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Ms. Strachan from Riverton, UT is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Brilliant Books to Captivate Kids

Help me give my students almost 50 new books, ranging from historical fiction, such as "Four-Four-Two," to non-fiction like "5,000 Awesome Facts (About Everything!)," to the New York Times bestselling fantasy, "Renegades."

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Strachan's classroom raised $591

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My Students

I teach both gifted students and struggling readers. Students in my reading class spend time reading every day. Many of them start the year saying they don't like to read. I want them to finish the year having fallen in love with books.

My reading students are in middle school and, if they are taking my class, they are not on grade level for reading.

Even though they may not read as well as their peers, they are often willing to take a leap and read a more challenging book if I can get them to see how interesting it is. It's essential that I have a compelling, age-appropriate, and up-to-date classroom library.

My Project

Many of my students say they don't like to read, but as James Patterson says, “There's no such thing as a kid who hates reading. There are kids who love reading, and kids who are reading the wrong books.” It's my job to help get the right book in to the hands of every student, so that every student will love to read. That's why I've requested a wide range of books.

These books will help to spark my students' interest and make them lifelong readers.

They will also help to keep my advanced readers reading.

I really believe that reading is for everyone, and helps kids to be better and stronger in all academic pursuits and more empathetic, well-informed citizens.

Ms. Strachan Oquirrh Hills Middle School Grades 6-8 Riverton, UT View local requests 180 students impacted 1donor

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
5,000 Awesome Facts (About Everything!) (National Geographic Kids) • Amazon Business $15.96 1 $15.96
Renegades • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
My Plain Jane • Amazon Business $14.00 1 $14.00
National Geographic Kids Why?: Over 1,111 Answers to Everything • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Archenemies (Renegades) • Amazon Business $13.51 1 $13.51
The Rent Collector • Amazon Business $13.47 1 $13.47
The Orphan Keeper • Amazon Business $13.29 1 $13.29
These is my Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901 (P.S.) • Amazon Business $12.96 1 $12.96
Dry • Amazon Business $12.91 1 $12.91
Wildcard (Warcross) • Amazon Business $12.91 1 $12.91
Strange New World • Amazon Business $12.32 1 $12.32
A Taste for Monsters • Amazon Business $12.03 1 $12.03
The Stars Beneath Our Feet • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Out of this World Edition 2018 • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Rebound (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 (Book 1) • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Under a Painted Sky • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Heartless • Amazon Business $10.79 1 $10.79
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Movie Tie-In Edition): A Novel • Amazon Business $10.74 1 $10.74
The Six • Amazon Business $10.61 1 $10.61
Nimona • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
Eliza and Her Monsters • Amazon Business $10.08 1 $10.08
NEED • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Jackaby • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Ever the Hunted (A Clash of Kingdoms Novel) • Amazon Business $9.84 1 $9.84
The Scorpio Races • Amazon Business $9.73 1 $9.73
Starflight • Amazon Business $9.58 1 $9.58
The Leveller • Amazon Business $9.27 1 $9.27
Between Shades of Gray • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Lucy Variations • Amazon Business $8.97 1 $8.97
Peeled • Amazon Business $8.78 1 $8.78
The Hired Girl • Amazon Business $8.63 1 $8.63
My Lady Jane • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
On Two Feet and Wings • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
The Here and Now • Amazon Business $8.36 1 $8.36
Forget Me Not • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Walk on Earth a Stranger (Gold Seer Trilogy) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
What to Say Next • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Book of a Thousand Days • Amazon Business $7.48 1 $7.48
Four-Four-Two • Amazon Business $7.48 1 $7.48
Letters to the Lost • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
The Girl Who Threw Butterflies • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29
Kissing in America • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Warcross • Amazon Business $5.49 1 $5.49
And Then There Were None • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
By Your Side • Amazon Business $3.85 1 $3.85

Materials cost

$464.99

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.97

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$501.96

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$88.58

Total project goal

$590.54

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $590.54

1 Donor

-$590.54

Donations toward project cost

-$501.96

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$88.58

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