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Mrs. Patruno from Jersey City, NJ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books: A Little Piece of Paradise

My students need novels of all genres to add to our limited classroom library.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Patruno's classroom raised $395

This project is fully funded

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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

"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library." -Jorge Luis Borges

My students are juniors and seniors in English Language Arts classes.

Students in urban schools districts rarely have the opportunity to be the first ones to read a novel provided by the school. Many of our current novels are outdated, worn and unappealing. Your donations would help buy new, student-centered, contemporary novels for our classroom.

My Project

With your help, students will be able to use these novels in class for independent reading activities as well as larger projects. Students will have the opportunity to select a novel of their choice based on genres that interest them. My students are passionate about reading and would like the opportunity to bring that passion to the classroom through new and exciting novels.

Donations will contribute to our very limited classroom library.

Students will be able to make connections between the characters of their stories, the conflicts faced, the triumphs made, and the adversities overcome and their own lives. My hope is that with your help, we can expand their love of reading!

Mrs. Patruno William Dickinson High School Grades 9-12

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This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Jersey City, NJ 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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Color Purple • Amazon Business $11.46 1 $11.46
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban • Amazon Business $10.57 1 $10.57
Life of Pi • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
A Clockwork Orange • Amazon Business $8.44 1 $8.44
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children) • Amazon Business $7.82 1 $7.82
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Dear Zoe • Amazon Business $13.21 1 $13.21
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49
The Alchemist • Amazon Business $12.04 1 $12.04
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Young Reader's Choice Award - Intermediate Division) • Amazon Business $5.90 1 $5.90
Between Shades of Gray • Amazon Business $5.63 1 $5.63
Eleanor & Park • Amazon Business $11.20 1 $11.20
Catch-22: 50th Anniversary Edition • Amazon Business $10.11 1 $10.11
Lolita • Amazon Business $9.75 1 $9.75
A Thousand Splendid Suns • Amazon Business $9.52 1 $9.52
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao • Amazon Business $9.07 1 $9.07
Gone Girl • Amazon Business $8.92 1 $8.92
The Bell Jar (Modern Classics) • Amazon Business $8.92 1 $8.92
Water for Elephants: A Novel • Amazon Business $8.89 1 $8.89
Hate List • Amazon Business $8.80 1 $8.80
Beloved • Amazon Business $8.75 1 $8.75
Speak • Amazon Business $8.68 1 $8.68
The Future of Us • Amazon Business $8.54 1 $8.54
Asylum • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
Monster • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Fault in Our Stars • Amazon Business $7.92 1 $7.92
Of Mice and Men • Amazon Business $7.00 1 $7.00
Thirteen Reasons Why • Amazon Business $6.79 1 $6.79
The House on Mango Street • Amazon Business $6.48 1 $6.48
Stolen • Amazon Business $6.24 1 $6.24
The Outsiders • Amazon Business $6.09 1 $6.09
The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley • Amazon Business $6.00 1 $6.00
The Catcher in the Rye • Amazon Business $5.94 1 $5.94
Looking for Alaska • Amazon Business $5.65 1 $5.65
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl • Amazon Business $5.39 1 $5.39

Materials cost

$289.16

Vendor shipping charges

 $11.97

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.34

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$335.47

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$59.20

Total project goal

$394.67

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $394.67

3 Donors

-$394.67

Donations toward project cost

-$335.47

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$59.20

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