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Mr. Paley from Sun Valley, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Inspiring Students Through Books

Help me give my students books that they will read and connect with. With these books, my students will be able to learn from and become inspired by the stories they will contain.

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My Project

My students need books that will challenge and inspire them to not only love reading, but to love reading because of the ideas they will learn from them. My students are just beginning to discover a passion for reading, and they need their classroom library to grow with them.

Through your donations, students will be able to use these books to learn about the different narrative elements contained within a story.

In addition, students will use these books to strengthen their reading stamina and fluency in and outside our classroom. It is essential that students have a variety of choices to choose from within our classroom library and thanks to your donation they will have that opportunity.

Mr. Paley Sun Valley Magnet School Grades 6-8

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 Twilight Saga White Collection • Amazon Business $39.33 1 $39.33
Heartstopper Series Volume 1-4 Books Set By Alice Oseman • Amazon Business $37.85 1 $37.85
The Hunger Games Trilogy: The Hunger Games / Catching Fire / Mockingjay • Amazon Business $32.97 1 $32.97
Divergent Series Four-Book Paperback Box Set: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, Four • Amazon Business $27.15 1 $27.15
March (Trilogy Slipcase Set) • Amazon Business $26.49 1 $26.49
The Great Gatsby: A Graphic Novel (Graphic Classics) • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Dogs of the Deadlands: THE TIMES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK • Amazon Business $17.49 1 $17.49
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel) • Amazon Business $14.62 1 $14.62
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
Summer of the Mariposas • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
American Born Chinese • Amazon Business $13.39 1 $13.39
Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Buried • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Wink • Amazon Business $11.75 1 $11.75
Bad Boy: A Memoir • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
If He Had Been with Me • Amazon Business $9.38 1 $9.38
The Crossover: A Newbery Award Winner (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus (Volume 1) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
They Both Die at the End • Amazon Business $8.37 1 $8.37
Eragon (Inheritance, Book 1) • Amazon Business $8.35 1 $8.35
Shadow Weaver (Shadow Weaver, 1) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder • Amazon Business $7.48 1 $7.48
Hatchet • Amazon Business $6.10 1 $6.10

Materials cost

$393.77

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $36.03

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.91

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$465.71

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$82.18

Total project goal

$547.89

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $547.89

3 Donors

-$308.56

Donations toward project cost

-$288.44

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$20.12

match offer

-$208.55

Match offer toward project cost

-$177.27

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.28

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$30.78

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