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

Great Books for Today's Youth

Help me give my students novels that will awaken an intrinsic love for reading.

  • $661 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

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 Students

I am having the best time teaching my 8th grade Project Based Learning class. These lovely scholars enjoy learning and exploring through research and reading. We have been reading some of the oldies, but goodies, but the characters and events do not reflect the lives of our youth today.

My 21st Century, 8th grade, inner-city students don't relate to 19th and 20th Century literature.

We want to explore new, current authors whose novels promise to become the next great books!

We come from an inner-city school in a large metropolitan city. The majority of our students qualify for free lunch and come from various areas inside and outside the city. The district does not provide transportation. Most students are driven to school by their parents. A very few walk with siblings.

My Project

The novels of the 19th and 20th Century will forever be great Classic Literature, but when we are battling to motivate young people to read, we need to match their interest level.

We have been reading some of the oldies, but goodies, but the characters and events do not reflect the lives of our youth today.

The books I am requesting for this project were carefully vetted for significance and relevance, especially for African American males, who are often the hardest to engage in reading.

The plots of these two novels could easily have come from today's headlines and tackle issues that are far more realistic today.

My hope is to provide a launching point for my students who are reluctant readers and to open them to the wonderful world of literature!

Mrs. Yax
Grades 6-8

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Rock and the River (Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award for New Talent) • Amazon Business $6.99 38 $265.62
Long Way Down • Amazon Business $6.79 38 $258.02

Materials cost

$523.64

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.85

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$561.49

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$99.09

Total project goal

$660.58

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $660.58

1 Donor

-$660.58

Donations toward project cost

-$561.49

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$99.09

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