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Ms. Plourde from Las Vegas, NV is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Nothing But the Best!: In-Demand YA Titles for All Readers

Help me give my students the best of the best! These new novels are in high demand and highly recommended for high school readers of varying abilities.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Plourde's classroom raised $385

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are resilient, kind, young adults at a Title I school. Many of them struggled immensely last year during distance learning due to the pandemic. The struggle continues this year as we try to build back some of the academic stamina and social-emotional skills that students need to feel confident, safe, and supported at school.

Our students have been out of the practice of reading for pleasure for some time, and it is crucial to provide them with reading opportunities that excite them and reflect their varied interests and backgrounds.

My Project

We've worked hard to build our classroom library this year, but there are still some titles that my students are craving that we have yet to procure. It is my hope that providing my students with more independent reading choices and new, exciting young adult titles will rekindle the joy to be found in reading.

These titles are highly sought after and come highly recommended as being riveting, relevant, and respected titles for teenage readers of varying abilities; these are just the novels that will put the icing on the cake of a contemporary and diverse classroom library.

I can't wait to share these books with my avid readers who are looking for new titles to add to their lists as well as my reluctant readers who are still searching for the kinds of books that will turn them into lifelong bookworms.

Ms. Plourde Durango High School Grades 9-12

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

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

175 students impacted 8donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Mercy Rule • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Everything's Not Fine • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Best Debut Short Stories 2021: The PEN America Dau Prize • Amazon Business $16.95 1 $16.95
What Could Be Saved: A Novel • Amazon Business $16.79 1 $16.79
Fractured • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
The Blessing Effect: A Single Act of Kindness Can Rewrite the Future • Amazon Business $15.95 1 $15.95
The Stranger in the Lifeboat: A Novel • Amazon Business $15.07 1 $15.07
The Boys Who Danced with the Moon • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
The Best Short Stories 2021: The O. Henry Prize Winners (The O. Henry Prize Collection) • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
The Best American Short Stories 2021 • Amazon Business $14.69 1 $14.69
The Unknown (The Unknown Series) • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
The Authenticity Project: A Novel • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
We Are All the Same in the Dark: A Novel • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: A Novel • Amazon Business $11.98 1 $11.98
West with Giraffes: A Novel • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Where the Crawdads Sing • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
How It Feels to Float • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
They Wish They Were Us • Amazon Business $9.13 1 $9.13
The Beekeeper of Aleppo: A Novel • Amazon Business $8.96 1 $8.96
I Am Watching You • Amazon Business $7.29 1 $7.29

Materials cost

$271.55

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$21.32

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.07

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$326.94

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$57.70

Total project goal

$384.64

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$384.64

3 Donors

-$269.82

Donations toward project cost

-$229.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.47

match offer

-$114.81

Match offer toward project cost

-$97.59

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.22

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$0.00

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