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Ms. Helmer from Phoenix, AZ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help Junior High Students Get Excited About Reading

Help me give my students books they love reading... graphic novels and book series!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Helmer's classroom raised $994

This project is fully funded

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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 Project

My students comes from a Title I public school, and about 80% percent of my students receive free or reduced cost lunch. My students love to read but our school does not have a library which provides the students with the kind of books they truly enjoy reading... graphic novels and book series.

By donating to this project, you will make it possible for my junior high students to have their own classroom library where they can read books that they love while making progress towards their AR goal and improving their reading skills.

Ms. Helmer Imagine Schools Bell Canyon K-8 Grades 6-8

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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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

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Amulet #1-8 Box Set • Amazon Business $58.40 1 $58.40
Wings of Fire Box Set, The Jade Mountain Prophecy (Books 6-10) • Amazon Business $33.76 1 $33.76
Wings of Fire Boxset, Books 1-5 (Wings of Fire) • Amazon Business $28.48 1 $28.48
The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1 • Amazon Business $11.99 2 $23.98
The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale (Pantheon Graphic Library) • Amazon Business $22.94 1 $22.94
MAZE RUNNER CLASSIC X 5 [Special Edition] • Amazon Business $21.26 1 $21.26
Displacement • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Girl on Fire • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Speak: The Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $15.71 1 $15.71
Survivors of the Holocaust: (A Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (Pantheon Graphic Library) • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
Be More Chill: The Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Flamer • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
The Last Kids on Earth: Quint and Dirk's Hero Quest • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
The Umbrella Academy: Dallas • Amazon Business $13.40 1 $13.40
Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Rock Jaw: A Graphic Novel (BONE #5) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: The Complete Collection • Amazon Business $12.52 1 $12.52
The Giver (graphic Novel) (Giver Quartet, 1) • Amazon Business $12.49 1 $12.49
When Stars Are Scattered • Amazon Business $11.49 1 $11.49
Treasure Hunters (BONE #8) • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
The Umbrella Academy Volume 3: Hotel Oblivion • Amazon Business $11.29 1 $11.29
The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir in Pictures • Amazon Business $11.16 1 $11.16
Paper Girls Volume 3 (Paper Girls, 3) • Amazon Business $11.05 1 $11.05
Winter: Book Four of the Lunar Chronicles (The Lunar Chronicles, 4) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Stars Above: A Lunar Chronicles Collection (The Lunar Chronicles) • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
The Last Kids on Earth and the Doomsday Race • Amazon Business $10.00 1 $10.00
The Last Kids on Earth and the Skeleton Road • Amazon Business $10.00 1 $10.00
Scarlet: Book Two of the Lunar Chronicles (The Lunar Chronicles, 2) • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Cress: Book Three of the Lunar Chronicles (The Lunar Chronicles, 3) • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Dork Diaries 13: Tales from a Not-So-Happy Birthday (13) • Amazon Business $9.78 1 $9.78
The Last Kids on Earth: Thrilling Tales from the Tree House • Amazon Business $9.78 1 $9.78
Paper Girls Volume 2 (Paper Girls, 2) • Amazon Business $9.59 1 $9.59
Eyes of the Storm: A Graphic Novel (BONE #3) • Amazon Business $9.59 1 $9.59
Out from Boneville: A Graphic Novel (BONE #1) • Amazon Business $9.29 1 $9.29
The Last Kids on Earth and the Cosmic Beyond • Amazon Business $9.15 1 $9.15
Monster • Amazon Business $9.11 1 $9.11
Old Man's Cave: A Graphic Novel (BONE #6) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Paper Girls Volume 1 (Paper Girls, 1) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Great Cow Race: A Graphic Novel (BONE #2) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Ghost Circles: A Graphic Novel (BONE #7) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Dork Diaries 11: Tales from a Not-So-Friendly Frenemy (11) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Dragonslayer: A Graphic Novel (BONE #4) • Amazon Business $8.59 1 $8.59
Fairest (The Lunar Chronicles) • Amazon Business $8.40 1 $8.40
Crown of Horns: A Graphic Novel (BONE #9) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Iron Trial (Magisterium #1): Book One of Magisterium (1) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Silver Mask (Magisterium #4) (4) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Cinder: Book One of the Lunar Chronicles (The Lunar Chronicles, 1) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Copper Gauntlet (Magisterium #2): Book Two of Magisterium (2) (The Magisterium) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Wrecking Ball (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 14) • Amazon Business $7.75 1 $7.75
Big Shot Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 16 • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49
The Bronze Key (Magisterium #3): Book Three of Magisterium (3) • Amazon Business $7.39 1 $7.39
The Deep End (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 15) • Amazon Business $7.38 1 $7.38
Dork Diaries 14: Tales from a Not-So-Best Friend Forever (14) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
The Golden Tower (Magisterium #5) (5) • Amazon Business $6.54 1 $6.54
The Last Kids on Earth: June's Wild Flight • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49
Dork Diaries 12: Tales from a Not-So-Secret Crush Catastrophe (12) • Amazon Business $6.26 1 $6.26
The Last Kids on Earth and the Midnight Blade • Amazon Business $6.19 1 $6.19

Materials cost

$749.73

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$53.61

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.25

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$844.59

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$149.05

Total project goal

$993.64

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$993.64

1 Donor

-$993.64

Donations toward project cost

-$844.59

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$149.05

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$0.00

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