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

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So Many New Books!

Help me give my students more new titles to enjoy this school year!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Wiltse's classroom raised $748

This project is fully funded

My Project

When I re-opened this library in September 2022, I needed LOTS of new books for our 625 students. Now, the crazy thing is, they keep wanting more! I have students request new titles often and they really enjoy watching our collection expand. Before this September, books hadn't been purchased for this library in ten years.

We now have around 1,700 fiction books currently-- or about 1/4 the amount we need for a school our size.

There are so many wonderful books being published and it's time for another infusion. I guarantee my students will be thrilled!

Ms. Wiltse Martin L King College Preparatory High School Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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 three‑quarters 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

625 students impacted 4donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance • Amazon Business $22.30 1 $22.30
The Kaiju Preservation Society • Amazon Business $20.49 1 $20.49
Where You See Yourself • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Love, Hate and Other Filters • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
I Kick and I Fly • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Scout's Honor • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Friday I'm in Love • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times • Amazon Business $18.48 1 $18.48
Blood Circus • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Jane Against the World: Roe v. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
That They Lived: African Americans Who Changed the World (Painted Turtle) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Foxglove (Belladonna, 2) • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Clown in a Cornfield • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Free at Last: A Juneteenth Poem • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
We Are All So Good at Smiling • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Man o' War • Amazon Business $17.69 1 $17.69
Man Made Monsters: Man Made Monsters • Amazon Business $17.50 1 $17.50
Caste (Adapted for Young Adults) • Amazon Business $17.09 1 $17.09
There Goes the Neighborhood • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop (Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award for New Talent) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
World Made of Glass • Amazon Business $16.63 1 $16.63
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream • Amazon Business $16.59 1 $16.59
Begin Again: A Novel • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Medusa • Amazon Business $15.69 1 $15.69
African Icons: Ten People Who Shaped History • Amazon Business $14.89 1 $14.89
Belladonna (Belladonna, 1) • Amazon Business $14.62 1 $14.62
Nick and Charlie (Heartstopper) • Amazon Business $13.45 1 $13.45
With the Fire on High • Amazon Business $11.85 1 $11.85
I Rise • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Speak • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
I Kissed Shara Wheeler: A Novel • Amazon Business $10.44 1 $10.44
Okoye to the People: A Black Panther Novel • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo Lives • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99

Materials cost

$596.08

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.94

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$635.02

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$112.06

Total project goal

$747.08

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$747.08

2 Donors

-$376.03

Donations toward project cost

-$319.63

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$56.40

match offer

-$371.05

Match offer toward project cost

-$315.39

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$55.66

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