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Ms. Sartin from Chicago, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Let's Get Lost in a Book

Help me give my students multicultural books to capture their interests and engage their minds in a good book.

FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Sartin's classroom raised $968

This project is fully funded

My Project

Having these books part of our classroom library is paving the way to develop a classroom exclusively about the inclusion of all. It will promote my continued theme within the classroom that everyone is created equal and that we must respect others regardless of their differences. My job is supporting, loving, and educating my students while helping them become caring, compassionate, and empathetic adults. This project is helping us get one step closer to our goal.

These carefully selected novels will expose students to themes that will emphasize each character's differences, prompting discussions and ultimately empathetic readers.

The biggest issue that most of us deal with is the resistance to judge others when we do not completely understand the causes behind what we see as an issue. This is a critical social skill to master for young adults.

Literature is powerful as the words of a well-written book can take you on a visual journey to a better understanding of diverse people you may have never personally encountered before. This project is aimed at creating an inclusive environment through exposure to varying points of view and backgrounds through literature.

Ms. Sartin E.A. Bouchet International 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 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

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
4 High School Favorites #1 (Ages 14+): Becoming, Black Enough, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, Blackout (paperback+hardcover book set) • MahoganyBooks $60.00 1 $60.00
Jason Reynolds's Track Series Paperback Collection (Boxed Set): Ghost; Patina; Sunny; Lu • Amazon Business $22.99 2 $45.98
Lilith's Brood & Parable Series Collection 5 Books Set By Octavia Butler (Imago, Adulthood Rites, Dawn, Parable of the Talents, Parable of the Show) • Amazon Business $37.82 1 $37.82
The Boy in the Black Suit • Amazon Business $18.49 2 $36.98
3 Book Set - Graphic Novels: New Kid, Class Act, School Trip (paperback) • MahoganyBooks $36.87 1 $36.87
Miles Morales Suspended: A Spider-Man Novel • Amazon Business $17.99 2 $35.98
Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation • Amazon Business $17.79 2 $35.58
The Probability of Everything • Amazon Business $17.34 2 $34.68
Scott Westerfeld The Uglies Quartet 4 Books Collection Box Set (Uglies, Pretties, Specials, Extras) • Amazon Business $33.74 1 $33.74
I Am Alfonso Jones • Amazon Business $16.84 2 $33.68
The Girl With a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague (Amazing Scientists, 3) • Amazon Business $16.74 2 $33.48
Cool. Awkward. Black. • Amazon Business $14.99 2 $29.98
This Was Never About Basketball • Amazon Business $11.99 2 $23.98
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky • Amazon Business $11.28 2 $22.56
The Black Kids • Amazon Business $10.40 2 $20.80
Monster: A Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $10.15 2 $20.30
Light It Up • Amazon Business $10.14 2 $20.28
Playing the Cards You're Dealt (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $9.49 2 $18.98
Ketanji: Justice Jackson's Journey to the U.S. Supreme Court • Amazon Business $18.88 1 $18.88
Pet • Amazon Business $9.34 2 $18.68
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning (hardcover) • MahoganyBooks $17.09 1 $17.09
Other Words for Home: A Newbery Honor Award Winner • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
The Stars Beneath Our Feet • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Invisible Son • Amazon Business $15.69 1 $15.69
When I Was the Greatest • Amazon Business $7.39 2 $14.78
Young, Gifted and Black Too: Meet 52 More Black Icons from Past and Present (See Yourself in Their Stories) • Amazon Business $13.92 1 $13.92
Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements • Amazon Business $11.91 1 $11.91
Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood • Amazon Business $11.25 1 $11.25
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
The Emperor's Riddle • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
HOW IT WENT DOWN • Amazon Business $7.79 1 $7.79
Dear Martin • Amazon Business $6.98 1 $6.98

Materials cost

$780.37

Vendor shipping charges

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Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$11.71

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$822.08

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$145.07

Total project goal

$967.15

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $967.15

1 Donor

-$483.57

Donations toward project cost

-$411.04

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$72.53

match offer

-$483.58

Match offer toward project cost

-$411.04

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$72.54

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