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Ms. Garrett from Portland, OR is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Coming of Age is Complicated

My students need 25 copies of "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer.

  • $353 goal

This project expired on May 27, 2010.

This project expired on May 27, 2010.

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Ms. Garrett Franklin High School
Portland, OR Grades 9-12

I am an English teacher at a high school; my students are freshmen. I am in an urban school district and at least 50% of our students are on free and reduced lunch.

I am always trying to raise the bar for my students. In order to better serve my students, I have been looking for a coming of age text that is current and interesting, yet challenging. Most of our texts are young adult or very classic, like Romeo and Juliet and The Odyssey. While all the works we study are good books, there is something missing.

While taking a literary theory seminar this fall on the literature of the 'war on terror,' I discovered Jonathan Safran Foer's book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. The novel is about a young boy who lost his father in 9-11 and his search, literal and figurative, for his dad. The book touches on many important topics and is more literary than typical young adult novels. It has earned acclaim from Publishers Weekly and the School Library Journal.

I have had some success in the past getting the right books to the right students. It is amazing when a person makes that connection, and falls in love, sometimes for the first time with reading and books. I write grants and buy books with my own money, too, to continue to get the books my students need, the ones that will make them get excited about reading and that will challenge them to read more, learn more.

More than a third of students from low‑income households

25 students impacted
Ms. Garrett Franklin High School Grades 9-12 Portland, OR View local requests

More than a third 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
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Jonathan Safran Foer • Barnes and Noble $10.04 25 $251.00

Materials cost

$251.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $25.10

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.77

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$288.87

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$63.41

Total project goal

$352.28

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