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Ms. Wilkins from Genoa, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Our Readers Get Fiction Fabulous!

My students need 56 exciting and life relevant fiction books such as "Stay" and "Under the Mesquite" to spark a reading frenzy! Help us complete series and give our readers some new reads to devour.

  • $929 goal

This project expired on July 13, 2012.

This project expired on July 13, 2012.

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Ms. Wilkins Genoa - Kingston High School
Genoa, IL Grades 9-12

My Students

Do you remember that one outstanding book series, character, or author who stole your heart? Our students love seeing the latest books by their favorite authors on our shelves the minute they hit book stores. Help us obtain the newest fiction books while igniting our students' passion for reading!

Our students deserve the world, but sadly, they do not always have the opportunities they should.

Public schools in Illinois are suffering major funding blows and we are at a rural public school where the library budget is and already has been devastatingly low. Everyone has been hit hard by the economic downturn, but many of our students have been affected a little more. Parents have lost jobs and households that didn't have a very high income as it is, have been devastated; however, our students are leaders who inspire and persist in times when sacrifice is essential. Never once have they complained as clubs, classes, budgets, and programs have been cut all around them. Instead, they have banded together, donated books to the library, and asked what they can do to help. It is this spirit that inspires me and motivates me to work to give our students the resources to which they have a right.

My Project

Teen love, addiction, bullying, family conflicts, and the pressures of modern life are not only issues that strike young people's curiosity, but they are also struggles that they must face daily. Through books, kids can explore problems privately, get inspired by persevering characters, and escape to places they may never physically go. Through the characters' struggles, kids may learn to cope with problems of their own. Stories teach, entertain, inspire, and help kids make their way through life. Because these stories will stay with our students forever, the gift impacts them for a lifetime. Because the books stay in the library,they continuously impact our school as well. One of the most important values we can pass on to our students is the importance of finding joy in reading and embracing that for a lifetime.

Our readers have invested so much time and heart in their favorite authors and series and I'd like to make the newest author contributions available to our students immediately.

Maintaining a library that has current and cutting edge books for our 21st century learners is expensive and can be timely on a limited budget. Our students will be inspired by these new titles and their quest to become lifelong learners and readers will be encouraged. The newest fiction titles equal reading excitement!

Half of students from low‑income households

650 students impacted
Ms. Wilkins Genoa - Kingston High School Grades 9-12 Genoa, IL View local requests

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

650 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Dead End in Norvelt • AKJ Books $11.83 1 $11.83
Between Shades of Gray • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Legend • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Blood Red Road-NYP Jan 2012 • AKJ Books $7.39 1 $7.39
Chime • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
The Scorpio Races • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Now Is the Time for Running • AKJ Books $13.31 2 $26.62
Half Brother • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
White Cat • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
The Sky is Everywhere Jandy Nelson • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Miss Peregrine''s Home for Peculiar Children • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
The Power of Six • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Swim the Fly • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
The Future of Us • AKJ Books $14.05 1 $14.05
Beauty Queens • AKJ Books $14.05 1 $14.05
Stay • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Perfect Chemistry Simone Elkeles • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Rules of Attraction Simone Elkeles • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
The Emperor of Nihon-Ja • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Stupid Fast • AKJ Books $9.99 1 $9.99
Death Cloud • AKJ Books $7.39 1 $7.39
Sean Griswold''s Head • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Flesh and Blood So Cheap • AKJ Books $17.01 1 $17.01
Shine • AKJ Books $12.54 1 $12.54
Recovery Road • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
The Fox Inheritance • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Clean • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Divergent • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Wonderstruck • AKJ Books $22.19 1 $22.19
The Running Dream • AKJ Books $14.79 1 $14.79
Pink • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Rikers High Paul Volponi • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
The Duff • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Beat the Band • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Bronxwood • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Bad Girls Don''t Die • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Awakened • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Desires of the Dead • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Plague • AKJ Books $13.98 1 $13.98
Lies • AKJ Books $13.98 1 $13.98
Scorpia Rising • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
The Last Little Blue Envelope • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Passion • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Fallen in Love • AKJ Books $11.83 1 $11.83
Following Christopher Creed • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
A Web of Air • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Twisted • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Death Sentence • AKJ Books $11.83 1 $11.83
Forever • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices Series #1) Cassandra C • AKJ Books $14.79 1 $14.79
The Lover''s Dictionary • AKJ Books $13.32 1 $13.32
The 10 p.m. Question • AKJ Books $11.83 1 $11.83
Reincarnation • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Under the Mesquite • AKJ Books $13.28 1 $13.28
Putting Makeup on Dead People • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57

Materials cost

$743.32

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.15

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$789.47

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$139.32

Total project goal

$928.79

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