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Ms. Kamine from Memphis, TN is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diverse Library

My students need to read books that educate them on current issues and that are positive representations of diverse identities.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Kamine's classroom raised $1,077

This project is fully funded

My Students

I am continuously impressed by how my students eagerly approach any text, question, or writing prompt that I put in front of them no matter how difficult the task. My students exude a love of learning that triumphs over any gaps in understanding or skill they may be coming to 7th grade reading with.

My students have so much wisdom, and it's my goal to give them the tools to be their best, bravest, most empowered selves.

I am most impressed by my students' capacity for community and empathy, and I can't wait to hear their thoughts on the many huge issues we will be tackling through novel studies this year.

My Project

The novels I chose to plan each unit around are not necessarily the typical "classics" that you might find on a 7th grade reading list because I want my students to interact with stories that the average 7th grader doesn't read. This quote by Haruki Murakami really inspired my vision for this year: "If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking."

I couldn't settle for books that are traditionally taught, because my students deserve a diverse literary education to support their unique thinking.

Throughout this year, we will be working through ideas behind "censorship," and applying the dystopian concepts found in Fahrenheit 451 to current events. We will read the novel, Return to Sender, as a lens to discuss the complexities surrounding immigration issues. My students will analyze A World Without You to discuss mental health, and, finally, we will explore the graphic novel genre and learn about Deaf culture through El Deafo.

In addition to the whole-class novels discussed above, this project will add more diverse reads to our classroom library shelves. My student population is almost entirely African American, and I need them to read books with characters that are rooted in positive and productive Black identities. My hope is that purposefully exposing my students to a well-rounded mixture of texts will support them in becoming curious learners, empathetic community members, and brave citizens who know what they believe in.

Ms. Kamine Soulsville Charter School Grades 6-8

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

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This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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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

105 students impacted 17donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
A World Without You • Amazon Business $7.99 30 $239.70
El Deafo • Amazon Business $7.65 30 $229.50
Return to Sender • Amazon Business $5.40 30 $162.00
A Series of Unfortunate Events Lemony Snicket 13 Books Collection Pack Set (Includes the Bad Beginning, the Reptile Room, the Wide Window, the Miserable Mill, the Austere Academy, the Grim Grotto, the Penultimate Peril, the End) • Amazon Business $93.99 1 $93.99
The Hate U Give • Amazon Business $11.39 3 $34.17
The Seeds of America Trilogy: Chains; Forge; Ashes • Amazon Business $15.04 1 $15.04
Show Way • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
Dear Martin • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Don't Call Us Dead: Poems • Amazon Business $8.98 1 $8.98
Flygirl • Amazon Business $8.47 1 $8.47
Brown Girl Dreaming • Amazon Business $8.00 1 $8.00
Ninth Ward • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Lily and Dunkin • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
How I Became A Ghost — A Choctaw Trail of Tears Story (Book 1 in the How I Became A Ghost Series) • Amazon Business $7.59 1 $7.59
After Tupac and D Foster • Amazon Business $6.83 1 $6.83
Midnight Without a Moon • Amazon Business $6.39 1 $6.39
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story • Amazon Business $5.49 1 $5.49
George (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $5.31 1 $5.31

Materials cost

$871.82

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$13.08

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$914.90

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$161.45

Total project goal

$1,076.35

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $1,076.35

15 Donors

-$774.65

Donations toward project cost

-$710.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$63.75

match offer

-$240.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$204.00

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$36.00

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$61.70

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 $0.00

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