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Ms. Potter from Farmville, VA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Each Time You Waste a Moment You Waste Make Believe

My students need access to a wonderful selection of high interest reading books!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Potter's classroom raised $503

This project is fully funded

My Students

Do you remember what it was like the first time you read a book that you couldn't put down? My students have not yet discovered books that capture their imaginations, but they have also not yet met "The Hunger Games," "Percy Jackson," "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies," and so many more!

My students are a mixture of 7th and 8th grade standard and advanced students.

Our schools is located in a historical, high need, tiny, and rural town. My school is located in a town that doesn't have access to a true blue bookstore. In fact, if someone in our town wants to drive to a bookstore it would take them over a 40 minute drive to get to one. On top of that, our library is not stocked with quite enough books that entice and draw students in. Because of this my students have quite a hard time accessing exciting books that they would like to read for fun.

My Project

I have spent the last five years watching my students struggle to find things to read or not even bother reading because their options are so sparse, or they don't even know there is such a thing as reading for fun. I would love to be able to provide a classroom library that my students can peruse and borrow from simply to read for FUN! After polling my students and exhaustive research I believe that I have put together an amazing collection of books (from adventure to horror to romance to classics) that can't help but entice my students to read.

If I can get a good base started on a classroom library I can add new books to it every year.

Therefore, your donation will help my current 75 students (and countless students in the years to come)learn that reading can be fun and interesting!

Ms. Potter Prince Edward Middle School Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

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

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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Nearly all 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
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Three Volume Boxed Set Rick Riordan • Barnes and Noble $11.10 1 $11.10
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series #5) Rick Riordan • Barnes and Noble $9.99 1 $9.99
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series #4) Rick Riordan • Barnes and Noble $3.79 1 $3.79
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Four Book Set Jeff Kinney • Barnes and Noble $31.00 1 $31.00
Going Bovine Libba Bray • Barnes and Noble $8.54 1 $8.54
Incarceron Catherine Fisher • Barnes and Noble $9.99 1 $9.99
The Perfect Shot Elaine Marie Alphin • Barnes and Noble $13.76 1 $13.76
Hunger Games Trilogy Boxed Set Suzanne Collins • Barnes and Noble $29.99 1 $29.99
The Forest of Hands and Teeth Carrie Ryan • Barnes and Noble $8.54 1 $8.54
Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
Something Wicked This Way Comes Ray Bradbury • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Darkness Creeping: Twenty Twisted Tales Neal Shusterman • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Haunted Chuck Palahniuk • Barnes and Noble $10.26 1 $10.26
Gothic: Ten Original Dark Tales Deborah Noyes (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $7.68 1 $7.68
Linger (Wolves of Mercy Falls Series #2) Maggie Stiefvater • Barnes and Noble $9.99 1 $9.99
The Last Song Nicholas Sparks • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Dear John Nicholas Sparks • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
The Rescue Nicholas Sparks • Barnes and Noble $6.83 1 $6.83
Beastly Alex Flinn • Barnes and Noble $5.97 1 $5.97
If I Stay Gayle Forman • Barnes and Noble $7.68 1 $7.68
Wonderland Tommy Kovac • Barnes and Noble $16.23 1 $16.23
Rash Pete Hautman • Barnes and Noble $8.54 1 $8.54
The Orange Houses Paul Griffin • Barnes and Noble $11.61 1 $11.61
Shift Jennifer Bradbury • Barnes and Noble $12.30 1 $12.30
The Uninvited Tim Wynne-Jones • Barnes and Noble $7.68 1 $7.68
The Savage David Almond, Dave McKean (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $14.61 1 $14.61
The Adoration of Jenna Fox Mary E. Pearson • Barnes and Noble $7.68 1 $7.68
The Reformed Vampire Support Group Catherine Jinks • Barnes and Noble $7.68 1 $7.68
Deadly Little Secret (Touch Series #1) Laurie Faria Stolarz • Barnes and Noble $7.68 1 $7.68
Woods Runner Gary Paulsen • Barnes and Noble $10.93 1 $10.93
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Jane Austen, Seth Grahame-Smith • Barnes and Noble $8.85 1 $8.85
The Night Trilogy: Night, Dawn, Day Elie Wiesel • Barnes and Noble $11.62 1 $11.62
The Maze Runner James Dashner • Barnes and Noble $8.54 1 $8.54
Hush, Hush Becca Fitzpatrick • Barnes and Noble $9.99 1 $9.99
City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments Series #2) Cassandra Clare • Barnes and Noble $7.51 1 $7.51
City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments Series #3) Cassandra Clare • Barnes and Noble $7.51 1 $7.51
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments Series #1) Cassandra Clare • Barnes and Noble $7.51 1 $7.51
Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices Series #1) Cassandra Clare • Barnes and Noble $11.10 1 $11.10

Materials cost

$385.97

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.79

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$426.76

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$75.31

Total project goal

$502.07

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $502.07

3 Donors

-$98.00

Donations toward project cost

-$83.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.70

match offer

-$404.07

Match offer toward project cost

-$343.46

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$60.61

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