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Ms. N. from Brooklyn NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Books for Boys

My students need 25 copies of "Handbook for Boys" by Walter Dean Meyers.

  • $237 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

I am a ninth-grade teacher in a high-needs public school in one of the toughest neighborhoods in NYC. The school serves an underprivileged population of 85% African-American and 14% Hispanic students.

Alarmed by the startling statistics concerning African-American and Hispanic boys, my school has implemented an all-boys' English class. The class is designed to increase the boys' academic self-esteem and to get them excited about literature. Unfortunately, we don't have many books that boys can relate to and even less money to purchase class sets of high-interest books.

We need 25 copies of Walter Dean Myers' "Handbook for Boys." The book is designed to give teen boys, particularly boys who lack male role models, the guidance they so desperately need. Myers says that "Handbook for Boys" "is the book that he wishes he could have read while growing up."

Your donation would be a means of inspiring and empowering young African-American boys.

Ms. N.
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Handbook for Boys: A Novel Walter Dean Myers, Matthew Bandsuch (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $6.29 25 $157.25

Materials cost

$157.25

Vendor shipping charges

 $15.73

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.93

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$194.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$42.59

Total project goal

$236.59

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $236.59

2 Donors

-$228.24

Donations toward project cost

-$194.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$34.24

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.35

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 $0.00

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