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Ms. Roohi from Anchorage AK is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Keeping Students Hooked on Books with Popular Sequels

My students need 30 up-to-date sequels for their favorite series so that they will continue to read. This hooks them on reading and turns them into lifelong readers!

  • $471 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

I'm trying to turn my students into addicts. Book addicts. Remember when you were a kid and you had to know what happened next, so you HAD to read on? That is what I want to see in my kids. Middle school is a crucial time when students can fall away from reading, but with the right books they won't!

My students are a mixture of seventh and eighth graders who often come from high achieving households, and are pushed even harder by their teachers.

They are pressed to read, and many of them come to the library every day. They are always looking for something new, and it is a stretch for our budget to keep up with them. There are no bookstores or libraries (except ours!) on this side of town, so they turn to us for their reading needs. They know when the latest popular books are coming out, but they have no way to get them unless we provide them. Consequently they show up in the library the day after a book is released wanting to check it out. It is hard keeping up with these ambitious students!

My Project

All the books requested for this project were released this summer and fall. They are the latest sequels in popular series that our students zealously follow, or they are a new book by one of their favorite authors. Students have been asking us for these books for weeks, and will snatch them up as soon as they arrive. Providing new and popular books creates excitement in the library so that students come by frequently to see what the new arrivals are. They also browse the shelves to see what else is here and frequently find other gems. Having new arrivals draws students in and gives them more opportunities to read and develop their love for reading!

When students know that the library is up to date, they are more likely to see it as relevant to their lives, and to use it for any reason, whether for recreational reading or for school research.

Ms. Roohi
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Risked (The Missing) • Amazon $12.68 2 $25.36
Allegiant (Divergent) • Amazon $11.99 2 $23.98
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel • Amazon $16.44 1 $16.44
VIII • Amazon $14.49 1 $14.49
The Lying Game #6: Seven Minutes in Heaven • Amazon $13.58 1 $13.58
The 5th Wave • Amazon $13.58 1 $13.58
Throne of Glass • Amazon $13.28 1 $13.28
The Shade of the Moon: Life As We Knew It Series, Book 4 • Amazon $13.28 1 $13.28
Spirit and Dust • Amazon $13.28 1 $13.28
Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass) • Amazon $13.06 1 $13.06
The Lying Game #5: Cross My Heart, Hope to Die • Amazon $12.78 1 $12.78
Fallout • Amazon $12.68 1 $12.68
Unthinkable • Amazon $11.99 1 $11.99
The Royal Ranger (Ranger's Apprentice) • Amazon $11.39 1 $11.39
Champion: A Legend Novel • Amazon $11.39 1 $11.39
The Enchanter Heir (Heir Chronicles, The) (The Heir Chronicles) • Amazon $11.39 1 $11.39
The Eye of Minds (The Mortality Doctrine) • Amazon $10.97 1 $10.97
United We Spy (Gallagher Girls) • Amazon $10.79 1 $10.79
UnSouled (Unwind Dystology) • Amazon $10.79 1 $10.79
Michael Vey 3: Battle of the Ampere • Amazon $10.79 1 $10.79
Chupacabra • Amazon $10.19 1 $10.19
From Norvelt to Nowhere • Amazon $10.19 1 $10.19
Dork Diaries 6: Tales from a Not-So-Happy Heartbreaker • Amazon $9.79 1 $9.79
Dragonbreath #9: The Case of the Toxic Mutants • Amazon $9.78 1 $9.78
Dragonbreath #7: When Fairies Go Bad • Amazon $9.78 1 $9.78
Dragonbreath #8: Nightmare of the Iguana • Amazon $9.78 1 $9.78
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck • Amazon $8.37 1 $8.37
The Lost Prince (The Iron Fey) • Amazon $7.98 1 $7.98
The Surprise Attack of Jabba the Puppett: An Origami Yoda Book • Amazon $7.77 1 $7.77

Materials cost

$358.92

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$5.38

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.38

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$399.68

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$70.53

Total project goal

$470.21

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$470.21

5 Donors

-$175.41

Donations toward project cost

-$157.35

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$18.06

Matching donations from our partners

-$285.09

Match offers toward project cost

-$242.33

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.76

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$9.71

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$0.00

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