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Popular Request African American Teen Fiction

My students need 32 more culturally relevant African-American popular novels to encourage their participation in the Accelerated Reader program.

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Mrs. K.
Grades 9-12

My Students

My African-American students become avid readers if provided with culturally relevant novels. High school students as a whole tend to be reluctant readers. They are naturally drawn to novels that relate to their real life experiences.

My students live in a high poverty rural area of Mississippi.

Their model of the world is limited to the confines of our small county. Many rarely venture outside its boundaries. They exhibit this hungry desire for expansion of their minds and cultural experiences. A good novel provides a wonderful way to travel beyond their everyday encounters.

My Project

The resources requested are contemporary novels for African-Americans teens by African-American authors. In past years, there has been a limited number of titles published for this particular audience. There seems to be a literary renaissance occurring that has given birth to wonderful culturally relevant fiction. These novels are thankfully included in the Accelerated Reading program. Students can read these wonderful works and then take quizzes to check for reading comprehension. The purpose of this project is to inspire more African-American high school students to read for pleasure and improvement of reading comprehension skills. The dream is to lead them from these novels to other great works of literature by famous African-American authors such as W.E.B. DuBois, Richard Wright, Maya Angelou, Tony Morrison, Alice Walker, and others. This will open their mind to other great literature. The end result will be strong readers with unlimited opportunities for academic success.

Our students have a very limited access to contemporary books in general.

Our public library has suffered from continuous outbreaks of black mold due to structural damage dating back to Hurricane Katrina. The black mold problem has caused the library to lose numerous books. The nearest bookstore is over 35 miles away. Many of our students don't have transportation or financial means to purchase books at the bookstore. Our library has become their primary source for books.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

856 students impacted 8 donors
Mrs. K. Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

856 students impacted 8donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
After Tupac and D Foster Jacqueline Woodson • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Baby Girl Lenora Adams • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Bucking the Sarge Christopher Paul Curtis • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue Julius Lester • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere ZZ Packer • Barnes and Noble $12.82 1 $12.82
Emako Blue Brenda Woods • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
First Part Last Angela Johnson • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
47 Walter Mosley • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Home of the Brave Katherine Applegate • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
The Hoopster Alan Lawrence Sitomer • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Hot Girl Dream Jordan • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
Hotlanta Denene Millner, Mitzi Miller • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Imani All Mine Connie Rose Porter • Barnes and Noble $9.32 1 $9.32
Jason and Kyra Dana Davidson • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
The Legend of Buddy Bush Shelia P. Moses • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Return of Buddy Bush Shelia P. Moses • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39
Joseph Shelia P. Moses • Barnes and Noble $14.52 1 $14.52
The Kayla Chronicles Sherri Winston • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Mare's War Tanita S. Davis • Barnes and Noble $12.23 1 $12.23
Money Hungry Sharon Flake, Tk (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
My Life as a Rhombus Varian Johnson • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
No Laughter Here Rita Williams-Garcia • Barnes and Noble $13.67 1 $13.67
November Blues Sharon M. Draper • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Over a Thousand Hills, I Walk with You Hanna Jansen, Elizabeth D. Crawford (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $15.25 1 $15.25
The Rock and the River Kekla Magoon • Barnes and Noble $11.51 1 $11.51
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
Rucker Park Setup Paul Volponi • Barnes and Noble $6.29 1 $6.29
Second Chance (Drama High Series #2) L. Divine • Barnes and Noble $8.95 1 $8.95
Small Steps Louis Sachar • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Street Love Walter Dean Myers • Barnes and Noble $8.09 1 $8.09
Tyrell Coe Booth • Barnes and Noble $7.19 1 $7.19
When the Black Girl Sings Bil Wright • Barnes and Noble $5.39 1 $5.39

Materials cost

$261.75

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $18.32

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.93

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$293.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$64.32

Total project goal

$357.32

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $357.32

7 Donors

-$357.32

Donations toward project cost

-$293.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$64.32

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