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Mr. Holmes from Alameda, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Let's Make Reading A Habit!

Help me give my students culturally relevant, diverse, and high-interest books for independent reading.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Holmes's classroom raised $1,398

This project is fully funded

My Students

Expectations are high for students the moment they arrive. My students want to meet those challenges. My students trust that I will guide them through a complex and difficult world of letters.

My students are diverse across many aspects of their identity.

My classroom is representative of the unique and progressive qualities of the San Francisco Bay Area. Students have the opportunity for a broader, more holistic perspective of the world by bringing their various experiences and backgrounds with them.

My Project

Students in my English class are responsible for reading independently throughout the year. They select their own books for reading. They are given some class time to read. They write one-pagers (short writing assignments focusing on critical understanding of the text) about their book. The goal is not to write about reading, or think too heavily about reading. The goal is to create lifelong readers.

"People who are undernourished need good food; readers who are undernourished need good books and lots of them," said Kelly Gallagher author of Readicide.

Kelly Gallagher describes Readicide as, "the systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practices found in schools." I am trying to prevent this from happening to my students through independent reading.

Funding this project will help me to build a classroom library full of high-interest literature, non-fiction, and graphic novels.

I have a brand new group of students this year who walked in to my room at the beginning of the year to find my library stocked with new books. There is already a buzz and excitement about reading in my classes. I want to continue that hype with an injection of new reading material.

I've selected books of many genres and interests to add to my library. I have intelligent and engaging graphic novels, culturally relevant historical fiction, accessible non-fiction, etc. I have tried to include something for everyone in this exciting project.

Mr. Holmes Alameda High School Grades 9-12 Alameda, CA View local requests

More than a third 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
Saga of the Swamp Thing Box Set (The Saga of the Swamp Thing) • Amazon Business $108.00 1 $108.00
Earthsea Cycle Set ( Books 1- 6 ) • Amazon Business $69.99 1 $69.99
Mortal Engine Quartet Boxed Set • Amazon Business $47.99 1 $47.99
No Longer Human (Junji Ito) • Amazon Business $31.49 1 $31.49
The Hobbit And The Lord Of The Rings: Deluxe Pocket Boxed Set • Amazon Business $27.91 1 $27.91
The Broken Earth Trilogy: The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, The Stone Sky • Amazon Business $25.10 1 $25.10
Mooncakes Collector's Edition • Amazon Business $24.99 1 $24.99
Stand on Zanzibar • Amazon Business $23.99 1 $23.99
Legacy of Orisha Series 2 Books Collection Set by Tomi Adeyemi (Children of Blood and Bone, Children of Virtue and Vengeance) • Amazon Business $22.99 1 $22.99
Dororo • Amazon Business $21.80 1 $21.80
Wheel of Time Premium Boxed Set I: Books 1-3 (The Eye of the World, The Great Hunt, The Dragon Reborn) • Amazon Business $20.48 1 $20.48
Grand Theft Horse • Amazon Business $19.95 1 $19.95
Jerusalem • Amazon Business $18.60 1 $18.60
Ring Shout • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Satan's Prep: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $17.95 1 $17.95
A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, 2) • Amazon Business $17.19 1 $17.19
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Binti: The Complete Trilogy (Binti Trilogy) • Amazon Business $15.59 1 $15.59
Sword of Destiny (The Witcher, 2) • Amazon Business $15.49 1 $15.49
Spinning • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel (The Murderbot Diaries, 5) • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Black Panther: Long Live the King (Marvel Premiere Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Artificial Condition: The Murderbot Diaries (The Murderbot Diaries, 2) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Snow Crash • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
Buddha, Vol. 6: Ananda • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, 1) • Amazon Business $14.89 1 $14.89
Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness • Amazon Business $14.79 1 $14.79
Quincredible Vol. 1: Quest to be the Best (1) • Amazon Business $14.59 1 $14.59
Sands Of Arawiya Bk 2 We Free The Stars • Amazon Business $14.53 1 $14.53
The Last Wish: Introducing the Witcher (The Witcher, 1) • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
The Lathe Of Heaven: A Novel • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir • Amazon Business $14.29 1 $14.29
LaGuardia • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Quincredible Vol. 2: The Hero Within (2) • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
The Magic Fish: (A Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $13.60 1 $13.60
Norwegian Wood • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? • Amazon Business $13.46 1 $13.46
This Is How You Lose the Time War • Amazon Business $13.15 1 $13.15
The Girl from the Sea: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Neuromancer • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
My Year of Rest and Relaxation: A Novel • Amazon Business $12.89 1 $12.89
The City & The City: A Novel (Random House Reader's Circle) • Amazon Business $12.69 1 $12.69
The Calculating Stars: A Lady Astronaut Novel (Lady Astronaut, 1) • Amazon Business $12.49 1 $12.49
The Word for World is Forest • Amazon Business $11.89 1 $11.89
Ishmael:A Novel • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries (The Murderbot Diaries, 1) • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Rogue Protocol: The Murderbot Diaries (The Murderbot Diaries, 3) • Amazon Business $11.63 1 $11.63
Exit Strategy: The Murderbot Diaries (The Murderbot Diaries, 4) • Amazon Business $11.63 1 $11.63
We Hunt the Flame (Sands of Arawiya, 1) • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
The Art of Starving • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Be More Chill • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Color of Magic (Discworld) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Light Fantastic (Discworld, 2) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Arabella of Mars (The Adventures of Arabella Ashby) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Riverland • Amazon Business $7.35 1 $7.35
The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics) • Amazon Business $5.49 1 $5.49

Materials cost

$1,042.70

Vendor shipping charges

 $3.99

Sales tax

 $95.41

3rd party payment processing fee

$15.64

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,187.74

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$209.60

Total project goal

$1,397.34

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,397.34

6 Donors

-$1,011.95

Donations toward project cost

-$863.91

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$148.04

Matching donations from our partners

-$380.98

Match offers toward project cost

-$323.83

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.15

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$4.41

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