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Ms. Buchanan from Lakewood, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Let's Get Lit With Literature!

Help me give my students mirrors and windows through the gift of literature!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Buchanan's classroom raised $961

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 Students

My 10th graders are so happy to be back on campus and are eager to learn! This year has been amazing so far, and I'm excited to find out how much we can grow this year. I have 120 sophomores and they are truly some stellar kiddos.

English is all about reading, writing, speaking, and listening, and my students are already working so hard to master these domains!

My Project

I was out of the classroom for several years, and my classroom library did not survive. I am hoping to rebuild my library with new and exciting titles that make students want to read. This project will help me do that and will encourage some of my more reluctant readers to get their noses into a book.

I want the books in my classroom to have characters as vibrant and diverse as the students in my classroom!

I want my students to have the option to read the texts they like and offer up fun and diverse titles.

Ms. Buchanan Lakewood High School Grades 9-12

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

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Seeing is Believing: Graphic Books for Teens (14 books) • AKJ Education $193.66 1 $193.66
Woke Collections (10 books) • AKJ Education $111.35 1 $111.35
The Mortal Instruments (6 bk set) • AKJ Education $74.78 1 $74.78
Twilight (4 bk set) • AKJ Education $50.85 1 $50.85
Divergent (3 bk set) • AKJ Education $38.14 1 $38.14
The Hunger Games (3 bk set) • AKJ Education $29.16 1 $29.16
How I Resist • AKJ Education $16.05 1 $16.05
I'll Give You the Sun • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Say Her Name • AKJ Education $13.86 1 $13.86
Glimmer of Hope • AKJ Education $13.14 1 $13.14
Girl Mans Up • AKJ Education $13.13 1 $13.13
Everything I Never Told You • AKJ Education $12.41 1 $12.41
A Thousand Splendid Suns • AKJ Education $12.41 1 $12.41
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks • AKJ Education $12.41 1 $12.41
Life of Pi A Novel • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
The Kite Runner (10th Anniversary) • AKJ Education $11.90 1 $11.90
The Poet X • AKJ Education $9.48 1 $9.48
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian • AKJ Education $9.12 1 $9.12
Screaming Quietly • AKJ Education $7.99 1 $7.99
Dear Martin • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
145th Street • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Drowned City • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Every Falling Star • AKJ Education $7.29 1 $7.29
Mexican WhiteBoy • AKJ Education $6.99 1 $6.99
The Book Thief • AKJ Education $6.98 1 $6.98
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas • AKJ Education $6.38 1 $6.38

Materials cost

$705.61

Vendor shipping charges

 $6.00

Sales tax

 $64.56

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.58

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$816.75

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$144.13

Total project goal

$960.88

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $960.88

1 Donor

-$320.29

Donations toward project cost

-$272.25

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$48.04

match offer

-$640.59

Match offer toward project cost

-$544.50

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$96.09

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