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Mr. Stuart from Cedar Springs, MI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help My Students Unwind into Reading Fanatics!

My students need 2 sets of the highly addicting Unwind series of novels by Neal Shusterman.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Stuart's classroom raised $158

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are starting to WANT to read -- even outside of school! -- because, in addition to helping them grapple with challenging, whole-class texts, my classroom library invites them to dive into the wide, deep world of self-selected reading.

Lack of access to a popular book causes eager teen readers to lose momentum in their self-selected reading lives, and, too often, I see this loss of momentum act like a splash of water on a tiny fire.

When a teen hears her friend raving about a book, I want that book to be there, waiting on the shelf for her. Unfortunately, it's often checked out. But, there is a solution: having multiple copies of the most popular titles. And that's where YOU come in, dear donor!

My Project

My students need multiple copies of books they've requested by name -- specifically, Neal Shusterman's Unwind series of novels. I have a "book wish list" in the front of my classroom, and this series is right at the top. Multiple copies of the hottest texts will result in kids having instant access to the books their friends are raving about, and it will allow for buzz to build in the classroom as multiple kids are engaged in the same self-selected texts at the same time. In our instant gratification society, the sets of popular titles I'm asking for will be able to compete with tantalizing, ever-present distractions like smartphones and video games.

I am hopeful that you can contribute to making my classroom library a truly addictive one, book by book.

When we're done, it's going to be awesome: Each title will have multiple copies instead of one, and the likelihood that lifelong readers will be born in my room will increase dramatically. Thank you so much for your generous donation; my students and I are in your debt.

Mr. Stuart Cedar Springs High School Grades 9-12

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Complete Unwind Dystology: Unwind; UnWholly; UnSouled; UnDivided • Amazon $51.25 2 $102.50

Materials cost

$102.50

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$1.54

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$134.04

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$23.65

Total project goal

$157.69

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $157.69

3 Donors

-$145.14

Donations toward project cost

-$134.04

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.10

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$12.55

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 $0.00

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