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Mrs. Cooper from Santa Rosa, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mrs. Cooper's classroom raised $297

Nonfiction kids LOVE

My students need non-fiction books that they will actually want to pick up.

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Mrs. Cooper Maria Carrillo High School
Santa Rosa, CA Grades 9-12

Wouldn't it be great if students had true stories to inspire them that were actually enjoyable? That is my quest with my academic and support sophomores. Out of the ninety sophomores I have this year, only five said they considered themselves to be readers. It is my hope to encourage my students to start finding reading enjoyable so that they will continue to read long after they have left my classroom.

All but one of the novels we teach at my school are fictional. It is my hope to introduce students to the genre of non-fiction; showing them intriguing, fun, interesting books about events that really happened.

The ten non-fictional books that I am requesting are listed among the 2009 Best Books of the Year by YALSA (the Young Adult Library Services Association). They are a mix of books written about teens and adults, both from the United States and other cultures. There are even some great books among this list with pictures and personal testaments from teens across the country.

Your donation will make it possible for my students to have the resources available to begin their love of non-fiction.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More than half of students from low‑income households

90 students impacted 2 donors
Mrs. Cooper Maria Carrillo High School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Santa Rosa, CA View local requests

More than 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

90 students impacted 2donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
War Is...: Soldiers, Survivors and Storytellers Talk about War Marc Aronson (Editor), Patty Campbell (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
I Am Scout: A Biogrpahy of Harper Lee Charles J. Shields • Barnes and Noble $17.05 1 $17.05
Before Their Time: The World of Child Labor David Parker, Foreword by Tom Harkin, Nicholas Kristof (Introduction) • Barnes and Noble $31.50 1 $31.50
Ain't Nothing but a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry Scott Reynolds Nelson, Marc Aronson, With Marc Aronson • Barnes and Noble $25.11 1 $25.11
What the World Eats Faith D'Aluisio, Peter Menzel (Photographer) • Barnes and Noble $18.39 1 $18.39
No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row Susan Kuklin • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Trouble Begins At 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West Sid Fleischman • Barnes and Noble $15.19 1 $15.19
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom Margarita Engle • Barnes and Noble $13.56 1 $13.56
It's Complicated: The American Teenager Robin Bowman (Photographer), Robert Coles (Afterword) • Barnes and Noble $36.00 1 $36.00
What It Is Lynda Barry • Barnes and Noble $19.96 1 $19.96

Materials cost

$197.44

Vendor shipping charges

 $19.74

Sales tax

 $14.31

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.96

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$243.45

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$53.44

Total project goal

$296.89

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $296.89

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