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Mrs. Thurman from Tougaloo MS is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Different World

Help me give my students books written by authors who look like them to increase their love of reading!

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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.

My Project

Driven. Intelligent. Resilient. I love my students, and I love that they enjoy reading! They are always asking me if I have a specific book or asking me for suggestions while looking for a new read on my bookshelf. Their hunger to increase their reading challenges me to do what I can to make it happen for them. Please help me add to my classroom library by purchasing these books!

"We need current books that are relatable by writers who look like us!" That is what I hear from my students when discussing required reading by my district.

Reading books that represent them increases their engagement because they can connect with the characters, add to the conversation, and reflect on what they learned. The books on my list are conversation-starters. They have themes that would teach many lessons that would aid in helping my students expand their reading list.

Mrs. Thurman
Grades 9-12

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
What A Mother's Love Don't Teach You: 'An outstanding debut' Cherie Jones • Amazon Business $21.63 1 $21.63
Blood Justice (Blood Debts, 2) • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Everyone's Thinking It • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Solomon's Crown: A Novel • Amazon Business $17.00 1 $17.00
Dazzling: A Novel • Amazon Business $16.92 1 $16.92
Family Lore: A Good Morning America Book Club Pick • Amazon Business $15.89 1 $15.89
Seven Days in June • Amazon Business $15.29 1 $15.29
Daisy Darker • Amazon Business $13.49 1 $13.49
Black Cake: A Novel • Amazon Business $13.48 1 $13.48
The Alchemist, 25th Anniversary: A Fable About Following Your Dream • Amazon Business $13.40 1 $13.40
The Teacher • Amazon Business $13.24 1 $13.24
The Family Remains: A Novel • Amazon Business $12.17 1 $12.17
Missing Clarissa • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The Getaway • Amazon Business $11.77 1 $11.77
Ain't Burned All the Bright • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
The Cost of Knowing • Amazon Business $11.55 1 $11.55
Bloodmarked (2) (The Legendborn Cycle) • Amazon Business $11.49 1 $11.49
The Charm Offensive: A Novel • Amazon Business $11.05 1 $11.05
White Smoke • Amazon Business $11.01 1 $11.01
The Shadow Sister • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Coworker • Amazon Business $10.93 1 $10.93
Red, White & Royal Blue: A Novel • Amazon Business $10.75 1 $10.75
The Family Upstairs: A Novel • Amazon Business $10.75 1 $10.75
My Policeman: A Novel • Amazon Business $10.69 1 $10.69
Cemetery Boys • Amazon Business $10.54 1 $10.54
Before I Let Go • Amazon Business $10.47 1 $10.47
The Girl with the Louding Voice: A Read with Jenna Pick (A Novel) • Amazon Business $9.18 1 $9.18
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (1) • Amazon Business $8.56 1 $8.56
P.S. I Still Love You (2) (To All the Boys I've Loved Before) • Amazon Business $8.47 1 $8.47
Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, 1) • Amazon Business $8.29 1 $8.29
We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World • Amazon Business $8.29 1 $8.29
Black Girl Lost • Amazon Business $8.29 1 $8.29
Always and Forever, Lara Jean (3) (To All the Boys I've Loved Before) • Amazon Business $6.62 1 $6.62

Materials cost

$405.86

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $28.41

3rd party payment processing fee

$6.09

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$470.36

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$83.00

Total project goal

$553.36

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $553.36

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 $553.36

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