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

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A New and Necessary Novel: Colson Whitehead in the Classroom

Help me give my students the opportunity to read a new, gripping, supremely important novel, The Nickel Boys, by Pulitzer-prize winning author Colson Whitehead.

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Students

The students I teach love to learn but don't always have access to the newest, best books. They appreciate a great story but aren't necessarily exposed to the variety of authors which write them! I am constantly on the hunt for texts which will resonate with the 9th grade students at the public high school where I teach.

My students are urban, smart, and hip but are too often exposed to books which are none of these things.

I think it's crucial that students realize that reading does not have to be some kind of other-worldly experience that doesn't relate to their daily lives. They have the right to see themselves in the books they read and to read a story which resonates with their own. The Nickel Boys is culturally relevant and essential reading. These books will provide several class sets, so they can be read and loved by our freshmen students over many years.

My Project

To inspire a true love of reading and learning, high school students must be given the chance to read new and engaging texts by contemporary authors. Colson Whitehead is a modern author who matters. He has said that he wrote The Nickel Boys not because he wanted to, but because he had to. The novel is based on the real life systemic abuse at a reform school in Florida during the Jim Crow era.

The Nickel Boys promises to be a novel which inspires engaged discussion, thoughtful reflection, and even some soul-searching in the high school classroom.

To move forward as a diverse country requires us to examine some of the tragedies of our disparate paths. This book provides the opportunity for readers to do just that.

Ms. Furlong
Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Nickel Boys: A Novel • Amazon Business $12.00 140 $1,680.00

Materials cost

$1,680.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$25.20

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,735.20

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$306.21

Total project goal

$2,041.41

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,041.41

11 Donors

-$1,977.00

Donations toward project cost

-$1,735.20

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$241.80

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$64.41

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