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Ms. Haver from Scottsdale, AZ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Book Whisperer Needs Books...

Help me give my students a wealth of quality, high-interest fiction and nonfiction books in our classroom.

  • $713 goal

This project expired on November 9, 2025.

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My Project

My students are a bright, diverse group of 8th grade learners that come together to attend a Public Middle School in Paradise Valley, Arizona. They have unique interests and varying ability levels that demand differentiated lessons and a library of literature that will facilitate their growth.

Conclusive research has determined that to grow and foster good readers, students need to read and read often.

And when students are reading high-interest, quality books of their own choice, they are putting meaningful practice in place to accelerate their achievement.

I am committed to helping our students transform into lifelong lovers of reading that will open a world of possibilities to them.

With an expertly curated, high interest classroom library and my guided instruction and practice, our students will have the essential tools necessary to grow as effective readers.

I have spent hours researching to determine a library wish list that is inclusive of all genres, reading levels, while still being of high interest and high quality for my students. I have spent hours and hundreds of dollars in used-book stores and garage sales building our library collection. I just need bit more help, especially in the nonfiction genre to help round out a dynamic classroom library.

Ms. Haver Desert Shadows Middle School Grades 6-8 Scottsdale, AZ View local requests Never Before Funded 120 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The School for Good and Evil: The Complete 6-Book Box Set: The School for Good and Evil, The School for Good and Evil: A World Without Princes, The ... A Crystal of Time, The School for Good and • Amazon Business $39.99 1 $39.99
Percy Jackson and the Olympians 5 Book Paperback Boxed Set (w/poster) (Percy Jackson & the Olympians) • Amazon Business $36.00 1 $36.00
NEW! Small Spaces Quartet Series 3 Books Set • Amazon Business $28.45 1 $28.45
Karen McManus 3 Books Collection Set (One Of Us Is Lying, One Of Us Is Next, Two Can Keep a Secret) • Amazon Business $28.00 1 $28.00
A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery Collection (Boxed Set): Murder Is Bad Manners; Poison Is Not Polite; First Class Murder; Jolly Foul Play; Mistletoe and Murder • Amazon Business $27.78 1 $27.78
Skyward Boxed Set: Skyward; Starsight; Cytonic (Skyward, 3) • Amazon Business $27.41 1 $27.41
Amari 2-Book Hardcover Box Set: Amari and the Night Brothers, Amari and the Great Game (Supernatural Investigations) • Amazon Business $20.99 1 $20.99
Restart - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $5.10 4 $20.40
When Stars Are Scattered: (National Book Award Finalist) • Amazon Business $8.26 2 $16.52
Heartstopper Volume 1: The bestselling graphic novel, now on Netflix! • Amazon Business $16.08 1 $16.08
What Lies in the Woods: A Novel • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
The Hate U Give - Hardcover Book • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
They Called Us Enemy - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Refugee - Hardcover Book • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
The Night Gardener • Amazon Business $12.19 1 $12.19
Tokyo Ever After: A Novel (YA paperback) - Reese's Book Club YA Pick • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
A Mary Downing Hahn Ghostly Collection: 3 Books in 1 • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Readers Circle - The Book Thief - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $10.94 1 $10.94
Everything Sad Is Untrue (a true story) • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal) • Amazon Business $10.32 1 $10.32
Scythe - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $10.21 1 $10.21
Salt to the Sea - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Long Way Down - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
Coraline: The Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $9.15 1 $9.15
Amari and the Night Brothers - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $8.75 1 $8.75
Brown Girl Dreaming - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
The Crossover - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $8.02 1 $8.02
No More Dead Dogs • Amazon Business $7.91 1 $7.91
Booked - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Out of My Mind - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
A Good Kind of Trouble - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Framed - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Towers Falling - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Look Both Ways - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Fish in a Tree - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $6.56 1 $6.56
Starfish • Amazon Business $5.95 1 $5.95
Shadow Children - Among the Hidden - Paperback Book • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83

Materials cost

$530.05

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$37.90

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$605.90

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$106.92

Total project goal

$712.82

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