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Ms. Berlin-Stephens from Berkeley, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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New Books to Attract Readers

Help me give my students new exciting books to read at the start of the school year!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Berlin-Stephens's classroom raised $573

This project is fully funded

My Students

The students where I work love to read. There is such a strong reading culture at this school; it is truly amazing. The library is bustling every day before school, after school, and at lunch. Students come in on their own time to find books, read, play typing games, and hang out with their friends.

It is truly wonderful to work with middle school students that are so engaged with reading.

Students often ask for book recommendations from me and their peers. They are very avid readers, and each grade starts the year doing a unit in their English class called "The Reading Life." This unit is all about developing as a life long reader. I see students putting these skills to work every day.

My Project

Coming back to school this year is so different than ever before! Students are more apprehensive and less excited than usual. Having new books available to showcase and get students excited about reading is of the utmost importance! As I pop into Zoom sessions and make recommended reading lists for teachers having a stream of new books will help engage students and keep them excited about reading. Getting students to leave their homes to come get books will be a hard task, but with the right books it will much easier!

Ms. Berlin-Stephens Willard Middle School Grades 6-8 Berkeley, CA View local requests 650 students impacted 12donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Wholesale Kids Bulk Earbuds Headphones Earphones 30 Pack White Color for Schools, Libraries, Hospitals • Amazon Business $18.93 2 $37.86
Between Good and Ghetto: African American Girls and Inner-City Violence (Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies) • Amazon Business $30.99 1 $30.99
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel) • Amazon Business $14.38 2 $28.76
Midnight Sun • Amazon Business $19.58 1 $19.58
Woke: A Young Poet's Call to Justice • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
Dancing at the Pity Party • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Wrecking Ball (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 14) • Amazon Business $8.25 2 $16.50
A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope • Amazon Business $15.56 1 $15.56
The Conference of the Birds (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children) • Amazon Business $15.39 1 $15.39
Something to Say • MahoganyBooks $15.29 1 $15.29
Clean Getaway • MahoganyBooks $15.29 1 $15.29
All the Days Past, All the Days to Come • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
The Hobbit (Graphic Novel) with a subtitle of An illustrated edition of the fantasy classic • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Sula • Amazon Business $12.59 1 $12.59
Legend of the Star Runner: A Timmi Tobbson Adventure (Solve-Them-Yourself Mysteries for Kids 8-12) • Amazon Business $11.44 1 $11.44
Kristy's Big Day (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix #6): Full-Color Edition • Amazon Business $5.59 2 $11.18
Boy-Crazy Stacey (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novel #7): A Graphix Book (7) (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels) • Amazon Business $5.59 2 $11.18
Act (A Click Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $11.04 1 $11.04
Nat Enough (Nat Enough #1) (1) • Amazon Business $11.04 1 $11.04
Stepping Stones (Peapod Farm) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Noise: A graphic novel based on a true story • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure • Amazon Business $9.00 1 $9.00
Funny Girl: Funniest. Stories. Ever. • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition • MahoganyBooks $8.09 1 $8.09
The City of Ember: The Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $7.69 1 $7.69
Good Kind of Trouble, A • MahoganyBooks $7.19 1 $7.19
Eoin Colfer Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49
Minecraft Volume 1 (Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
Click (A Click Graphic Novel) • Amazon Business $6.29 1 $6.29

Materials cost

$406.66

Vendor shipping charges

 $7.00

Sales tax

 $37.21

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.10

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$486.97

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$85.94

Total project goal

$572.91

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $572.91

10 Donors

-$279.94

Donations toward project cost

-$243.64

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.30

match offer

-$286.27

Match offer toward project cost

-$243.33

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$42.94

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$6.70

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