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Ms. Contreras from Avondale, AZ is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Help me give my students diverse books to fall in love with reading.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Contreras's classroom raised $2,926

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My Project

My students often find it difficult to truly get lost in a book. Whether it's because of distractions, lack of interest, or limited access to diverse reading materials, it can be a challenge to spark their curiosity. My wish is to create an environment where they are surrounded by a wide range of books that will intrigue them, inspire their imaginations, and hopefully, help them fall in love with reading. By providing easy access to a vast array of genres, topics, and authors, I hope to ignite their passion for reading and encourage them to explore new worlds through the pages of a book. It’s my belief that when students find a book that truly captivates them, it opens up new possibilities for learning, growth, and discovery, and I want to make that experience available to every student.

Ms. Contreras West Point High School Grades 9-12 Avondale, AZ View local requests

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
6 Book Set: Lee & Low OLDER TEEN Mental Health Bundle #1 (young adult books, ages 16+) YA Books for Classroom Library - social emotional learning • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $90.00 1 $90.00
6 Book Set: Lee & Low OLDER TEEN Mental Health Bundle #2 (young adult books, ages 16+) YA Books for Classroom Library - social emotional learning • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $90.00 1 $90.00
4 Book Set: Graphic Novels #5 - Underrepresented Social Emotional Learning (paperback 12+) Junior High, Crush, Girl Called Echo, My Bilingual Summer • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $80.00 1 $80.00
4 Book Set: Native American Spotlight (ages 10+): Mascot, Elatsoe, Killers of the Flower Moon (Young Readers Edition), Apple: Skin to the Core • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $75.00 1 $75.00
The Maze Runner Series Complete Collection Boxed Set (5-Book) • Amazon Business $54.17 1 $54.17
4 Book Set: YA Paperback Book Club (ages 12+) - Abuela, Don't Forget Me, Harvest House, Last Cuentista, The Cost of Knowing • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $52.00 1 $52.00
The Last 8 • Amazon Business $17.99 2 $35.98
The Jane Austen Collection: Deluxe 6-Book Harcover Boxed Set (Arcturus Collector's Classics, 1) • Amazon Business $35.00 1 $35.00
Smash the Patriarchy: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $17.23 2 $34.46
Keep This to Yourself • Amazon Business $17.09 2 $34.18
John Green: The Complete Collection Box Set • Amazon Business $32.62 1 $32.62
Clarity: A Young Adult Dystopian Thriller (Clarity Chronicles, Book 1) • Amazon Business $15.99 2 $31.98
The Initial Insult • Amazon Business $15.99 2 $31.98
Jump Start Your Confidence & Boost Your Self-Esteem: A Guide for Teen Girls Unleash Your Inner Superpowers to Conquer Fear and Self-Doubt, and Build Unshakable Confidence (Words of Wisdom for Teens) • Amazon Business $15.97 2 $31.94
Alguien tiene un secreto / Two Can Keep a Secret (Spanish Edition) • Amazon Business $15.19 2 $30.38
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth • Amazon Business $15.18 2 $30.36
Sad Perfect: A Novel • Amazon Business $15.00 2 $30.00
The One Game: A YA Sci-Fi Adventure (Game of Paradise) • Amazon Business $14.99 2 $29.98
The Self-Love Workbook for Teens: A Transformative Guide to Boost Self-Esteem, Build a Healthy Mindset, and Embrace Your True Self (Self-Love Books) • Amazon Business $14.93 2 $29.86
The Perks of Being a Wallflower • Amazon Business $14.79 2 $29.58
IRA Children's Book Awards. Young Adult - Eleanor & Park - Hardcover Book • AKJ Education $14.59 2 $29.18
Running for Shelter: A True Story (Holocaust Books for Young Adults) • Amazon Business $13.90 2 $27.80
Wait for Me: A YA Romance Novel • Amazon Business $13.85 2 $27.70
Master Mage: Riders of Fire Dragon Masters, Book Four - A Dragons' Realm young adult epic fantasy adventure • Amazon Business $26.99 1 $26.99
Dead End Girls • Amazon Business $13.33 2 $26.66
Truly Devious: A Mystery (Truly Devious, 1) • Amazon Business $13.29 2 $26.58
And We Stay • Amazon Business $13.15 2 $26.30
The Money Club: A Teenage Guide to Financial Literacy • Amazon Business $13.13 2 $26.26
Hunting by Stars (A Marrow Thieves Novel) (The Marrow Thieves) • Amazon Business $13.04 2 $26.08
Tell And You Die: A page-turning crime mystery for young adults • Amazon Business $12.99 2 $25.98
Jumper • Amazon Business $12.99 2 $25.98
The Space Between (Gravel Road) • Amazon Business $12.95 2 $25.90
Help Yourself for Teens: Real-Life Advice for Real-Life Challenges • Amazon Business $12.74 2 $25.48
This Will Be Funny Someday • Amazon Business $12.70 2 $25.40
Frontera • Amazon Business $12.37 2 $24.74
Under a Painted Sky • Amazon Business $12.08 2 $24.16
The Book Thief (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 2 $24.00
They Both Die at the End (paperback) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 2 $24.00
The Resilient Teen: 10 Key Skills to Bounce Back from Setbacks and Turn Stress into Success (The Instant Help Solutions Series) • Amazon Business $11.23 2 $22.46
Chaos Walking: The Complete Trilogy: Books 1-3 • Amazon Business $21.99 1 $21.99
The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim • Amazon Business $10.99 2 $21.98
"The President Has Been Shot!": The Assassination of John F. Kennedy • Amazon Business $10.99 2 $21.98
Poisoned • Amazon Business $10.99 2 $21.98
Beyond the Black Door • Amazon Business $10.99 2 $21.98
The Darkness Outside Us • Amazon Business $10.89 2 $21.78
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People (ReVisioning History for Young People) • Amazon Business $10.82 2 $21.64
How to Be a (Young) Antiracist • Amazon Business $10.73 2 $21.46
Tell Me What Really Happened • Amazon Business $10.49 2 $20.98
How to Build a Heart • Amazon Business $10.25 2 $20.50
Punching the Air (hardcover, YA ages 14+) x Black Books Matter from MahoganyBooks • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 1 $20.00
Personal Finance for Teens and Young Adults: A teen’s toolbox to prepare for Adulthood in the USA • Amazon Business $9.99 2 $19.98
Crooked • Amazon Business $9.99 2 $19.98
Insightful: Life advice for young adults to succeed • Amazon Business $9.99 2 $19.98
Runaway • Amazon Business $9.99 2 $19.98
Spoken: A Novel • Amazon Business $9.99 2 $19.98
Basic Understanding of the Stock Market: For Teens and Young Adults Book Four • Amazon Business $9.49 2 $18.98
Crossing Ebenezer Creek • Amazon Business $9.30 2 $18.60
The Chocolate War • Amazon Business $9.29 2 $18.58
Chasing King's Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Assassin • Amazon Business $18.56 1 $18.56
Therapy Sessions Journal (Black & White edition): A guided reflection for 6 months of therapy sessions and for recording your periodic progress (Therapy Journals) • Amazon Business $8.82 2 $17.64
The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had • Amazon Business $8.77 2 $17.54
Dragon Pirate: Riders of Fire Dragon Masters, Book Three - A Dragons' Realm young adult epic fantasy adventure • Amazon Business $17.24 1 $17.24
How to Survive Your Murder • Amazon Business $8.56 2 $17.12
Anakisha's Dragon: Riders of Fire Dragon Masters, Book One - A Dragons' Realm young adult epic fantasy adventure • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
House Arrest • Amazon Business $8.36 2 $16.72
Dragon Mage: Riders of Fire Dragon Masters, Book Two - A Dragons' Realm young adult epic fantasy adventure • Amazon Business $16.49 1 $16.49
Looking For Alaska • Amazon Business $8.24 2 $16.48
Before We Were Free • Amazon Business $8.17 2 $16.34
When Plague Strikes: The Black Death, Smallpox, AIDS • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Timeless Classics) (Timeless Classics Low Level) • Amazon Business $15.95 1 $15.95
Before I Fall • Amazon Business $14.23 1 $14.23
This Is Where It Ends • Amazon Business $6.99 2 $13.98
How to Draw the Most Fun Things for Kids: A Step-by-Step Guide to Create the Most Epic Drawings • Amazon Business $13.95 1 $13.95
They Called Me 299-359: Poetry by the Incarcerated Youth of Free Minds (Shout Mouse Press Young Adult Books) • Amazon Business $13.94 1 $13.94
Can't Stop Won't Stop (Young Adult Edition): A Hip-Hop History • Amazon Business $13.60 1 $13.60
Maximillian Fly • Amazon Business $6.39 2 $12.78
6 Scary Halloween Stories for Teens • Amazon Business $6.24 2 $12.48
Tigers, Not Daughters • Amazon Business $12.24 1 $12.24
This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work (teen mental health, social emotional learning awareness) • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Public Speaking for Teens: How to Write a Speech, Learn to Debate, Speak With Confidence, and Overcome Your Fears! • Amazon Business $11.90 1 $11.90
Who Killed Mr. Chippendale?: A Mystery in Poems • Amazon Business $5.81 2 $11.62
After the Death of Anna Gonzales • Amazon Business $11.37 1 $11.37
Little Thieves (Little Thieves, 1) • Amazon Business $11.19 1 $11.19
The Smell of Other People's Houses • Amazon Business $11.15 1 $11.15
White Smoke • Amazon Business $11.01 1 $11.01
Weird Girl and What's His Name • Amazon Business $10.39 1 $10.39
The 5th Wave: The First Book of the 5th Wave Series • Amazon Business $9.97 1 $9.97
Empowered Black Girl: Joyful Affirmations and Words of Resilience (Book for Black Girls Ages 12+) (Badass Black Girl) • Amazon Business $9.63 1 $9.63
The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, Book 1) (1) • Amazon Business $9.23 1 $9.23
The Crossover Graphic Novel (The Crossover Series) • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Secret Garden (Classics Made Easy): Unabridged, with Glossary, Historic Orientation, Character, and Location Guide • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Hocus Pocus and the All-New Sequel • Amazon Business $8.66 1 $8.66
An Ember in the Ashes • Amazon Business $8.38 1 $8.38
Friendly Face: An AFK Book (Five Nights at Freddy’s: Fazbear Frights #10) (10) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Four Perfect Pebbles: A True Story of the Holocaust • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
50 Spanish Coffee Breaks: Short activities to improve your Spanish one cup at a time • Amazon Business $7.00 1 $7.00

Materials cost

$2,261.16

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $161.67

3rd party payment processing fee

$33.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,486.75

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$438.84

Total project goal

$2,925.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,925.59

1 Donor

-$2,486.75

Donations toward project cost

-$2,486.75

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$0.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$438.84

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 $0.00

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