Help me give my students reading joy by bringing relevant, representative, award-winning books to our students.
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Walker's classroom raised $763
This project is fully funded
My Project
Please help us fill our library with representative, engaging books!
Our library budget allows for about $2 per student compared to the suggested $10-15 per student.
While we do our best to fundraise to combat rising book prices and provide our students with a diverse, updated collection, your donation will help bridge the gap.
The books on this list are requested for several reasons. Some are next year's IL Reader's Choice Lincoln Award nominees. Others are to replace lost or damaged books. Others will support our curriculum, specifically a freshman biography project. All of these books will find their way into the hands of high school students who will benefit from their reading experience.
Thank you so much for your support in promoting literacy, empathy, learning, libraries, and students!
More than a third 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
TJ Klune's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Collection 3-Book Set: in the Lives of Puppets (Hardcover), under the Whispering Door (Paperback), House in the Cerulean Sea (Paperback)
• Amazon Business
$46.05
1
$46.05
The Urgent Life: My Story of Love, Loss, and Survival (hardcover, ages 14+) - biography, social emotional learning for older teens YA x MahoganyBooks
• DonorsChoose Featured Favorites
The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell (paperback, autobiography, YA ages 14+) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks
• DonorsChoose Featured Favorites
$18.00
1
$18.00
The Talk
• Amazon Business
$16.56
1
$16.56
Once I Was You -- Adapted for Young Readers: Finding My Voice and Passing the Mic
• Amazon Business
$14.81
1
$14.81
The Last Bookstore on Earth - Hardcover Book
• AKJ Education
$14.59
1
$14.59
Permanent Record (Young Readers Edition): How One Man Exposed the Truth about Government Spying and Digital Security
• Amazon Business
$14.44
1
$14.44
You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight
• Amazon Business
$13.99
1
$13.99
A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome
• Amazon Business
$13.85
1
$13.85
Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Novel
• Amazon Business
$13.79
1
$13.79
Burnt: A Memoir of Fighting Fire
• Amazon Business
$13.50
1
$13.50
This Indian Kid: A Native American Memoir (Scholastic Focus)
• Amazon Business
$13.38
1
$13.38
Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed
• Amazon Business
$13.37
1
$13.37
A Quantum Life (Adapted for Young Adults): My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars
• Amazon Business
$13.18
1
$13.18
Help Yourself for Teens: Real-Life Advice for Real-Life Challenges
• Amazon Business
$12.74
1
$12.74
Messi: A Biography
• Amazon Business
$12.69
1
$12.69
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
• Amazon Business
$12.49
1
$12.49
Hell Followed with Us
• Amazon Business
$12.08
1
$12.08
Sincerely, Your Autistic Child: What People on the Autism Spectrum Wish Their Parents Knew About Growing Up, Acceptance, and Identity
• Amazon Business
$11.99
1
$11.99
Defy Me (Shatter Me Book 5)
• Amazon Business
$11.26
1
$11.26
Little Thieves - Painted Devils - Hardcover Book
• AKJ Education
$10.90
1
$10.90
Promise Boys
• Amazon Business
$10.89
1
$10.89
Monstrous - Monstrous - Hardcover Book
• AKJ Education
$10.78
1
$10.78
I'm Still Here (Adapted for Young Readers): Loving Myself in a World Not Made for Me
• Amazon Business
$10.74
1
$10.74
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks: Adapted for Young People (ReVisioning History for Young People)
• Amazon Business
$10.59
1
$10.59
Divine Rivals - Hardcover Book
• AKJ Education
$10.27
1
$10.27
Shut Up, This Is Serious - Hardcover Book
• AKJ Education
$10.14
1
$10.14
Kobe Bryant: The Inspiring Story of One of Basketball's Greatest Shooting Guards (Basketball Biography Books)
• Amazon Business
$9.99
1
$9.99
Rez Ball - Hardcover Book
• AKJ Education
$9.75
1
$9.75
No Summit out of Sight: The True Story of the Youngest Person to Climb the Seven Summits
• Amazon Business
$9.54
1
$9.54
This Is My America
• Amazon Business
$9.51
1
$9.51
Lunar New Year Love Story
• Amazon Business
$9.47
1
$9.47
As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow - Hardcover Book
• AKJ Education
$9.35
1
$9.35
Wings of Fire: The Brightest Night: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel #5) (Wings of Fire Graphix)
• Amazon Business
$9.23
1
$9.23
Spaceman (Adapted for Young Readers): The True Story of a Young Boy's Journey to Becoming an Astronaut
• Amazon Business
$8.99
1
$8.99
Moon Rising: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel #6) (Wings of Fire Graphix)
• Amazon Business
$8.68
1
$8.68
The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living
• Amazon Business
$8.67
1
$8.67
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March
• Amazon Business
$8.54
1
$8.54
Winter Turning: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel #7) (Wings of Fire Graphix)
• Amazon Business
$8.48
1
$8.48
Komi Can't Communicate, Vol. 6 (6)
• Amazon Business
$7.99
1
$7.99
Victories Greater Than Death (Unstoppable, 1)
• Amazon Business
$7.90
1
$7.90
The Maze Runner (Book 1)
• Amazon Business
$7.87
1
$7.87
Wings of Fire: The Dark Secret: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel #4) (4) (Wings of Fire Graphix)
• Amazon Business
$7.81
1
$7.81
Girl in Pieces
• Amazon Business
$7.13
1
$7.13
A Magic Steeped in Poison
• Amazon Business
$7.06
1
$7.06
The Summer of Broken Rules
• Amazon Business
$6.65
1
$6.65
Materials cost
$609.06
Vendor shipping charges
FREE
Sales tax
$0.00
3rd party payment processing fee
$9.14
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$648.20
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$114.39
Total project goal
$762.59
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$762.59
8 Donors
-$332.53
Donations toward project cost
-$293.53
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$39.00
match offer
-$417.26
Match offer toward project cost
-$354.67
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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