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Ms. Forney from Los Angeles, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Turn Reading is Boring Into This Book Got Me to Read

My students need 58 high interest books including "Hit and Run" and "Too Soon for Jeff" that will turn them into readers.

  • $686 goal

This project expired on July 4, 2012.

This project expired on July 4, 2012.

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Ms. Forney Miguel Contreras Learning Complex School of Business and Tourism
Los Angeles, CA Grades 9-12

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This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

Don't let my students spend another year saying, "reading is boring," Help my 10th graders, many of whom test 4-5 years below grade level, find the joy of a story they can relate to. Help me place the first book they ever enjoyed independently in their hands.

My inner city students face the kinds of struggles on a daily basis that powerful fiction is made of.

Poverty, fear, violence, heart break, loss and incredible resilience despite it all. They live in one of the densest, poorest communities in our state. With education dollars dwindling, class sizes are up and second chances are disappearing. I don't want to let the 120 sophomores at our school head into their junior year without being confident and able independent readers. In many years of experience, I have had the most success turning kids into readers when I can find the right high interest book to place in their hands and then give them some time and encouragement to read it. However, I desperately need to replenish my classroom library.

My Project

Most of the books on this list are tried and true. I've watched reluctant readers pick them up dubiously and finish them within a week saying, "that's the only book I ever got into, Miss. Do you have any more like that?" My students will learn to see themselves as readers instead of non-readers. They will also know that there are books out there for them.

While independent reading is not the be all and end all to the education gap, there is no doubt that it is a prominent piece of the puzzle.

I cannot promise you that these books will still be in my shelves in year or two- with a high transiency rate books leave the shelf and sometimes don't come back. But I can promise you they will be read and passed along to other students with the words- "check this one out."

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

Never Before Funded 140 students impacted
Ms. Forney Miguel Contreras Learning Complex School of Business and Tourism Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Los Angeles, CA View local requests

Nearly all 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

Never Before Funded 140 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Fearst First Date • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
Moonlight Secrets • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
Fearst Best Friend • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
Fearst Confession • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
A Different Game • AKJ Books $5.88 1 $5.88
Breathless Lurlene McDaniel • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Angel of Hope • AKJ Books $4.07 1 $4.07
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books (1-5) [Paperback] • AKJ Books $51.80 1 $51.80
Raiders Night • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Crackback • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Kicker Michele Martin Bossley • AKJ Books $7.36 1 $7.36
Fearst All-night Party • AKJ Books $4.43 1 $4.43
100 Words Every High School Freshman Should Know • AKJ Books $4.40 1 $4.40
The Battle of the Labyrinth • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Battle of the Labyrinth • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Last Olympian, The (The Percy Jackson and the Olympians) • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
The Titan''s Curse • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Titan''s Curse • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Full Bluford Series Boxed Set • AKJ Books $26.00 1 $26.00
Both Sides of Time • AKJ Books $4.81 1 $4.81
A Smart Girl''s Guide to Boys: Surviving Crushes, Staying Tru • AKJ Books $8.96 1 $8.96
Accidental Love • AKJ Books $5.14 1 $5.14
Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me? • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
No More Pranks Monique Polak • AKJ Books $7.36 1 $7.36
Ask Me No Questions • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
First Crossing: Stories About Teen Immigrants • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
After Tupac & D Foster • AKJ Books $11.83 1 $11.83
Chameleon Charles R. Smith Jr. • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Dark Dude • AKJ Books $7.39 1 $7.39
It''s Not Summer Without You Jenny Han • AKJ Books $12.57 1 $12.57
Knights of the Hill Country • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Accomplice • AKJ Books $13.31 1 $13.31
Blood Brothers S. A. Harazin • AKJ Books $11.83 1 $11.83
Girl, Barely 15 • AKJ Books $14.05 1 $14.05
Chasing Romeo (Kimani Tru Series) A. J. Byrd • AKJ Books $7.39 1 $7.39
Invisible • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Twenty Boy Summer Sarah Ockler • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
This Is What I Want to Tell You • AKJ Books $7.36 1 $7.36
Dunk • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
Mirror Image K. L. Denman • AKJ Books $7.36 1 $7.36
Busted Confessions of an Accidental Player • AKJ Books $12.54 1 $12.54
Emako Blue • AKJ Books $4.43 2 $8.86
It Ain''t All for Nothin'' • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Pushing Pause (Kimani Tru Series) Celeste O. Norfleet • AKJ Books $7.39 1 $7.39
Crystal • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Rebel''s Tag • AKJ Books $7.36 1 $7.36
A Friend at Midnight • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
Begging for Change • AKJ Books $5.91 1 $5.91
One More Step (Orca Soundings) • AKJ Books $7.36 1 $7.36
Bull''s Eye • AKJ Books $7.36 1 $7.36
Just Another Girl • AKJ Books $8.99 1 $8.99
Getting the Girl • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
Big Mouth, Ugly Girl • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
Chill • AKJ Books $7.36 2 $14.72
Breaking Point • AKJ Books $6.65 1 $6.65
Hit and Run • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Hit and Run R. L. Stine • AKJ Books $5.17 1 $5.17
Too Soon for Jeff Marilyn Reynolds • AKJ Books $8.96 1 $8.96

Materials cost

$495.25

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $45.32

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.43

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$583.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$102.88

Total project goal

$685.88

Our team works hard to negotiate the best pricing and selections available.

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