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Mrs. Norwood from Houston TX is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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My students need 43 fresh, hot, new teen books. I'd love to update our library with the hottest new titles from 2008.

  • $809 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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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.

Remember when reading in school was boring? Not anymore! Students in my reading workshop read books of their choice and on their reading level. Each year, they read more than forty books! Compared to a traditional English class where students read, on average, 4 books a year, our results are exceptional! I teach at an inner city charter school where we do "Whatever It Takes" to send low income kids to college. Many of my students come to me 2-4 years behind in reading, and they have not grown up as readers. My reluctant readers need reading role models and LOTS of books!

Reluctant readers need new, exciting, hot books to grab their attention. Research shows that the more kids read, the more their reading skills progress. Unfortunately, there is not nearly enough in our school's budget to buy the new books we need to keep our readers reading.

Your donation can help me purchase a list of the best books for young adults in 2008. The books I'd like to purchase are recommended by the National Council of Teachers of English as "best bets" for today's teens! We need realistic fiction such as The Underneath, The Secret of Sonia Rodriguez, My One Hundred Adventures, and Hero Type. We'd also love fantasy and science fiction such as How to Ditch Your Fairy, In The Small, Test, and Savvy.

We are sending low income students to college, and YOU can be a part of it! Please help us purchase the books our classroom library needs. Your gift of reading could impact a child forever.

Mrs. Norwood
Grades 6-8

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Knife of Never Letting Go: Chaos Walking: Book One Patrick Ness • Barnes and Noble $15.19 1 $15.19
The Adoration of Jenna Fox Mary E. Pearson • Barnes and Noble $13.56 1 $13.56
Burn Suzanne Phillips • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
Chains Laurie Halse Anderson • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
Chiggers Hope Larson, Hope Larson (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $8.99 1 $8.99
Click David Almond, Gregory Maguire, Roddy Doyle, Margo Lanagan, Deborah Ellis • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
The Compound S. A. Bodeen • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25
Diamond Willow Helen Frost • Barnes and Noble $14.40 1 $14.40
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks E. Lockhart • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
Exposed Susan Vaught • Barnes and Noble $12.74 1 $12.74
Ghostgirl Tonya Hurley • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Ghosts of Kerfol Deborah Noyes • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
He Forgot to Say Goodbye Benjamin Alire Saenz • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
Hero-Type Barry Lyga • Barnes and Noble $12.80 1 $12.80
Honeybee: Poems and Short Prose Naomi Shihab Nye • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
How to Build a House Dana Reinhardt • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
How to Ditch Your Fairy Justine Larbalestier • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
In the Small Michael Hague, Devon Hague • Barnes and Noble $11.69 1 $11.69
Into the Volcano Don Wood • Barnes and Noble $17.09 1 $17.09
The Way a Door Closes Hope Anita Smith, Shane W. Evans (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $17.05 1 $17.05
Keeping the Night Watch Hope Anita Smith, E. B. Lewis (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $17.05 1 $17.05
Kendra Coe Booth • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
My One Hundred Adventures Polly Horvath • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
North of Beautiful Justina Chen Headley • Barnes and Noble $12.74 1 $12.74
Paper Towns John Green • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Peeled Joan Bauer • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
Savvy Ingrid Law • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
The Secret Story of Sonia Rodriguez Alan Lawrence Sitomer • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant Series #1) Derek Landy, Tom Percival (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Playing with Fire (Skulduggery Pleasant Series #2) Derek Landy • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
The Smile Donna Jo Napoli • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Test William Sleator • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25
The Underneath Kathi Appelt, David Small (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman, Dave Mckean (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $12.59 1 $12.59
Generation Dead Daniel Waters • Barnes and Noble $13.59 1 $13.59
American Born Chinese Gene Luen Yang, Lark Pien (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $16.15 1 $16.15
The Book Thief Markus Zusak • Barnes and Noble $10.79 1 $10.79
Enter Three Witches Caroline B. Cooney • Barnes and Noble $15.29 1 $15.29
A Field Guide to High School Marissa Walsh • Barnes and Noble $14.39 1 $14.39
Grief Girl Erin Vincent • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Higher Power of Lucky Susan Patron, Matt Phelan (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Lawn Boy Gary Paulsen • Barnes and Noble $10.39 1 $10.39
The New Policeman Kate Thompson • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09

Materials cost

$573.96

Vendor shipping charges

 $57.40

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$14.35

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$663.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$145.54

Total project goal

$808.54

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $808.54

4 Donors

-$780.00

Donations toward project cost

-$663.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$117.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$28.54

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