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Mr. Abdullah from Seattle WA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Characters Like Me!

Help me give my students a diverse library of books that speak to their culture, their issues, and their representation in American society.

  • $886 goal

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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

Many post-pandemic studies have found that disparities in students' academic reading ability are widening. Namely, the students that have traditionally scored lower on standardized tests are falling further behind. Many of these students aren't establishing a reading life and aren't finding books that allow them to build the kind of critical literacy vital to success in contemporary society.

I want my students to be able to find books in our classroom library that they see themselves in, that offer cultural references that they relate to, and feel a connection to characters to suspend disbelief and completely immerse themselves in new books.

If we are able to hook kids with stories and books, like The Firekeeper's Daughter, and Poet X, that genuinely interest them we can help fill some of the gaps in their learning. After all, the best means of improving the reader is by reading.

Mr. Abdullah
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Poet X • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 4 $64.00
Jason Reynolds & Track Series Paperback Collection • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $32.00 2 $64.00
A Cuban Girls Guide to Tea and Tomorrow • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 4 $64.00
Firekeepers Daughter • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 4 $60.00
Cemetery Boys • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $19.00 3 $57.00
Furia • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 3 $45.00
Don't Ask Me Where I'm From • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $15.00 3 $45.00
Within These Wicked Walls • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 2 $40.00
Thirst • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 2 $40.00
Ain't Burned All the Bright • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $20.00 2 $40.00
A Rover's Story • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $18.00 2 $36.00
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 3 $33.00
Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $25.00 1 $25.00
New Kid and Class Act: The Box Set • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $23.00 1 $23.00
American Born Chinese • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $16.00 1 $16.00
The Bridge Home • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Black Inventors 15 Inventions that Changed the World • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $12.00 1 $12.00
Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $11.00 1 $11.00
Native Americans in History A History Book for Kids • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 1 $10.00
Efrén Divided • DonorsChoose Featured Favorites $10.00 1 $10.00

Materials cost

$707.00

Vendor shipping charges

 $5.00

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.60

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$752.60

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$132.81

Total project goal

$885.41

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $885.41

9 Donors

-$876.59

Donations toward project cost

-$752.60

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$123.99

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$8.82

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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