Dean Myers • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
No Easy Answers: Short Stories About Teenagers Making Tough Choices Donald R. Gallo • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Who Do You Think You Are?: Stories of Friends and Enemies Selected by Hazel Rochman, Darlene Z. McCampbell, Darlene Z. McCampbell (Editor), Hazel Rochman (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Big City Cool: Short Stories about Urban Youth M. Jerry Weiss (Editor), Helen S. Weiss (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $8.05 1 $8.05
The Outside Shot Walter Dean Myers • Barnes and Noble $5.85 1 $5.85
Boy Meets Girl Meg Cabot • Barnes and Noble $4.98 1 $4.98
Queen of Babble (Queen of Babble Series #1) Meg Cabot • Barnes and Noble $12.55 2 $25.10
Stuck in Neutral Terry Trueman • Barnes and Noble $15.20 1 $15.20
Endgame Nancy Garden • Barnes and Noble $15.30 1 $15.30
Indigo Summer (Kimani Tru Series) Monica McKayhan • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Keysha's Drama (Kimani Tru Series) Earl Sewell • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Somewhere in the Darkness Walter Dean Myers • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
The Carlyles (Gossip Girl, The Carlyles Series #1) Cecily Von Ziegesar, Annabelle Vestry • Barnes and Noble $9.89 2 $19.78
You Don't Know Me David Klass • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Secrets in the Shadows (Bluford High Series #3) Anne Schraff, Paul Langan (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Lost and Found (Bluford High Series #1) Anne Schraff • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Brothers in Arms (Bluford High Series #9) Paul Langan, Ben Alirez • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Payback (Bluford High Series #6) Paul Langan • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Summer of Secrets (Bluford High Series #10) Paul Langan • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
The Bully (Bluford High Series #5) Paul Langan • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Until We Meet Again (Bluford High Series #7) Ann Schraff, Anne E. Schraff • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Someone to Love Me (Bluford High Series #4) Anne Schraff, Paul Langan (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $3.59 1 $3.59
Name of this Book Is Secret Pseudonymous Bosch, Gilbert Ford (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
Feathers Jacqueline Woodson • Barnes and Noble $12.79 1 $12.79
Al Capone Does My Shirts Gennifer Choldenko • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
Leap Day Wendy Mass • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Flipped Wendelin Van Draanen • Barnes and Noble $8.05 2 $16.10
Cry of the Icemark (Icemark Chronicles Series #1) Stuart Hill • Barnes and Noble $8.99 2 $17.98
Blade of Fire (The Icemark Chronicles Series #2) Hill • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall Wendy Mass • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
Mango-shaped Space Wendy Mass • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
The Year of the Rat Grace Lin • Barnes and Noble $13.49 1 $13.49
Eclipse Stephenie Meyer • Barnes and Noble $13.99 2 $27.98
Twilight Stephenie Meyer • Barnes and Noble $9.89 1 $9.89
New Moon Stephenie Meyer • Barnes and Noble $13.99 1 $13.99
Breaking Dawn Stephenie Meyer • Barnes and Noble $16.09 1 $16.09
The Host Stephenie Meyer • Barnes and Noble $18.19 1 $18.19
Slawter (The Demonata Series #3) Darren Shan • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
Demon Apocalypse (The Demonata Series #6) Darren Shan • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
Blood Beast (The Demonata Series #5) Darren Shan • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
Bec (The Demonata Series #4) Darren Shan • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
Lord Loss (The Demonata Series #1) Darren Shan • Barnes and Noble $14.39 2 $28.78
Demon Thief (The Demonata Series #2) Darren Shan • Barnes and Noble $14.39 2 $28.78
Natalie's Secret (Camp Confidential Series #1) Melissa Morgan • Barnes and Noble $4.49 2 $8.98
Jenna's Dilemma (Camp Confidential Series #2) Melissa Morgan • Barnes and Noble $4.49 2 $8.98
Grace's Twist (Camp Confidential Series #3) Melissa J. Morgan • Barnes and Noble $4.49 2 $8.98
Alex's Challenge (Camp Confidential Series #4) Melissa J. Morgan • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49
TTYL (Camp Confidential Series #5) Melissa J. Morgan • Barnes and Noble $4.49 1 $4.49

Materials cost

$598.23

Vendor shipping charges

 $59.82

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$690.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$151.46

Total project goal

$841.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $841.46

1 Donor

-$811.76

Donations toward project cost

-$690.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$121.76

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$29.70

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