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Mrs. Hook from Flint, MI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Engaging Reads For Young Adult Readers

My students need literature about African-American heroes to encourage reading and literacy while giving students high-interest reading materials!

FULLY FUNDED! Mrs. Hook's classroom raised $292

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are a lovable set of kids who enjoy life! Many come from difficult situations and a tough neighborhood where there are a lot of factors pulling them in every direction to do the wrong thing.

When they come to school, it is often difficult for them to switch into learning mode without the right tools and materials.

As a school, we hope to help our students by giving them an excellent foundation for their further education. My students hold high hopes for their futures, and I hope to equip them to hold themselves to high expectations for their life.

My Project

Every year we come upon a time where students are able to access books more readily in the classroom. During the testing season and closing in on the end of the year, students have more opportunities to read for pleasure while in my classroom. I love being able to provide students with books that they are interested in.

My focus for this request is literature that focuses on African-American heroes and how they changed the world.

This is a huge interest area for all of my students, as they see the history of African-American people recognized and celebrated. My hope is that students are highly engaged in the reading of these novels and books that they are encouraged by these amazing stories.

Mrs. Hook Linden Charter Academy Grades 6-8

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

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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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

165 students impacted 1donor

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Bessie Stringfield: Tales of the Talented Tenth, no. 2 • Amazon Business $16.76 1 $16.76
2: Strange Fruit, Volume II: More Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History • Amazon Business $15.78 1 $15.78
Let the Children March • Amazon Business $14.53 1 $14.53
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race • Amazon Business $13.64 1 $13.64
Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat (A Poetry Speaks Experience) • Amazon Business $13.45 1 $13.45
Black Panther Book 4: Avengers of the New World Book 1 • Amazon Business $13.26 1 $13.26
What Is Hip-Hop? • Amazon Business $13.22 1 $13.22
Before She was Harriet (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books) • Amazon Business $12.73 1 $12.73
Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet Book 2 • Amazon Business $12.51 1 $12.51
Black Girl Magic: A Poem • Amazon Business $11.72 1 $11.72
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History • Amazon Business $11.68 1 $11.68
Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet Book 3 • Amazon Business $11.55 1 $11.55
Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet Book 1 • Amazon Business $11.35 1 $11.35
Martin Rising: Requiem For a King • Amazon Business $11.01 1 $11.01
When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop (Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award for New Talent) • Amazon Business $10.98 1 $10.98
Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes • Amazon Business $10.75 1 $10.75
Marley Dias Gets It Done: And So Can You! • Amazon Business $9.44 1 $9.44

Materials cost

$214.36

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.22

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$247.58

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$43.69

Total project goal

$291.27

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $291.27

1 Donor

-$291.27

Donations toward project cost

-$247.58

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$43.69

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