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Ms. Gould from McFarland WI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Making a Marvelous Classroom Library

My students need wonderful, engaging, and current books like Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon, The False Prince, The Runaway King: Book 2 of the Ascendance Trilogy, See You at Harry's and Because of Mr. Terup.!

  • $785 goal

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My Students

Someone once told me that every child is a reader, they just need to find the right book. My goal is to help students discover the book that will ignite their passion for reading.

As a first year teacher, I am beyond excited to be teaching my first class of students.

My students are sixth graders who are just beginning middle school. Our class has a wide range of ability-levels, interests, and strengths, and my goal is to provide my students with books that reflect the diversity of our classroom. Transitioning to middle school is tough. Finding a good book shouldn't be.

My Project

I've carted every single young adult book I own to my classroom. I've ransacked my teenage brothers' rooms asking to borrow books. I've begged and borrowed from my family and friends. These are the beginnings of my classroom library, but my students and I need your help. My students need engaging, exciting, and current young adult novels at their finger tips. This project will provide a much needed infusion of high-quality, current literature that will capture my students' attention and fuel their imaginations. Some of the books I am requesting are Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon, The False Prince, The Runaway King: Book 2 of the Ascendance Trilogy, See You at Harry's and Because of Mr. Terup.

The best books serve as a window and a mirror.

They allow us to learn about diverse people, places, and times, and yet, they also grant us a glimpse of ourselves. Books teach us to reflect, to think, to empathize, and to learn. Middle school isn't just about meeting standards. It's about growing. And that is exactly what these books will help my students do.

Ms. Gould
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Luna • Amazon $16.87 1 $16.87
Hattie Big Sky (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) • Amazon $15.48 1 $15.48
The Liberation of Gabriel King • Amazon $15.29 1 $15.29
Split Second (Pivot Point) • Amazon $14.40 1 $14.40
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane • Amazon $14.18 1 $14.18
The Shadow Throne: Book 3 of The Ascendance Trilogy • Amazon $14.13 1 $14.13
The Danger Box • Amazon $14.04 1 $14.04
Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere • Amazon $14.04 1 $14.04
Pivot Point • Amazon $13.86 1 $13.86
Dissonance • Amazon $13.86 1 $13.86
Hold Fast • Amazon $13.86 1 $13.86
The Great Greene Heist • Amazon $13.71 1 $13.71
Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy • Amazon $13.59 1 $13.59
The Boy on the Porch • Amazon $13.49 1 $13.49
The Theory of Everything • Amazon $13.42 1 $13.42
Starbird Murphy and the World Outside • Amazon $13.42 1 $13.42
The Wright 3 • Amazon $13.41 1 $13.41
Pictures of Hollis Woods (Newbery Honor Book) • Amazon $13.35 1 $13.35
The Terrible Thing that Happened to Barnaby Brocket • Amazon $13.23 1 $13.23
Circa Now • Amazon $13.23 1 $13.23
Hattie Ever After • Amazon $13.23 1 $13.23
Independent Study: The Testing, Book 2 • Amazon $12.97 1 $12.97
One for the Murphys • Amazon $12.96 1 $12.96
The Lions of Little Rock • Amazon $12.96 1 $12.96
Under the Egg • Amazon $12.91 1 $12.91
Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon (Newbery Honor Book) • Amazon $12.83 1 $12.83
The False Prince (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Ascendance Trilogy) • Amazon $12.81 1 $12.81
The Runaway King: Book 2 of the Ascendance Trilogy • Amazon $12.78 1 $12.78
See You at Harry's • Amazon $12.75 1 $12.75
Because of Mr. Terupt • Amazon $12.70 1 $12.70
The Ability • Amazon $12.60 1 $12.60
The Water Castle • Amazon $12.28 1 $12.28
Loot • Amazon $12.04 1 $12.04
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature. Commended) • Amazon $12.01 1 $12.01
Dreamwood • Amazon $11.79 1 $11.79
Divergent • Amazon $11.77 1 $11.77
Graduation Day (The Testing) • Amazon $11.36 1 $11.36
Counting by 7s • Amazon $11.31 1 $11.31
A Snicker of Magic • Amazon $11.16 1 $11.16
The Testing • Amazon $11.09 1 $11.09
Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures • Amazon $11.02 1 $11.02
The Fourteenth Goldfish • Amazon $10.74 1 $10.74
Absolutely Almost • Amazon $10.74 1 $10.74
This Journal Belongs to Ratchet • Amazon $10.50 1 $10.50
Wendell the World's Worst Wizard • Amazon $10.32 1 $10.32
Lincoln's Grave Robbers • Amazon $9.93 1 $9.93
Insurgent (Divergent) • Amazon $9.83 1 $9.83
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library • Amazon $9.79 1 $9.79
The One and Only Ivan • Amazon $9.58 1 $9.58
Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes • Amazon $8.06 1 $8.06

Materials cost

$627.68

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$9.42

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$667.10

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$117.72

Total project goal

$784.82

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$784.82

9 Donors

-$783.06

Donations toward project cost

-$667.10

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$115.96

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.76

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$0.00

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