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Mrs. L. from VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Top Teen Titles: Award-Winning Books for the Library

My students need 26 high-interest, award-winning books, including Virginia Readers Choice winners as well as YALSA's Teens Top 10 list.

  • $348 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

"When you read a great book, you don't escape from life; you plunge deeper into it." This quote from author Julian Barnes sums up the library at CCST. Our school is the last step for high school students before they enter the "real world." It's also the last opportunity to foster a love for reading.

Our students are career-minded young adults who come to CCST for half of their school day to learn specific skills and certifications.

We offer programs such as cosmetology, welding, HVAC, nursing, firefighting, TV and radio communications and more. Most of our students are not avid readers. They are often struggling students who are more focused on getting their high school diploma than on reading for pleasure. As a result, they need access to high-interest fiction and nonfiction titles that will get them excited about reading.

My Project

The books in this project have been hand-picked by teenagers. They include the 2014-2015 Virginia Readers' Choice high school titles as well as the 2014 Teens' Top Ten Nominees from the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). These titles feature subjects and stories that teens want to read about. They are also written in a way that sparks readers' interest and keeps them turning the pages. These are the types of books that belong in our library. With these books, our students will be encouraged to visit the library and check out the latest titles. This will hopefully inspire them to read more, both in and out of school.

Donations to this project will make a huge difference in our library.

In fact, we could not have these titles without this project. The CCST library is one of the smallest in the district, so our budget is very small. What's more, many of the titles we need are industry books for classes such as nursing and firefighting, and these books can cost hundreds of dollars apiece. Unfortunately, that means that we are not always able to purchase high-interest fiction books.

Mrs. L.
Grades 9-12

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Openly Straight • Amazon $14.04 1 $14.04
My Friend Dahmer • Amazon $14.01 1 $14.01
Earth Girl • Amazon $13.86 1 $13.86
In the Shadow of Blackbirds • Amazon $13.73 1 $13.73
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea • Amazon $13.73 1 $13.73
The Clockwork Scarab: A Stoker & Holmes Novel (Stoker & Holmes Novels) • Amazon $13.35 1 $13.35
Teardrop • Amazon $12.93 1 $12.93
Maybe I Will • Amazon $11.26 1 $11.26
The Testing • Amazon $11.09 1 $11.09
This Is What Happy Looks Like • Amazon $10.00 1 $10.00
Boy21 • Amazon $10.00 1 $10.00
Winger • Amazon $9.20 1 $9.20
Of Triton (The Syrena Legacy) • Amazon $8.99 1 $8.99
The Paladin Prophecy: Book 1 • Amazon $8.99 1 $8.99
The Rithmatist • Amazon $8.99 1 $8.99
Steelheart (The Reckoners) • Amazon $8.99 1 $8.99
The Nightmare Affair (Arkwell Academy) • Amazon $8.81 1 $8.81
Never Fall Down: A Novel • Amazon $8.80 1 $8.80
Six Months Later • Amazon $8.80 1 $8.80
The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die • Amazon $8.80 1 $8.80
Every Day • Amazon $8.14 1 $8.14
Discovering Wes Moore (The Young Adult Adaptation) • Amazon $8.09 1 $8.09
Splintered • Amazon $8.06 1 $8.06
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass • Amazon $7.19 1 $7.19
The Eye of Minds (Mortality Doctrine, Book One) (The Mortality Doctrine) • Amazon $6.31 1 $6.31
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe • Amazon $5.64 1 $5.64

Materials cost

$261.80

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.93

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$295.73

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.19

Total project goal

$347.92

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$347.92

13 Donors

-$297.91

Donations toward project cost

-$253.23

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.68

Matching donations from our partners

-$50.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$42.50

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$7.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$0.01

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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