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Building Literacy Through Popular Fiction 3

My students need current popular fiction. These lists include everything from epic prose to zombie cheerleaders.

  • $555 goal

This project expired on February 28, 2010.

This project expired on February 28, 2010.

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Ms. S.
Grades 6-8

Our arts-focused middle school has never had a librarian until now. For the past 14 years our library has been staffed and stocked solely by parent volunteers. They have done an excellent job. Now, we have a new Library Assistant, and we are hoping to build a library culture. Our library serves roughly 500 students in grades six, seven and eight, but we do not receive any funding from the district. We rely solely on our PTA for library funds. Given the current economy, everyone is out of money. Our parents have worked so hard to keep our library open and functional. It is time for us to keep it current. The books included on this list are titles our students have been begging for. Now that the economy is so bad, many parents can't afford to buy new books. Most of our students rely on libraries for new reading material. The books they crave often have huge waiting lists at the public library. Such a long wait can be very disheartening to an excited child. If you help fund these projects, you will help to keep our children engaged in literature and allow them a healthy escape from the stress of daily life in such a harsh economy.

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Ms. S. Grades 6-8 500 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Plain Janes Jim Rugg, Cecil Castellucci • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Schooled Gordon Korman • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Eternal Smile Gene Luen Yang, Derek Kirk Kim (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.56 1 $13.56
Inuyasha, Volume 1 Rumiko Takahashi, Rumiko Takahashi (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.05 1 $8.05
Inuyasha: Volume 2 Rumiko Takahashi, Rumiko Takahashi (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.05 1 $8.05
The Higher Power of Lucky Susan Patron, Matt Phelan (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 2 $12.58
The Color of Earth, Vol. 1 Dong Hwa Kim • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25
The Color of Water, Vol. 2 Kim Dong Hwa • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25
The Color of Heaven, Vol. 3 Kim Dong Hwa • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
Igraine the Brave Cornelia Funke, Anthea Bell (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $11.04 1 $11.04
The Candy Shop War Brandon Mull • Barnes and Noble $15.16 1 $15.16
Book of a Thousand Days Shannon Hale • Barnes and Noble $14.36 1 $14.36
Keeping Corner Kashmira Sheth • Barnes and Noble $5.39 2 $10.78
Zen and the Art of Faking It Jordan Sonnenblick • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
Peak Roland Smith • Barnes and Noble $13.60 1 $13.60
Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant Series #1) Derek Landy, Tom Percival (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $17.00 1 $17.00
Code Orange Caroline B. Cooney • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Gossamer Lois Lowry • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
The Homework Machine Dan Gutman, Dan Santat • Barnes and Noble $14.35 1 $14.35
Rules Cynthia Lord • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Room One: A Mystery or Two Andrew Clements, Mark Elliott (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Year of the Dog Grace Lin • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson Bette Bao Lord, Marc Simont (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $16.10 1 $16.10
Frindle Andrew Clements, Brian Selznick (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Zel Donna Jo Napoli • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Song of the Sparrow Lisa Ann Sandell • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
You Don't Know Me David Klass • Barnes and Noble $17.09 1 $17.09
Chasing Lincoln's Killer: The Search for John Wilkes Booth James L. Swanson • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
Generation Dead (Generation Dead Series #1) Daniel Waters • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
Kiss of Life (Generation Dead Series #2) Daniel Waters • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
A Curse Dark as Gold Elizabeth C. Bunce • Barnes and Noble $16.19 1 $16.19
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Nagaru Tanigawa, Chris Pai (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Lucky Star Manga, Volume 1 Kagami Yoshimizu, Kagami Yoshimizu (Artist) • Barnes and Noble $8.79 1 $8.79
Garage Band Gipi, Gipi (Illustrator), Spectrum (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25

Materials cost

$399.39

Vendor shipping charges

 $39.94

Sales tax

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3rd party payment processing fee

$5.99

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$454.32

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$99.73

Total project goal

$554.05

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