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Ms. Norris from Phoenix AZ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Imagination Is Your Preview Of Life's Coming Attractions

My students need these 44 captivating novels, including a good blend of classics and current interest books, from "Harry Potter" to "Flowers For Algernon" to "To Kill a Mockingbird".

  • $587 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

The title refers to a quote by Einstein that guides my teaching practice. Reading is the number one way I know to feed the imaginations of my students. Our school is a K-8 in a predominantly Hispanic, poor urban neighborhood. My kids are hard working, bright, and curious, but they lack the resources to get them excited about the written word. Our small school library is focused very much on younger kids and I want my junior high students to understand that books don't have to have pictures to be colorful and packed with riveting images. I am the reading teacher for all 120 of our junior high kids. I've attempted to build a modest classroom library with my personal books and some from library sales. However, I need some new, exciting titles and classics to really move my young readers forward. Some of the titles in this batch of 40 books are: The Golden Compass series, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series, The Harry Potter Series, Harry Potter #1 en Español, Lord of the Flies, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Secret Life of Bees, Stargirl, Hoops, Hatchet, Jacob I Have Loved... I selected these titles based on my own love of young adult literature, the recommendations of my former students, librarian recommendations, and teen book lists from around the net. Junior high students are thirsty for escape from their own lives; they need to be able to look beyond their situations and realize how wide and bright the world can be. You can show my kids how the written word can carry them through life with a secret strength by donating to this project.

Ms. Norris
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter #1) J. K. Rowling, Mary GrandPre (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter #2) J. K. Rowling, Mary Grandpre (Illustrator), Mary GrandPr (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter #3) J. K. Rowling, Mary Grandpre (Illustrator), Mary GrandPr (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter #4) J. K. Rowling, Mary Grandpre (Illustrator), Mary GrandPr (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter #5) J. K. Rowling, Mary GrandPre (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter #6) J. K. Rowling, Mary GrandPre (Illustrator), Mary GrandPr (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.99 2 $17.98
Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) (Harry Potter #1), Vol. 1 J. K. Rowling, Alicia Dellepiane • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
His Dark Materials Boxed Set: The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman • Barnes and Noble $18.00 1 $18.00
Twilight Stephenie Meyer • Barnes and Noble $9.89 1 $9.89
Down the Rabbit Hole (Echo Falls Series #1) Peter Abrahams • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon • Barnes and Noble $12.55 1 $12.55
The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd • Barnes and Noble $12.60 1 $12.60
Walk to Remember Nicholas Sparks • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Book Crush: For Kids and Teens--Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Interest (Book Lust Series) Nancy Pearl • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25
A Child Called It Dave Pelzer • Barnes and Noble $10.75 1 $10.75
Ella Enchanted Gail Carson Levine, Gail Carson Levine (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Eragon (Inheritance Cycle #1) Christopher Paolini • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Eldest (Inheritance Cycle #2) Christopher Paolini • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Fever 1793 Laurie Halse Anderson, Lori Earley • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Feed M. T. Anderson • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Scary Stories: Boxed Set Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $16.17 1 $16.17
Gathering Blue Lois Lowry • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
A Great and Terrible Beauty Libba Bray • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Kira-Kira Cynthia Kadohata • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Jacob Have I Loved Katherine Paterson • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Hoops Walter Dean Myers • Barnes and Noble $5.85 1 $5.85
Heat Mike Lupica • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide Series #1) Douglas Adams • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Hitchhiker's Guide Series #2) Douglas Adams • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Life, the Universe and Everything (Hitchhiker's Guide Series #3) Douglas Adams, Pocket Books • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Hitchhiker's Guide Series #4) Douglas Adams • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Lord of the Flies William Golding, E. L. Epstein, Edmund L. Epstein • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Stargirl Jerry Spinelli • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Stargirl (Spanish-language Edition) Jerry Spinelli, Maria Lara, Sandra Diaz-Aguado, Tino (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
Hatchet (Brian's Saga Series #1) Gary Paulsen • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
A Certain Slant of Light Laura Whitcomb • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac Gabrielle Zevin • Barnes and Noble $13.60 1 $13.60
Life of Pi Yann Martel • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky • Barnes and Noble $12.60 1 $12.60
Son of the Mob Gordon Korman • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books Francesca Lia Block • Barnes and Noble $10.79 1 $10.79

Materials cost

$393.27

Vendor shipping charges

 $39.33

Sales tax

 $22.02

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.83

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$481.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$105.59

Total project goal

$586.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $586.59

11 Donors

-$565.88

Donations toward project cost

-$481.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$84.88

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$20.71

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