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Mrs. Hetland from Sacramento, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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New Year, New Books!

My students need 52 books to improve literacy including, Freak the Mighty, The Mighty Miss Malone, and Rumble Fish.

  • $552 goal

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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

Are you a reader? You know all the fabulous places a book can take you. You know how a good book can spark ideas and inspire hope. You know how a good book can transport you out of a bad environment. Books open the windows to the world.

My students are hard-working and amazing.

They speak a variety of different languages and come from homes where there is often not enough money for food, let alone books. Most of my students do not have the resources to support buying extras. Our school does not have the money to buy classroom library books either. We work hard to make sure that our students get the same experience as those students at more affluent schools. We work hard to level the playing field for these wonderful kids. I try to build their love of reading by providing fun and engaging lessons for them, as well as providing a wide variety of good reading material for them to access at anytime.

My Project

Thanks to Donors Choose and my own money I built a fabulous library last year that kept the students engaged and enjoying reading. I even had students who weren't in my classes coming by to check out a book. As the year went on I knew I was going to need even more books. That is where you come in. My goal this year is to continue to foster a love for reading within my students. The novels you are providing will help do that. Children often turn away from reading and see it as just another job when they are never allowed to select their own reading material. This year my 7th graders will be reading 20 different books outside of our main curriculum. These novels will be self selected from the books provided by you! They will be able to select books like; The Mighty Miss Malone, A Walk to Remember, Freak the Mighty, and Rumble Fish.

The books you provide will give my students the ability to access reading material of their own choosing at anytime.

The books will provide endless hours of entertainment and joy for my students. My students will be able to build their literacy, their vocabulary, and their grammar skills all while building their love for reading. The best way to improve reading skills is to read more. My students will read an extra 20 novels this year, some will read even more.

Mrs. Hetland Fern Bacon Middle 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.

More about Mrs. Hetland

Sacramento, CA View local requests

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

115 students impacted 13donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Dark Is Rising Sequence: Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark Is Rising; Greenwitch; The Grey King; Silver on the Tree • Amazon $20.81 1 $20.81
Wonder • Amazon $9.25 2 $18.50
Wonderstruck (Schneider Family Book Award - Middle School Winner) • Amazon $16.96 1 $16.96
Speak • Amazon $7.60 2 $15.20
A Walk to Remember • Amazon $10.84 1 $10.84
Eleanor & Park • Amazon $10.73 1 $10.73
Bad Island • Amazon $9.89 1 $9.89
Brown Girl Dreaming (Newbery Honor Book) • Amazon $9.79 1 $9.79
Middle School: Just My Rotten Luck • Amazon $9.79 1 $9.79
Rain Reign (Ala Notable Children's Books. Middle Readers) • Amazon $9.71 1 $9.71
Someone Like You • Amazon $9.44 1 $9.44
The Crossover • Amazon $9.14 1 $9.14
Counting by 7s • Amazon $8.89 1 $8.89
Rumble Fish • Amazon $7.99 1 $7.99
Children of the Red King #1: Midnight for Charlie Bone • Amazon $7.99 1 $7.99
Dreamland • Amazon $7.94 1 $7.94
Dead End in Norvelt (Norvelt Series) • Amazon $7.90 1 $7.90
The Mighty Miss Malone • Amazon $7.83 1 $7.83
Time Between Us • Amazon $7.82 1 $7.82
Discovering Wes Moore (The Young Adult Adaptation) • Amazon $7.66 1 $7.66
The Perks of Being a Wallflower • Amazon $7.58 1 $7.58
The Misfits • Amazon $7.55 1 $7.55
Sisters • Amazon $7.48 1 $7.48
Trash • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
Inside Out and Back Again • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
Taking Sides • Amazon $6.99 1 $6.99
Okay for Now • Amazon $6.99 1 $6.99
Baseball in April and Other Stories • Amazon $6.99 1 $6.99
El Deafo • Amazon $6.84 1 $6.84
The DUFF: (Designated Ugly Fat Friend) • Amazon $6.37 1 $6.37
Freak the Mighty • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
The Wednesday Wars • Amazon $6.29 1 $6.29
Thirteen Reasons Why • Amazon $6.28 1 $6.28
Smile • Amazon $6.24 1 $6.24
Bluefish • Amazon $6.15 1 $6.15
Bud, Not Buddy • Amazon $6.04 1 $6.04
Because of Mr. Terupt • Amazon $6.00 1 $6.00
The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics) • Amazon $6.00 1 $6.00
The False Prince: Book 1 of the Ascendance Trilogy • Amazon $6.00 1 $6.00
One Crazy Summer • Amazon $6.00 1 $6.00
Chasing the Falconers (On the Run) • Amazon $5.99 1 $5.99
Paper Towns • Amazon $5.72 1 $5.72
The Truth About Forever • Amazon $5.13 1 $5.13
Out of My Mind • Amazon $4.99 1 $4.99
Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life • Amazon $4.89 1 $4.89
Maniac Magee • Amazon $4.52 1 $4.52
Schooled • Amazon $3.94 1 $3.94
Among the Hidden (Shadow Children #1) • Amazon $3.84 1 $3.84
Out Of The Dust • Amazon $3.84 1 $3.84

Materials cost

$396.43

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $36.27

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$468.65

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$82.70

Total project goal

$551.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $551.35

10 Donors

-$521.35

Donations toward project cost

-$443.15

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$78.20

match offer

-$30.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$25.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$4.50

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