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Ms. P. from MA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Blowing Up the Canon: Diversity in Sci Fi & Fantasy

Help me give my students a more diverse range of options for their science fiction & fantasy texts!

  • $506 goal

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My Students

My college prep seniors are embarking on a study of science fiction and fantasy literature this year. This is the first year that they have been able to select their English class from a menu of options rather than being automatically enrolled in English 1/2/3. They are excited about and invested in exploring the worlds of swordcraft and spaceships, and I'm excited to go there with them!

As newly-minted eighteen-year-olds (for the most part), my students are politically engaged and interested in using the imagined worlds of science fiction and fantasy as a springboard for conversations about social justice.

My students come from both college prep and honors backgrounds, and so the class includes a variety of reading abilities.

My Project

I have chosen The City of Brass by SA Chakraborty and Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi as new book group options, and Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler as a new whole class text.

One of the strengths of science fiction and fantasy is that the texts that fall under those categories often push boundaries and pose questions that "realistic fiction" tends to avoid - questions of ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and other intersectional issues.

I am committed to bringing in texts that reflect the diversity available in these genres, and these three texts will be a strong start in that direction!

Ms. P.
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed) • Amazon Business $10.20 25 $255.00
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orisha) • Amazon Business $14.24 5 $71.20
The City of Brass: A Novel (The Daevabad Trilogy) • Amazon Business $13.52 5 $67.60

Materials cost

$393.80

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.91

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$429.71

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$75.83

Total project goal

$505.54

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $505.54

4 Donors

-$487.89

Donations toward project cost

-$429.71

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$58.18

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.65

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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