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Ms. Nelson-Campuzano from San Pedro, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Promoting Intellectual Freedom Through Banned Book Reading

Help me give my students access to banned books by building our classroom library!

  • $423 goal

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My Project

These books will help to make the world of storytelling more accessible, inclusive, and engaging for my students who come from a diversity of lived experiences. Being able to pick a book off of the shelf that reflects who they are, challenges their bias, or piques a new interest is something that all students should have access to.

I want to encourage critical thinking and a love for reading by sparking students' curiosity about banned and challenged texts.

As a first year teacher, I am building my classroom library from scratch. I am striving to include a rich variety of texts so students can choose what truly interests them.

Ms. Nelson-Campuzano San Pedro High School Grades 9-12

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 Ms. Nelson-Campuzano

San Pedro, 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

165 students impacted 9donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Reflections: On the Magic of Writing • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
Letters to a Young Athlete • Amazon Business $18.00 1 $18.00
Go Teen Writers: Write Your Novel • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
The Jungle • Amazon Business $14.79 1 $14.79
J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings • Amazon Business $14.74 1 $14.74
Crafting The Personal Essay: A Guide for Writing and Publishing Creative Non-Fiction • Amazon Business $14.29 1 $14.29
Invisible Man • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII • Amazon Business $13.94 1 $13.94
The Grapes of Wrath • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
1984 • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Brave New World • Amazon Business $11.53 1 $11.53
Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Fire Next Time • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
The Book of Myself: A Do-It-Yourself Autobiography in 201 Questions • Amazon Business $10.59 1 $10.59
Cat's Cradle: A Novel • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
The Sun Also Rises (Vintage Classics) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
March: Book One • Amazon Business $8.50 1 $8.50
Fahrenheit 451 • Amazon Business $8.29 1 $8.29
Bridge to Terabithia • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Lord of the Flies • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Alice in Wonderland: The Original 1865 Edition With Complete Illustrations By Sir John Tenniel (A Classic Novel of Lewis Carroll) • Amazon Business $5.97 1 $5.97
Frankenstein • Amazon Business $5.90 1 $5.90
The Call of the Wild and White Fang (Clydesdale Classics) • Amazon Business $4.50 1 $4.50
The Great Gatsby • Amazon Business $3.37 1 $3.37

Materials cost

$297.28

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $27.20

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.46

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$358.94

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$63.34

Total project goal

$422.28

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $422.28

7 Donors

-$298.18

Donations toward project cost

-$253.47

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.71

match offer

-$124.10

Match offer toward project cost

-$105.48

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.62

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