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

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World Literature Books Enrich Minds

Help me give my students world literature books to enrich their minds and build empathy.

  • $3,224 goal

This project expired on August 2, 2025.

This project expired on August 2, 2025.

My Project

Our students are eager to embark on a journey through world literature, exploring diverse cultures and gaining a deeper understanding of people's lived experiences. By supporting this project you will help foster empathy and broaden our students' perspectives. Through book clubs, students will engage in meaningful discussions, learning to appreciate the richness and complexity of different cultures.

World literature opens doors to new worlds, allowing students to see life through the eyes of others.

By reading and discussing these works, students will develop a greater sense of empathy and respect for the diverse tapestry of human experiences. Your support will enable them to connect with stories that resonate across time and space, making their reading experience truly transformative.

Ms. Chambers Ballard High School Grades 9-12 Seattle, WA View local requests

More than a third of 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

999 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Suncranes and Other Stories: Modern Mongolian Short Fiction • Amazon Business $25.00 4 $100.00
She's Gone • Amazon Business $22.95 4 $91.80
Love in the Big City • Amazon Business $21.66 4 $86.64
Death Is Hard Work • Amazon Business $17.04 4 $68.16
Those We Throw Away Are Diamonds: A Refugee's Search for Home • Amazon Business $16.60 4 $66.40
Andean Express • Amazon Business $15.95 4 $63.80
Our Riches • Amazon Business $15.95 4 $63.80
A Burning: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Novel • Amazon Business $15.57 4 $62.28
Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth: A Novel • Amazon Business $15.29 4 $61.16
The Vegetarian • Amazon Business $15.00 4 $60.00
La Tercera • Amazon Business $14.99 4 $59.96
Sankofa: A Novel • Amazon Business $14.59 4 $58.36
The Poppy War: A Novel (The Poppy War, 1) • Amazon Business $14.51 4 $58.04
See Loss See Also Love: A Novel • Amazon Business $13.66 4 $54.64
My Sweet Orange Tree • Amazon Business $13.36 4 $53.44
Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales • Amazon Business $13.28 4 $53.12
Rani Choudhury Must Die: A sapphic rivals-to-lovers romance • Amazon Business $12.95 4 $51.80
Playing for the Devil's Fire • Amazon Business $12.95 4 $51.80
Before We Forget Kindness: A Heartwarming Novel of Time Travel, Magical Realism and the Power of Kindness (Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series, 5) • Amazon Business $12.89 4 $51.56
Tales of the Tikongs • Amazon Business $12.60 4 $50.40
The Story of a Goat • Amazon Business $12.04 4 $48.16
Where the Rhythm Takes You • Amazon Business $11.99 4 $47.96
The Last Supper Before Ragnarok (5) (Gods and Monsters) • Amazon Business $11.99 4 $47.96
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World • Amazon Business $11.89 4 $47.56
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop: A Novel • Amazon Business $11.87 4 $47.48
Tales from the Cafe: A Heartwarming Novel of Time Travel, Magical Realism and the Power of Healing (Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series, 2) • Amazon Business $11.65 4 $46.60
Crimson Lake: A Novel (Crimson Lake, 1) • Amazon Business $15.30 3 $45.90
Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist) • Amazon Business $11.28 4 $45.12
The Housekeeper and the Professor • Amazon Business $10.99 4 $43.96
Human Acts: A Novel • Amazon Business $10.90 4 $43.60
Your Utopia: Stories • Amazon Business $10.89 4 $43.56
The Hypnotist: A novel (Killer Instinct) • Amazon Business $14.46 3 $43.38
Walking on Cowrie Shells: Stories • Amazon Business $10.73 4 $42.92
Earthlings • Amazon Business $13.68 3 $41.04
The Glass Hotel: A novel • Amazon Business $10.17 4 $40.68
Freshwater • Amazon Business $10.12 4 $40.48
The Wrong End of the Telescope • Amazon Business $10.05 4 $40.20
Sea of Tranquility: A novel • Amazon Business $9.99 4 $39.96
Broken Stars • Amazon Business $9.99 4 $39.96
The Never Tilting World (Never Tilting World, 1) • Amazon Business $9.59 4 $38.36
The Mzungu Boy • Amazon Business $9.35 4 $37.40
And the Mountains Echoed • Amazon Business $8.76 4 $35.04
Salty, Bitter, Sweet • Amazon Business $10.99 3 $32.97
Polite Society • Amazon Business $7.99 4 $31.96
The Girl from the Well • Amazon Business $7.43 4 $29.72
Little Family: A Novel • Amazon Business $14.48 2 $28.96
Thirst • Amazon Business $7.15 4 $28.60
Butterfly Yellow • Amazon Business $12.20 2 $24.40
Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree • Amazon Business $9.59 2 $19.18
Khalil: A Novel • Amazon Business $9.00 2 $18.00
I Did Something Bad: A Novel • Amazon Business $16.74 1 $16.74
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 1 • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99

Materials cost

$2,457.96

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $215.07

3rd party payment processing fee

$36.87

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$2,739.90

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$483.51

Total project goal

$3,223.41

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