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Ms. Mildon from Granada Hills, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Paranormal - Cyberpunk - Postapocalyptic - Urban Fantasy

My students need a library for the future--their future! My project is to fund an English classroom library for 10th-12th grade. We need books such as Jane Eyre, The Martian Chronicles, the Returning and more.

  • $429 goal

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My Students

I recently had my students respond to a reading survey. I can honestly say the results did not surprise me. Most of my students are reluctant readers, and nearly 50% do not like to read at all. I had guessed as much from their struggles with writing and vocabulary. Over 70% of my students find themselves easily bored when reading and give up.

My desire is to instill a love of reading in my students.

If I can put just one book in their hands that intrigues them, it can turn their lives around. Reading is the key to better writing.

My Project

Sadly, the library I inherited is a couple dozen tattered copies from a bygone era. I want to create a classroom library that sparkles and shines. I want to lure my students in with brand-new young adult titles with flashy covers and intriguing titles. The books are out there. If I can bring them into my classroom, I know I can catch their interest.

One good book could be the hook to get my reluctant readers started on a lifelong adventure in reading.

My students love movies, especially sci-fi, mysteries, and fantasy. I want to carry over that love for adventure and fill my classroom with cyberpunk, alternate history, dystopian worlds, and speculative fiction.

Ms. Mildon John F Kennedy High School Grades 9-12

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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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Granada Hills, CA View local requests

More than three‑quarters 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

160 students impacted 7donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Stitches: A Memoir • AKJ Education $15.26 1 $15.26
The Glass Castle: A Memoir • AKJ Education $12.41 1 $12.41
Cry, The Beloved Country • AKJ Education $11.68 1 $11.68
Tell the Wolves I'm Home: A Novel • AKJ Education $11.68 1 $11.68
Ready Player One: A Novel • AKJ Education $11.68 1 $11.68
Life of Pi A Novel • AKJ Education $11.64 1 $11.64
True Notebooks: A Writer's Year at Juvenile Hall • AKJ Education $11.64 1 $11.64
Swamplandia! • AKJ Education $11.64 1 $11.64
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? • AKJ Education $10.95 1 $10.95
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close A Novel • AKJ Education $10.91 1 $10.91
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time • AKJ Education $10.91 1 $10.91
The Man in the High Castle (Tie-In) • AKJ Education $10.91 1 $10.91
City of Bones Movie Tie-in Edition • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Michael Vey The Prisoner of Cell 25 • AKJ Education $8.75 1 $8.75
Leviathan • AKJ Education $8.75 1 $8.75
Where Things Come Back • AKJ Education $8.75 1 $8.75
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
The Young Elites • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
The House of the Scorpion • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
Ship Breaker • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I The Pox Party • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Steelheart • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Code Name Verity • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Revolver • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Nation • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Midwinterblood • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Speak • AKJ Education $6.98 1 $6.98
Feed • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
How I Live Now • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The Returning • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
The Martian Chronicles • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83
The Tales of Edgar Allan Poe A Kaplan SAT Score-Raising Classic • AKJ Education $5.10 1 $5.10
Jane Eyre (Common Core Exemplar) • AKJ Education $3.61 1 $3.61

Materials cost

$302.08

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $27.64

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.53

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$364.25

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$64.28

Total project goal

$428.53

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $428.53

7 Donors

-$394.29

Donations toward project cost

-$364.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$30.04

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$34.24

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