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Mrs. Baran from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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New Year and New Reading Goals

Help me give my students new and high interest books for the new year.

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Baran's classroom raised $514

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My Project

My middle school students are optimistic, persevering and love learning new things. Help me peek their curiosity with new titles for our classroom library.

It's challenging to encourage students to read when they have social media and game access at their fingertips non-stop.

I hope that the "I Survived" series and the "Who Was?" series will encourage them to broaden their horizons and go beyond their screens. I believe that these books will allow students to read about new and exciting topics, people and places which will in turn encourage more reading for pleasure as well as skill development.

Mrs. Baran Alain Locke Charter Academy Grades 6-8

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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

90 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
I Survived Series Complete Books Set (21 Books) • Amazon Business $74.75 1 $74.75
Jackal: A Novel • Amazon Business $22.99 1 $22.99
Wash Day Diaries • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Countries of the World: Our World in Pictures • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
The Getaway • Amazon Business $15.19 1 $15.19
Disorder on the Court: A YA Contemporary Sports Novel (Iron Valley) • Amazon Business $15.00 1 $15.00
Five Survive • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
100 Things Black Boys Should Do and Know • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Stonewall Reader • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The New Girl • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Frizzy • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Troublemaker • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Booked Graphic Novel (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
Wingbearer (Wingbearer Saga, 1) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Loveless • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
The Legacy of Jim Crow (True History) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Cameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms (Cameron Battle, 1) • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
What Do We Know About Atlantis? • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
What Was the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921? • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
What Do We Know About the Roswell Incident? • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
What Do We Know About the Loch Ness Monster? • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
What Do We Know About Alien Abduction? • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Who Is LeBron James? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
What Was Reconstruction? • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Who Was Elvis Presley? • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99
What Is the Supreme Court? (What Was?) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Is Ketanji Brown Jackson? (Who HQ Now) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Is Pelé? (Who Was?) • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
What Do We Know About Bigfoot? • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
Who Is Stacey Abrams? (Who HQ Now) • Amazon Business $5.87 1 $5.87
What Is Juneteenth? (What Was?) • Amazon Business $5.33 1 $5.33
Who Is Colin Kaepernick? (Who HQ Now) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Is Greta Thunberg? (Who HQ Now) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Is Tom Brady? (Who HQ Now) • Amazon Business $4.99 1 $4.99
Who Is Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson? (Who HQ Now) • Amazon Business $4.74 1 $4.74

Materials cost

$400.38

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.01

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$436.39

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$77.01

Total project goal

$513.40

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $513.40

1 Donor

-$513.40

Donations toward project cost

-$436.39

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$77.01

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