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Mr. Sultan from San Francisco, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Building Student Literacy Through a Classroom Library of High-Interest Books

Help me give my students a classroom library of high-interest books to increase literacy!

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Sultan's classroom raised $679

This project is fully funded

My Project

I teach US History at a large diverse high school. My students bring their own interests, knowledge, experiences and curiosity to my classes. My goal is to help them learn how to think and explore for themselves. On a daily basis, I help students build their reading and writing skills. I have been using a literacy program called reading apprenticeship. One aspect of this program is helping students to increase their reading stamina and comprehension through the choice of high-interest books and giving them dedicated time to read every day.

I want to provide my students with a comprehensive library in my classroom and give them the opportunity to read high-interest books every day.

I have carefully curated a diverse selection of books including fiction, non-fiction and graphic novels that are at varying reading levels and cover a variety of topics related to US History. These are books that my school cannot afford to provide to my students. I hope you can support our project and help build my students build literacy.

Mr. Sultan Abraham Lincoln High School Grades 9-12

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than half 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

105 students impacted 14donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale My Father Bleeds History • AKJ Education $11.87 2 $23.74
March: Book Three • Amazon Business $10.06 2 $20.12
March: Book Two • Amazon Business $10.00 2 $20.00
Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Their Eyes Were Watching God (PB) (Modern Classics) • MahoganyBooks $17.99 1 $17.99
March: Book One • Amazon Business $8.50 2 $17.00
Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis • Amazon Business $16.49 1 $16.49
The Hours Count: A Novel • Amazon Business $16.00 1 $16.00
The Son • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus • Amazon Business $14.70 1 $14.70
Salt to the Sea • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
Woman Warrior • Amazon Business $14.00 1 $14.00
A Thousand Pieces of Gold: Growing Up Through China's Proverbs • Amazon Business $13.99 1 $13.99
The Vanishing Half: A Novel • Amazon Business $13.86 1 $13.86
Daughter of Fortune: A Novel • Amazon Business $13.69 1 $13.69
Homegoing • Amazon Business $13.34 1 $13.34
They Called Us Enemy • Amazon Business $13.12 1 $13.12
Diamond Head: A Novel • Amazon Business $13.06 1 $13.06
The Color Purple: A Novel • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
The Night Watchman: A Novel • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
The Underground Railroad: A Novel • Amazon Business $12.34 1 $12.34
A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Snow Falling on Cedars • Amazon Business $11.75 1 $11.75
The Good Lord Bird: A Novel • Amazon Business $11.59 1 $11.59
#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Distance Between Us: A Memoir • Amazon Business $10.69 1 $10.69
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie • Amazon Business $10.44 1 $10.44
Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Blood, Bullets, and Bones: The Story of Forensic Science from Sherlock Holmes to DNA • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School • Amazon Business $9.59 1 $9.59
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI • Amazon Business $9.16 1 $9.16
The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden and the Trial of the Century • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
Navajo Code Talkers: Top Secret Messengers of World War II (Amazing World War II Stories) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
There There • Amazon Business $7.19 1 $7.19
My Antonia by Willa Cather • Amazon Business $5.99 1 $5.99
The Autobiography of Malcolm X • AKJ Education $5.83 1 $5.83

Materials cost

$478.91

Vendor shipping charges

$16.99

Sales tax

$43.82

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.18

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$576.90

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$101.81

Total project goal

$678.71

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$678.71

5 Donors

-$673.41

Donations toward project cost

-$576.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$96.51

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.30

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$0.00

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