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Ms. Bailey from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Wanted: Crime and Mystery Books!

Help me give my students books they want and a bookshelf on which to put them!

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Bailey's classroom raised $466

This project is fully funded

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My Project

My students are pretty incredible young people. There is often an assumption that teens don't read, but my students do. We read in class every day and having a small classroom library in my room has been the number one asset to their reading. Sometimes the hardest part is just finding what interests them. However, when I am able to offer what they are looking for, they will pick up a book, and....read it! I also encourage them to explore a variety of genres throughout the year. However, last year there was a noticeable shift in what they were asking to read: true crime and murder mystery. Alas, I had a very small collection to offer. So, it is time to ask for help in filling this gap so my students have what they want to read.

For the past several years I have been an avid supporter of my students self selecting the majority of their reading because when they learn to choose for themselves and read what interests them, they become readers.

Reading for pleasure, for joy, for community, or for introspection are all reasons to become life long readers, but students do not get that experience when they only read cannon assigned books in English class. My goal is to grow readers because there is so much that can come from reading a book. I'd like to start this year off with a significant section of books of the genre my students want in my classroom library.

Ms. Bailey High School of Fashion Industries Grades 9-12

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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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
4-Layer Rotating Bookshelf, 360° Rotating Shelf, Floor-Standing Storage Shelf, Bookshelf Suitable for Children and Adults,Used in bedrooms, Living Rooms, Offices(54inch×14inch×14inch • Amazon Business $79.99 1 $79.99
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Series Boxed Set: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder; Good Girl, Bad Blood; As Good as Dead • Amazon Business $42.79 1 $42.79
Everything You Wanted • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
The Body by the Shore • Amazon Business $15.99 1 $15.99
Casual Conversations About Love and Murder • Amazon Business $14.95 1 $14.95
All Her Little Secrets: A Novel • Amazon Business $14.49 1 $14.49
Pride and Premeditation (Jane Austen Murder Mysteries, 1) • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
One of Us Is Next: The Sequel to One of Us Is Lying • Amazon Business $13.26 1 $13.26
If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Ride Along: Guilty Until She Proves Otherwise • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Unsolved Serial Killers: 10 Frightening True Crime Cases of Unidentified Serial Killers (The Ones You've Never Heard of) Volume 1 • Amazon Business $11.11 1 $11.11
The Psychopath: A True Story • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
One of Us Is Lying • Amazon Business $10.70 1 $10.70
The Housemaid: An absolutely addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist • Amazon Business $10.06 1 $10.06
If He Had Been with Me • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Every Last Word • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
The Injustice • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
The New Girl • Amazon Business $9.34 1 $9.34
They Wish They Were Us • Amazon Business $8.93 1 $8.93
14 Ways To Die • Amazon Business $8.79 1 $8.79
The Game (Underlined Paperbacks) • Amazon Business $8.48 1 $8.48
I Am Watching You • Amazon Business $7.29 1 $7.29
If She Knew (A Kate Wise Mystery—Book 1) • Amazon Business $6.99 1 $6.99

Materials cost

$360.38

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.41

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$395.79

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$69.85

Total project goal

$465.64

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $465.64

3 Donors

-$390.64

Donations toward project cost

-$332.04

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$58.60

match offer

-$75.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$63.75

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$11.25

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