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Ms. Plourde from Las Vegas, NV is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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New and Noteworthy Novels: the Latest in Contemporary YA Fiction

Help me give my students some new and noteworthy contemporary young adult titles to add to our classroom library. With your help, these buzz-worthy titles will be flying off our shelves in no time!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Plourde's classroom raised $601

This project is fully funded

My Project

My classroom is filled with a vibrant and diverse community of readers; I want to make sure that the titles in my library reflect that.

This project will introduce some of the newest and most buzz-worthy titles from recent years to a voracious and vast group of adolescent readers; the titles in this list place special emphasis on multicultural young adult fiction and YA series that have garnered critical acclaim and teenage attention.

Students selecting these titles for their independent reading will continue to foster a love of literature and feed the flame of being a lifelong reader. We will share our reviews of these books, recommend them to our friends, and read them with our classmates.

Ms. Plourde Durango 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.

Las Vegas, NV View local requests

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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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Blood and Ash Complete Series Collection Set • Amazon Business $85.99 1 $85.99
The Woods Are Always Watching • Amazon Business $11.50 3 $34.50
The Selection 5-Book Box Set: The Complete Series • Amazon Business $29.10 1 $29.10
Shadow and Bone Boxed Set • Amazon Business $28.49 1 $28.49
The Legend Trilogy • Amazon Business $25.99 1 $25.99
Who We Were in the Dark • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Zyla & Kai • Amazon Business $18.90 1 $18.90
Boys I Know • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
A Heavy Dose of Allison Tandy • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Soul of the Deep (Of Mermaids and Orisa) • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Beasts of Ruin • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses, 4) • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
Mercury Boys • Amazon Business $13.22 1 $13.22
I Must Betray You • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, 2) • Amazon Business $12.49 1 $12.49
A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, 3) • Amazon Business $12.49 1 $12.49
Clap When You Land • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Don't Ask Me Where I'm From • Amazon Business $11.49 1 $11.49
Everything I Never Told You • Amazon Business $11.05 1 $11.05
Skin of the Sea (Of Mermaids and Orisa) • Amazon Business $10.85 1 $10.85
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, 1) • Amazon Business $10.80 1 $10.80
House of Salt and Sorrows • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79

Materials cost

$438.97

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$34.46

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.58

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$510.01

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$90.00

Total project goal

$600.01

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$600.01

8 Donors

-$484.89

Donations toward project cost

-$427.14

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$57.75

match offer

-$97.50

Match offer toward project cost

-$82.88

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.62

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.63

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$0.00

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