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Ms. Silinsh from New York NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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The Library of My Discontent

My students need a variety of 25 books from different genres for our classroom library.

  • $397 goal

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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.

Tattered, yellow pages, crumbling covers, and 80's haircuts. These are just a few of the symptoms of my ailing library. My school has no central library and many of my students have no safe way to visit the public library in their neighborhood. They are group of active and avid readers. The only thing that's missing is engaging material for them to sink their teeth into.

My school is located in a high-poverty district where 100% of students qualify for free lunch. Primarily, my students learned English as a second language, but have excelled in reading and writing despite this obstacle.

With a good classroom library, my students will have the opportunity to develop greater vocabulary skills, enhance comprehension, and improve their writing. Finally, reading a variety of books will help them to develop skills to improve their performance on state assessments, allowing them greater opportunities in their future.

I cannot calculate the difference that your donation will make. I come into my classroom every day and look at the library with a heavy heart. We currently have 120 books to share among my 75 students. Of these, maybe 30 are developmentally appropriate. I hope that you will be the one to make a difference for my students.

Ms. Silinsh
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Blood Promise (Vampire Academy Series #4) Richelle Mead • Barnes and Noble $11.04 1 $11.04
The Blue Is for Nightmares Collection Laurie Faria Stolarz • Barnes and Noble $27.96 1 $27.96
Deadly Little Secrets (Touch Series #1) Laurie Faria Stolarz • Barnes and Noble $12.79 1 $12.79
Black Is for Beginnings (Blue Is for Nightmares #5) Laurie Faria Stolarz • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
Bone Boxed Set (Books 1-3) Jeff Smith • Barnes and Noble $21.56 1 $21.56
Bone: Crown of Horns (Bone Series #9), Vol. 9 Jeff Smith • Barnes and Noble $8.79 1 $8.79
Bone: The Dragonslayer (Bone Series #4), Vol. 4 Jeff Smith, Jeff Smith (Illustrator), Steve Hamaker (Illustrator), Steve Hamaker • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Bone: Ghost Circles (Bone Series #7) Jeff Smith, Steve Hamaker (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Bone: Treasure Hunters (Bone Series #8) Jeff Smith, Steve Hamaker (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Bone: Rock Jaw: Master of the Eastern Border (Bone Series #5) Jeff Smith, Steve Hamaker (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Rose: Bone Prequel (Bone Series) Jeff Smith, Charles Vess (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.79 1 $8.79
Bone: Old Man's Cave (Bone Series #6) Jeff Smith, Steve Hamaker (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Vampire Academy Richelle Mead • Barnes and Noble $17.68 1 $17.68
Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy Series #1) Richelle Mead • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy Series #3), Vol. 3 Richelle Mead • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Frostbite (Vampire Academy Series #2) Richelle Mead • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series #5) Rick Riordan • Barnes and Noble $11.69 1 $11.69
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series #1) Rick Riordan • Barnes and Noble $4.98 1 $4.98
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series #4) Rick Riordan • Barnes and Noble $5.98 1 $5.98
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series #2) Rick Riordan, Tk (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $4.98 1 $4.98
The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series #3) Rick Riordan • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Demigods and Monsters: Your Favorite Authors on Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series Rick Riordan, Leah Wilson • Barnes and Noble $11.96 1 $11.96
The Hunger Games (Hunger Games Series #1) Suzanne Collins • Barnes and Noble $11.69 1 $11.69
Catching Fire (Hunger Games Series #2) Suzanne Collins • Barnes and Noble $11.69 1 $11.69
Gregor: Boxed Set 1-5 (Underland Chronicles Series) Suzanne Collins • Barnes and Noble $26.36 1 $26.36

Materials cost

$283.30

Vendor shipping charges

$28.33

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$324.88

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$71.32

Total project goal

$396.20

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$396.20

5 Donors

-$396.20

Donations toward project cost

-$324.92

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$71.28

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