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Mr. Buck from Lawrenceville, GA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Great Books Make Great Students

My project needs books that stir students to seek out the things they are passionate about, such as I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Catcher in the Rye.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Buck's classroom raised $353

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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.

I teach in a high needs school in Metro Atlanta. I have the pleasure of teaching 8th grade Language Arts and though our students have along way to go in many areas, they are anxious for the journey.

My kids need to be surrounded by greatness. They need to find some kind of literature that gets them excited about reading. Their education can't realize its potential until they understand the need for reading. So much of our curriculum is based on reading classic literature and not only comprehending it, but making connections to their own lives. I believe the books I have chosen can help make those connections, because the choices in our school library are sparse and most of our students do not have a local library to call their own.

I have requested a wide variety of books, from a wide variety of authors. I hope this will give them a view at how vast the world is and hopefully light a fire in them to explore it. We read constantly in class, either through book projects or through novel study and I feel that the greater the choice they have, the more likely they are to find something that clicks for them. My dream is a library that interests and empowers each of my students, every year.

By donating to my classroom, you can have a direct impact on the lives of hundreds of students. You will see a class where the book reports are not endured, but embraced. You will see students encouraging their peers to "read faster", so that they can get the book that is checked out. I envision a library that will be utilized in my classroom throughout my career. There is no more valuable resource in a language arts class than great books!

Mr. Buck J.E. Richards Middle School Grades 6-8

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More than three‑quarters 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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Emma (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) Jane Austen, Steven Marcus (Introduction), Stephen Marcus (Introduction), Noted by Victoria Blake • Barnes and Noble $4.45 1 $4.45
Little Women (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) Louisa May Alcott, Camille Cauti, Camille Cauti (Introduction) • Barnes and Noble $6.25 1 $6.25
Uglies, Pretties, Specials (Uglies Series) Scott Westerfeld • Barnes and Noble $18.19 1 $18.19
The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) Edgar Allan Poe, Benjamin F. Fisher (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man James Weldon Johnson, Philip Smith (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $2.25 1 $2.25
Three Soldiers John Dos Passos • Barnes and Noble $1.99 1 $1.99
Pudd'nhead Wilson Mark Twain, Twain • Barnes and Noble $1.00 1 $1.00
Private Collection Box Set: Private, Invitation Only, Untouchable, Confessions [Private Series] Kate Brian • Barnes and Noble $27.99 1 $27.99
His Dark Materials Boxed Set: The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman • Barnes and Noble $15.75 1 $15.75
The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway • Barnes and Noble $6.30 5 $31.50
The Catcher in the Rye J. D. Salinger • Barnes and Noble $6.29 10 $62.90
The Signet Classic Book of Southern Short Stories Dorothy Abbott, Susan Koppelman (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 2 $14.30
Growing Up in the South: An Anthology of Modern Southern Literature Suzanne W. Jones, Suzanne Whitmore Jones (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $7.15 1 $7.15
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Trail of Tears Richard Conrad Stein, Conrad Stein • Barnes and Noble $5.35 1 $5.35
Freedom's Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories Ellen Levine • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Awakening and Selected Stories Kate Chopin, Sandra M. Gilbert (Editor), Sandra M. Gilbert (Introduction) • Barnes and Noble $7.20 1 $7.20
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29

Materials cost

$233.19

Vendor shipping charges

 $23.32

Sales tax

 $9.33

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.83

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$289.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$63.44

Total project goal

$352.44

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $352.44

4 Donors

-$340.00

Donations toward project cost

-$289.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$51.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$12.44

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