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Ms. Fortuna from Cleveland, OH is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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“If You Want to Live, It's Good to be Friendly.”

Help me give my students access to books that will make them think, empathize, and further explore history and various reading formats.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Fortuna's classroom raised $555

This project is fully funded

My Project

For the first time in my teaching career, I have a book that has fully engaged my 8th graders! We are only a chapter into 'Maus' by Art Spiegelman, but they are begging me for the second book so they can read the whole tale.

To find a piece of literature they not only want to read, but are asking for the whole series, I can't help but want to get this for them.

'Maus: Book II A Survivor's Tale' will help me paint a complete picture for my scholars about The Holocaust. For many of my students, they simply had no idea about this time in our World History, and the graphic novel format has fully hooked them!

Ms. Fortuna Bolton Elementary School Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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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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Nearly all 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
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (Pantheon Graphic Library) • Amazon Business $14.49 30 $434.70

Materials cost

$434.70

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.52

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$471.22

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.16

Total project goal

$554.38

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $554.38

3 Donors

-$269.84

Donations toward project cost

-$241.86

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$27.98

match offer

-$269.84

Match offer toward project cost

-$229.36

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$40.48

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$14.70

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 $0.00

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