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Ms. Hughes from Kansas City, KS is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Award Winning Library

Help me give my students a great library of award winning books. All of these have been chosen by the American Librarian Association for their ALA Award.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Hughes's classroom raised $790

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My Project

Our school library is in need of books that reflect the rich diversity of our students—stories that celebrate different races, cultures, religions, and socio-economic backgrounds. Every child deserves the opportunity to see themselves in the books they read, to feel represented, valued, and inspired. By donating to our project, you will help us provide books that foster understanding, empathy, and a love for reading among our students. With your support, we can build a library where every child can find a story that resonates with their own experiences and opens their hearts to the experiences of others. Help us create a more inclusive and engaging reading environment—one book at a time!

Ms. Hughes Piper High School Grades 9-12 Kansas City, KS View local requests 800 students impacted 7donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Big Jim and the White Boy: An American Classic Reimagined • Amazon Business $21.62 1 $21.62
Humo blanco (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $20.07 1 $20.07
Light Enough to Float • Amazon Business $18.98 1 $18.98
Rising from the Ashes: Los Angeles, 1992. Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and a City on Fire • Amazon Business $18.59 1 $18.59
The Forbidden Book • Amazon Business $18.14 1 $18.14
The Unboxing of a Black Girl • Amazon Business $17.66 1 $17.66
The Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II (Scholastic Focus) (Scholastic Focus: True Stories in Focus) • Amazon Business $17.65 1 $17.65
Shackled: A Tale of Wronged Kids, Rogue Judges, and a Town that Looked Away • Amazon Business $17.10 1 $17.10
Beauty Mark: A Verse Novel of Marilyn Monroe • Amazon Business $16.75 1 $16.75
Time and Time Again • Amazon Business $16.73 1 $16.73
Libertad • Amazon Business $16.49 1 $16.49
I Feel Awful, Thanks • Amazon Business $16.30 1 $16.30
Not Like Other Girls • Amazon Business $16.16 1 $16.16
Everything We Never Had • Amazon Business $16.14 1 $16.14
Night Owls • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Dispatches from Parts Unknown • Amazon Business $15.40 1 $15.40
Homebody • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
Brownstone • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
Aisle Nine • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Girls Like Her • Amazon Business $14.87 1 $14.87
The Deep Dark: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $14.81 1 $14.81
Black Girl You Are Atlas • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Navigating With You • Amazon Business $13.94 1 $13.94
Trajectory • Amazon Business $13.10 1 $13.10
Chronically Dolores • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Bright Red Fruit • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Wild Dreamers • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix (Remixed Classics, 9) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear • Amazon Business $12.69 1 $12.69
Becoming Billie Holiday • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Ultraviolet • Amazon Business $10.94 1 $10.94
Allegedly • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
A Greater Goal: The Epic Battle for Equal Pay in Women's Soccer-and Beyond • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Compound Fracture • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .: A LOVE Story • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Wilderness of Girls • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
On the Bright Side • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Dragonfruit • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Shut Up, This Is Serious • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Road Home • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Let Me Hear a Rhyme • Amazon Business $9.02 1 $9.02
The Awakening of Malcolm X: A Novel • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99

Materials cost

$590.25

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $41.61

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$670.71

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$118.36

Total project goal

$789.07

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $789.07

5 Donors

-$441.08

Donations toward project cost

-$378.67

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$62.41

Matching donations from our partners

-$343.58

Match offers toward project cost

-$292.04

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.54

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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