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Ms. Bane from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Insatiable Readers Need Bigger Library

My students need more options in their classroom library like I Am Number Four, Redwall, Dragon Wing, and World War Z to engage the varied levels of readers in my class.

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

In my classroom, students are just discovering a passion for reading. They are eager to devour the books in our classroom library, but they are limited because our school does not have a physical library on campus.

Our students are interested in a wide variety of genres.

They crave books on sports, science, and graphic novels. They are driven to go to college and want to pursue careers that will make an impact on the world. As a teacher, I am devoted to encouraging these dreams, but I know that a love for reading is key for their success.

My Project

Students have found books in our classroom library that have kickstarted a love for reading. However, the students' options are currently limited and do not cover a wide variety of genres. For example, several students are passionate about sports, but I don't have any books to feed this interest. Many have asked me for the next book in a series, or they want to check out a book that another student is already reading. I have started bringing some books from home, but that is a limited option considering they want new, fresh books. As a result, I've chosen books in a series, graphic novels, fantasy books, and more to bring in new readers in the classroom and provide a wider menu for experienced readers.

A love for reading is key to the success of students, but the students at my school are often unable to find a bus to a library or to a bookstore.

They need a varied classroom library to support their passion for reading over the long-term. Your donation would help make sure that these students have access to texts that can engage them and promote their interests through reading.

Ms. Bane Alliance Smidt Technology High School Grades 9-12

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.

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Nearly all 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Fault in Our Stars • AKJ Books $13.13 2 $26.26
Where''d You Go, Bernadette • AKJ Books $18.97 1 $18.97
Tell the Wolves I''m Home • AKJ Books $18.25 1 $18.25
One Shot at Forever • AKJ Books $18.24 1 $18.24
Watchmen • AKJ Books $14.59 1 $14.59
Why We Broke Up • AKJ Books $14.59 1 $14.59
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Ann Brashares • AKJ Books $7.29 2 $14.58
Black Hole • AKJ Books $14.56 1 $14.56
Crescendo • AKJ Books $13.86 1 $13.86
Miss Peregrine''s Home for Peculiar Children • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Ship Breaker Paolo Bacigalupi • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Meridian • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Oryx and Crake • AKJ Books $11.64 1 $11.64
Maus II: A Survivor''s Tale: And Here My Troubles Began • AKJ Books $11.64 1 $11.64
The Absolutely True Diary Of A Parttime Indian • AKJ Books $10.95 1 $10.95
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? • AKJ Books $10.91 1 $10.91
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War • AKJ Books $10.91 1 $10.91
Fist Stick Knife Gun • AKJ Books $10.22 1 $10.22
Blood Promise • AKJ Books $9.99 1 $9.99
The Broken Thread • AKJ Books $9.45 1 $9.45
Hush, Hush Becca Fitzpatrick • AKJ Books $8.75 1 $8.75
Travels with Charley: In Search of America • AKJ Books $8.03 1 $8.03
The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking Series #1) Patr • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
I Am Number Four • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
The Princess Diaries • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Shiver • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Princess in Love • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Paper Towns • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Shadow Kiss • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Redwall • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Shadowland (Immortals Series #3) Alyson Noel • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Last Sacrifice • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Evermore • AKJ Books $7.26 1 $7.26
Princess in the Spotlight • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Different Seasons Stephen King, Stephen King (Afterword) • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
The Uninvited Tim Wynne-Jones • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Lemonade Mouth • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
What If . . . You Broke All the Rules • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Ring of Endless Light • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Gym Candy • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Dairy Queen • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Mattimeo(50) • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
The Yearling • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Dragonflight • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Flygirl Sherri L. Smith • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Hitchiker''s Guide To The Galaxy • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Dragon Wing • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
After Tupac and D Foster • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Canyons • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Redwall (Redwall #1) Brian Jacques • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Dreamwalker''s Child • AKJ Books $5.80 1 $5.80
Black Mirror • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Journey of the Sparrows • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O''Dell, Lois Lowry (Introd • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Where the Red Fern Grows • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Peak • AKJ Books $5.07 1 $5.07
Jesse Gary Soto • AKJ Books $5.07 1 $5.07
Accidental Love • AKJ Books $5.07 1 $5.07
White Fang • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Anne of Green Gables • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
The Call of the Wild • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Around the World in Eighty Days Jules Verne • AKJ Books $3.64 1 $3.64
Little Women • AKJ Books $3.61 1 $3.61
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer • AKJ Books $3.61 1 $3.61
Ec Time Machine • AKJ Books $2.88 1 $2.88

Materials cost

$547.69

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $50.11

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.22

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$636.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$112.24

Total project goal

$748.26

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $748.26

13 Donors

-$714.44

Donations toward project cost

-$614.77

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$99.67

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

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