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Ms. C. from GA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Real-Life Reading

My students need 12 books for our classroom library, including "Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story about Brain Science" and "Chocolate for a Teen's Dreams: Heartwarming Stories about Making Your Wishes Come True".

  • $141 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island. ~ Walt Disney ~

My school is in a rural county that is struggling financially.

Many of my students have part-time jobs to help support their families. In addition, many of them have not been exposed to books that they might actually enjoy. As a result, they see reading as something that wastes time they could be using to do something more worthwhile.

My Project

I am requesting books for my classroom library about real people who have faced real challenges. The people in these stories come from a variety of cultures, times, and nations. I can offer these books to my resistant readers, who tend to have a very practical mindset.

Reading these stories will help my students see that "literature" applies to real life, too.

Research shows that when students find books that they enjoy, they are more likely to read beyond what's required, and they are more likely to pick up another book after they finish. Help me break these walls of resistance. Help me share the joy of reading!

Ms. C.
Grades 9-12
  • Lafayette High School
  • La Fayette, GA
    • More than half 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

    This project will reach 75 students.

    10 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
It's True! It's True! Kurt Angle, With John Harper • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced Nujood Ali, Delphine Minoui • Barnes and Noble $8.20 1 $8.20
Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith Deborah Heiligman • Barnes and Noble $12.95 1 $12.95
Model: A Memoir Cheryl Diamond • Barnes and Noble $8.54 1 $8.54
All But My Life Gerda Weissmann Klein • Barnes and Noble $10.26 1 $10.26
A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive Dave Pelzer • Barnes and Noble $8.17 1 $8.17
Chocolate for a Teen's Dreams: Heartwarming Stories about Making Your Wishes Come True Kay Allenbaugh • Barnes and Noble $4.25 1 $4.25
Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood Ibtisam Barakat • Barnes and Noble $12.99 1 $12.99
George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War Thomas B. Allen, Cheryl Harness (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.08 1 $5.08
Warriors Don't Cry Melba Pattillo Beals • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year Esme Raji Codell, Esm Raji Codell • Barnes and Noble $8.85 1 $8.85
Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story about Brain Science John Fleischman • Barnes and Noble $8.50 1 $8.50

Materials cost

$100.59

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $4.02

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.51

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$115.12

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$25.27

Total project goal

$140.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $140.39

8 Donors

-$131.61

Donations toward project cost

-$115.12

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$16.49

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.78

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

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