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Ms. Gunn from Nashville TN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Help Make Reading Fun!

My students need books that they can relate to, that can catch their attention, and that can help them find a love of reading.

  • $632 goal

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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Students

I have wondering eighth grade students who I would love to help mold into readers for fun, not just as a grade for class. They love to learn within the classroom and grasp onto information that is interesting to them. I want to help them find this interest in books through different forms of fiction, as well as biographies.

I have seen students light up when they find a book that they enjoy or a genre that is interesting to them.

I would like to continue to see my students light up when they find a wonderful book to read, and hopefully change their whole mindset about reading.

My Project

Many of my students come from low-socioeconomic backgrounds and do not have many reading materials at home. When asked about what they enjoy to read, many of them have no answer or their answer is "nothing." While students do not necessarily have to love to read, I would like for them to not hate reading. I am asking for a variety of books from different genres and mediums. While many of the books are the standard literature books, some are graphic novels. I would like to use the graphic novels for those who may not be fluid readers, but are able to read something similar to a comic book. Many of the books cater to my large African American population of students, but there are also many books from different cultures as well. Many of the books are award-winning books, and on top lists for young adult readers. For students who are new to reading for their personal pleasure, I would like to give them as many well-written books as possible with varying topics, genres, and cultures.

Ms. Gunn
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Sun Is Also a Star (Yoon, Nicola) • Amazon Business $14.33 1 $14.33
My Family Divided: One Girl's Journey of Home, Loss, and Hope • Amazon Business $14.22 1 $14.22
Failing Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning • Amazon Business $13.98 1 $13.98
Echo • Amazon Business $13.60 1 $13.60
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Long Way Down • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
We Are Okay • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Dear Martin • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
The Crossover (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $12.29 1 $12.29
Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World • Amazon Business $12.18 1 $12.18
We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler (Jane Addams Honor Book (Awards)) • Amazon Business $11.96 1 $11.96
Rebound (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
The Van Gogh Deception • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Lucky Broken Girl • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Sunny (Track) • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
The Night Diary • Amazon Business $11.72 1 $11.72
Red Queen • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
The Hate U Give • Amazon Business $11.39 1 $11.39
Booked (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $11.29 1 $11.29
Ghost Boys • Amazon Business $11.29 1 $11.29
Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers • Amazon Business $11.20 1 $11.20
Strange the Dreamer • Amazon Business $10.96 1 $10.96
This One Summer • Amazon Business $10.93 1 $10.93
The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora • Amazon Business $10.82 1 $10.82
Steve Jobs: Insanely Great • Amazon Business $10.43 1 $10.43
Angela's Ashes: A Memoir • Amazon Business $10.09 1 $10.09
Tyrell • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
The Rose That Grew From Concrete • Amazon Business $9.98 1 $9.98
You Know Me Well: A Novel • Amazon Business $9.94 1 $9.94
Who Moved My Cheese? for Teens • Amazon Business $9.58 1 $9.58
Lumberjanes Vol. 1: Beware The Kitten Holy • Amazon Business $9.53 1 $9.53
American Born Chinese • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
Mexican WhiteBoy • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
The Monstrumologist • Amazon Business $7.98 1 $7.98
American Street • Amazon Business $7.55 1 $7.55
SOLD • Amazon Business $7.35 1 $7.35
Shooting Kabul (The Kabul Chronicles) • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
If I Stay • Amazon Business $7.07 1 $7.07
Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Once (Once Series) • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Monster: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98
Inside Out and Back Again • Amazon Business $6.94 1 $6.94
Turtle in Paradise • Amazon Business $6.90 1 $6.90
The Thing About Luck • Amazon Business $6.63 1 $6.63
I, Juan de Pareja: The Story of a Great Painter and the Slave He Helped Become a Great Artist • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
Three Times Lucky (Mo & Dale Mysteries) • Amazon Business $6.07 1 $6.07
The Red Pencil • Amazon Business $5.63 1 $5.63
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle • Amazon Business $5.31 1 $5.31

Materials cost

$499.62

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.49

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$537.11

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$94.78

Total project goal

$631.89

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$631.89

15 Donors

-$614.25

Donations toward project cost

-$537.11

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$77.14

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.64

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$0.00

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