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Mrs. Wall from Baton Rouge, LA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Making Reading Fun! Part II

The cost of sixty-four books for young readers--including "Catcher in the Rye," "Eragon," and "Watership Down"--and seven bookcases from Office Depot is $1289, including shipping and <a target="new" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm" onclick="g_openWindow('http://www.donorschoose.org/html/fulfillment.htm', 300, 800, 'fulfillwindow');return false;">fulfillment</a>.

  • $1,354 goal

This project expired on April 11, 2007.

This project expired on April 11, 2007.

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Mrs. Wall Central Middle School
Baton Rouge, LA Grades 6-8

I am a language-arts teacher to gifted students in grades six, seven, and eight. When I accepted this position, I had just completed teaching for two years in a high school. Therefore, many of the books that I had collected for my classroom library were not appropriate for middle-school students. Here's the problem: I have twenty-eight intelligent students who have the ability to get lost in the incredible world of reading, but many of them think that it is not "cool" or "fun." So I got a bright idea. If I could give the students the freedom to read books of their choice in class, then maybe their interest in books would increase. I know that, when I was a kid, I hated the books that my teacher MADE me read, but I liked reading on my own time. So my students were pretty keen on my idea. They started reading more, and they seemed to like it more and more each day. In fact, I have one student who, on the first day of school, told me that he hated reading. After spending a great deal of time reading books of his choice, he grew to like it. Before the Christmas holiday, he told me that it is now his favorite thing to do. I want more stories like this. The problem is that I don't have much of a library in my classroom. I tell the students to read, but I don't have many books to offer. I would like to have books of all kinds. This way, my students will have plenty to choose from, and they will find books to suit their interests. I am asking for funding for various books from Barnes and Noble and seven bookshelves from Office Depot.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

25 students impacted
Mrs. Wall Central Middle School Grades 6-8

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Baton Rouge, LA View local requests

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

25 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Harry Potter Hardcover Boxed Set (Books 1-6) J. K. Rowling • Barnes and Noble $127.15 1 $127.15
Coming of Age: Book Bundle for Grades 8+ (15 Books) • AKJ Educational Services $85.27 1 $85.27
ALA Best Books For Young Adults: Book Bundle for Grades 7+ (14 Books) • AKJ Educational Services $80.52 1 $80.52
Conflict Resolution: Book Bundle for Grades 6+ (6 Books) • AKJ Educational Services $33.96 1 $33.96
Office Depot(R) Budget Bookcase, 29 1/2quot, 2 Shelves, White • Office Depot Inc. $31.99 7 $223.93
High Rhulain Brian Jacques, David Elliot (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $19.19 1 $19.19
Eragon (Inheritance Trilogy #1) Christopher Paolini • Barnes and Noble $15.16 1 $15.16
Eldest: Inheritance, Book II Christopher Paolini • Barnes and Noble $14.70 1 $14.70
Twilight Stephenie Meyer • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Light in the Attic Shel Silverstein, Shel Silverstein (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Where the Sidewalk Ends: 30th Anniversary Special Edition Shel Silverstein, Shel Silverstein (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Inkspell Cornelia Funke, Anthea Bell (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $13.99 1 $13.99
Spirit Walker Michelle Paver, Geoff Taylor (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
Rebel Angels Libba Bray • Barnes and Noble $13.56 1 $13.56
The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower Series, VII) Stephen King, Michael Whelan (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.26 1 $13.26
Elsewhere Gabrielle Zevin • Barnes and Noble $12.80 1 $12.80
Journey through Heartsongs Mattie J.T. Stepanek, Foreword by Jimmy Carter • Barnes and Noble $11.96 1 $11.96
Criss Cross Lynne Rae Perkins • Barnes and Noble $11.89 1 $11.89
Small Steps Louis Sachar • Barnes and Noble $11.86 1 $11.86
Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception, Vol. 4 Eoin Colfer • Barnes and Noble $11.86 1 $11.86
Size 12 Is Not Fat (A Heather Wells Mystery) Meg Cabot • Barnes and Noble $11.65 1 $11.65
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II: 101 More Stories of Life, Love and Learning • AKJ Educational Services $11.30 1 $11.30
Looking for Alaska John Green • Barnes and Noble $11.19 1 $11.19
What Have You Lost? Naomi Shihab Nye, Michael Nye (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Separate Peace John Knowles • Barnes and Noble $8.10 1 $8.10
Speak Laurie Halse Anderson • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
A Certain Slant of Light Laura Whitcomb • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
The Insiders J. Minter • Barnes and Noble $8.05 1 $8.05
Great and Terrible Beauty Libba Bray • Barnes and Noble $8.05 1 $8.05
Be More Chill Ned Vizzini • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Watership Down Richard Adams • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Pay It Forward Catherine Ryan Hyde • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
David Copperfield (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) Charles Dickens, Radhika Jones, Radhika Jones (Introduction) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East Naomi Shihab Nye • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
The Eye of the World Robert Jordan • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Redwall Brian Jacques • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Catcher in the Rye J. D. Salinger • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Shooter Walter Dean Myers • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Fat Kid Rules the World K. L. Going • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Crispin: The Cross of Lead Avi • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Forgotten Fire Adam Bagdasarian • Barnes and Noble $5.85 1 $5.85
Outside Shot Walter Dean Myers • Barnes and Noble $5.85 1 $5.85
Taming the Star Runner S. E. Hinton • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Tex S. E. Hinton • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Tears of a Tiger Sharon Mills Draper • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Whirligig Paul Fleischman • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
The Storyteller's Daughter Cameron Dokey, Kinuko Craft (Illustrator), Kinuko Y. Craft • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Then Again, Maybe I Won't Judy Blume • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Harris and Me: A Summer Remembered Gary Paulsen • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
I Am the Cheese Robert Cormier, Craig Virden (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain, Keith Neilson (Afterword) • Barnes and Noble $2.69 1 $2.69

Materials cost

$971.59

Vendor shipping charges

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Sales tax

3rd party payment processing fee

Fulfillment labor & materials

Total project cost

$1,110.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$243.66

Total project goal

$1,353.66

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