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Ms. Ewen from Warrenton, NC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Reading Rockstars in Need of Resources

My project needs a vast array of engaging reading materials such as New Moon and The Audacity of Hope for students who crave books that connect to their own lives.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Ewen's classroom raised $738

This project is fully funded

As a new high school English teacher in rural Eastern North Carolina, I have been blessed with the beauty of finding high interest books for my students. The greatest phenomenon of my young teaching career is the reality that my students are now eager to read. I could not be more excited that my students are beginning to crave our Silent Sustained Reading time and "fight" over who gets to read the "hot book" next. It is also amazing that the chatter during SSR Journal Time has now transformed from the latest gossip into the buzz about who is reading the “most slamming” book and how students cannot believe what is happening next. My students are, on average, three to four years below their grade level and previously found reading intimidating and “stupid.” With the discovery of a list of high-interest books, this has begun to rapidly change. Through a previous grant and donations from friends and family, we have been able to muster up a scarce collection of some of our favorite reads. Although we are thankful, they are not enough to satiate the students’ burgeoning desires for books that are contemporary and connect to their lives. A number of my students have already read four or five of the books in the nine weeks we have been in school! Some of my students have gotten to the point where they have begged to “check out” their books and take them home, promising to bring them back because they share with a student in another period. At the rate they are plowing through them and the limited number that forces them to share, we are in need of a greater variety and more copies. The skyrocketing number of books my students are reading has blown my mind! Students who have never read an entire book are now on their second or third. In addition to their new desire to read, their comprehension skills are consequently on the rise. They are now increasingly able to engage in and understand the more difficult texts we read as a class. My students and I have generated a list of the most “fly” books we have read and a few more we are yearning to have. We would appreciate any contribution to our goal of becoming amazing readers! Some of the begged-for books are Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story,, Born Blue, We Beat the Street,, Twilight, Life in Prison, Broken China, Jason and Kyra, November Blues, Indigo Summer and Simply Divine.

Ms. Ewen Warren County High School Grades 9-12

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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

160 students impacted 11donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Born Blue Han Nolan • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Pact Led to Success Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Sharon Draper, With Sharon M. Draper • Barnes and Noble $6.29 3 $18.87
145th Street: Short Stories Walter Dean Myers • Barnes and Noble $5.39 2 $10.78
Twilight Stephenie Meyer • Barnes and Noble $8.99 2 $17.98
Life in Prison Stanley Tookie Williams, Chronicle Books, Barbara Cottman Becnel, With Barbara Cottman Becnel • Barnes and Noble $5.35 3 $16.05
Broken China Lori Aurelia Williams • Barnes and Noble $5.39 2 $10.78
Jason and Kyra Dana Davidson • Barnes and Noble $5.39 2 $10.78
November Blues Sharon M. Draper • Barnes and Noble $13.59 2 $27.18
Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $11.89 1 $11.89
Indigo Summer Monica McKayhan • Barnes and Noble $8.99 3 $26.97
Simply Divine Jacquelin Thomas • Barnes and Noble $8.95 2 $17.90
Blue Rage, Black Redemption: A Memoir Stanley Tookie Tookie Williams, Tavis Smiley, Foreword by Tavis Smiley • Barnes and Noble $14.40 2 $28.80
New Moon Stephenie Meyer • Barnes and Noble $13.29 2 $26.58
Eclipse Stephenie Meyer • Barnes and Noble $13.29 2 $26.58
Divine Confidential Jacquelin Thomas • Barnes and Noble $8.95 2 $17.90
Tyrell Coe Booth • Barnes and Noble $7.19 2 $14.38
Keysha's Drama Earl Sewell • Barnes and Noble $8.99 2 $17.98
Can't Stop the Shine Joyce E. Davis • Barnes and Noble $8.99 2 $17.98
Played Dana Davidson, Tk (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.09 2 $16.18
Dymond in the Rough (Platinum Teen Series #1) Precious, Kashamba Williams • Barnes and Noble $6.29 2 $12.58
The AB-solute Truth (Platinum Teens Series #2) Juwell, Precious • Barnes and Noble $13.45 2 $26.90
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story Ben Carson, Cecil Murphey • Barnes and Noble $5.39 2 $10.78
Letters to a Young Brother: Manifest Your Destiny Hill Harper • Barnes and Noble $10.80 2 $21.60
Don't Make a Black Woman Take off Her Earrings: Madea's Uninhibited Commentaries on Love and Life Tyler Perry • Barnes and Noble $11.65 1 $11.65
The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt, Lisa Frazier Page • Barnes and Noble $12.60 2 $25.20
The Bond: Three Young Men Learn to Forgive and Reconnect with Their Fathers Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt • Barnes and Noble $19.96 2 $39.92
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream Barack Obama • Barnes and Noble $13.45 1 $13.45

Materials cost

$503.89

Vendor shipping charges

 $50.39

Sales tax

 $21.42

3rd party payment processing fee

$12.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$605.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$132.80

Total project goal

$737.80

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $737.80

10 Donors

-$649.12

Donations toward project cost

-$605.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.12

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$88.68

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