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Mr. Wylie from Winchester, KY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mr. Wylie's classroom raised $501

Award-Winning Literature for College-Level Reading in Class!

My students need a selection of 35 Pulitzer and Man Booker Prize-winning novels to read and analyze high-quality literature in the classroom and prepare for college.

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Mr. Wylie George Rogers Clark High School
Winchester, KY Grades 9-12

My Students

"Is our new reading assignment a book by some old, dead guy?" My students often dread reading literature that, while worthy of praise and study, often does not interest them, relate to their lives, or inspire them to continue reading. With current, award-winning novels, we can help change that!

I teach a very diverse group of students at a rural public high school in Kentucky.

My high school is very racially and socioeconomically diverse and has a very high poverty rate. Many of my students are very capable readers, who are looking for a challenge and want to be as prepared as possible for college. However, these students often come from homes where literacy is not a focus or from families who do not have the financial ability to purchase books and the responsibility falls on my shoulders to help students find a book. I often purchase books for individual students in order to encourage reading, but I am unable to reach all of my students this way due to the financial burden it places on me. With an expanded classroom library, I will be able to supply more books to more students in need and they will find the challenge they are seeking in a wide variety of award-winning literature.

My Project

With a large selection of current, prize-winning literature, I will be able to expose my students to college-level reading that will challenge them to think critically, but also show them that "college-level" doesn't have to mean "old, dead, and boring authors." This selection of texts will allow my classes to complete a contemporary novel analysis individually and it will also expand the choices my students have when it comes to out-of-class reading.

Too often, students are forced to read canonical literature that, while worthy of study, tends to harm students' love of reading rather than encouraging it.

By providing students with a wide variety of current, prize-winning novels, we can help my students find quality literature they they find interesting and explore it through critical and analytical writing.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

170 students impacted 6 donors
Mr. Wylie George Rogers Clark High School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Winchester, KY View local requests

Nearly all 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

170 students impacted 6donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Troubles (New York Review Books Classics Series) J. G. Farrell, John Banville (Introduction) • Barnes and Noble $11.59 1 $11.59
Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel • Barnes and Noble $10.26 1 $10.26
The White Tiger Aravind Adiga • Barnes and Noble $10.26 1 $10.26
The Gathering Anne Enright • Barnes and Noble $3.40 1 $3.40
The Inheritance of Loss Kiran Desai • Barnes and Noble $9.57 1 $9.57
The Sea John Banville • Barnes and Noble $9.53 1 $9.53
Line of Beauty Alan Hollinghurst • Barnes and Noble $12.94 1 $12.94
True History of the Kelly Gang Peter Carey • Barnes and Noble $12.94 1 $12.94
Vernon God Little DBC Pierre • Barnes and Noble $11.37 1 $11.37
The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood • Barnes and Noble $10.26 1 $10.26
The Ghost Road Pat Barker • Barnes and Noble $10.26 1 $10.26
The Famished Road Ben Okri • Barnes and Noble $12.94 1 $12.94
The Life and Times of Michael K J. M. Coetzee, Michael Coetzee • Barnes and Noble $9.57 1 $9.57
The Slap Christos Tsiolkas • Barnes and Noble $10.26 1 $10.26
Tinkers Paul Harding • Barnes and Noble $10.22 1 $10.22
Olive Kitteridge Elizabeth Strout • Barnes and Noble $9.57 1 $9.57
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Diaz • Barnes and Noble $10.26 1 $10.26
The Road Cormac McCarthy • Barnes and Noble $10.22 1 $10.22
March Geraldine Brooks • Barnes and Noble $10.26 1 $10.26
Gilead Marilynne Robinson • Barnes and Noble $9.57 1 $9.57
The Known World Edward P. Jones, Davis (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $10.22 1 $10.22
Love in Infant Monkeys Lydia Millet • Barnes and Noble $9.53 1 $9.53
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders Daniyal Mueenuddin • Barnes and Noble $9.53 1 $9.53
The Quick and the Dead Joy Williams • Barnes and Noble $12.99 1 $12.99
Waiting Ha Jin • Barnes and Noble $10.26 1 $10.26
American Pastoral Philip Roth • Barnes and Noble $10.26 1 $10.26
The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver • Barnes and Noble $10.25 1 $10.25
Where I'm Calling From Raymond Carver • Barnes and Noble $10.94 1 $10.94
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Michael Chabon • Barnes and Noble $10.94 1 $10.94
War Trash Ha Jin • Barnes and Noble $12.14 1 $12.14
Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri, Janet Silver (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $10.22 1 $10.22
A Thousand Acres: A Novel Jane Smiley • Barnes and Noble $10.26 1 $10.26
Beloved Toni Morrison • Barnes and Noble $10.26 1 $10.26
Empire Falls Richard Russo • Barnes and Noble $10.26 1 $10.26
House Made of Dawn N. Scott Momaday • Barnes and Noble $9.56 1 $9.56

Materials cost

$362.87

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $21.77

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.44

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$425.08

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$75.01

Total project goal

$500.09

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $500.09

5 Donors

-$498.33

Donations toward project cost

-$425.08

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$73.25

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$1.76

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