Help me give my students access to literature that features black young adults written by black authors.
$718 goal
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My students are motivated, bright, inquisitive, and have high expectations of themselves and their families. Many of them are among the first to go on to graduate high school, and go on to college.
They come from too many years of working very hard, and not seeing their own stories represented in the curriculum.
My Project
This project was inspired by the need for access to literature for young adults written by black authors. So much of the traditional English canon is centered around white authors. These titles are all written with a Black protagonist.
One way to support anti-racist education is to feature literature with black heroes.
These books will be accessible to all of my students. By making their stories come alive in the classroom, all students have the opportunity to see the contribution that all people make to the American narrative. We are a country of multiple perspectives, and I want to make sure that everyone has a presence in my class library.
More than three‑quarters 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
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$18.84
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Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy)
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$16.20
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$16.20
When You Were Everything
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$15.99
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$15.99
Deathless Divide (Dread Nation)
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$15.64
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$15.64
The Revolution of Birdie Randolph
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$14.59
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$14.59
I Am Alfonso Jones
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$13.93
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$13.93
A Love Hate Thing
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$13.39
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$13.39
The Hate U Give Collector's Edition
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$12.96
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$12.96
Watch Us Rise
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$12.89
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$12.89
All the Stars and Teeth (All the Stars and Teeth Duology (1))
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$12.79
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$12.79
The Voice in My Head
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$12.69
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$12.69
My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich
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$12.69
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$12.69
Who Put This Song On?
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$12.57
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$12.57
Jackpot
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$12.26
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$12.26
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America
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$11.99
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$11.99
Black Boy White School
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$11.99
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$11.99
Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orisha)
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$11.99
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$11.99
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orisha)
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$11.69
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$11.69
Monster: A Graphic Novel
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$10.99
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$10.99
A Dream So Dark (The Nightmare-Verse (2))
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$10.99
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$10.99
This Side of Home
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$10.99
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$10.99
Let Me Hear a Rhyme
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$10.99
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$10.99
Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree
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$10.99
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$10.99
Odd One Out
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$10.99
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$10.99
Internment
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$10.61
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$10.61
Find Your Voice: A Guided Journal for Writing Your Truth
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$10.39
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$10.39
Out of Darkness
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$9.99
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$9.99
Purple Hibiscus: A Novel
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$9.99
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$9.99
The Field Guide to the North American Teenager
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$9.87
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$9.87
The Belles
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$9.59
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$9.59
Dear Haiti, Love Alaine
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$9.49
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$9.49
Kingdom of Souls
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$9.49
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$9.49
On The Come Up
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$9.45
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$9.45
Solo (Blink)
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$9.39
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$9.39
Monday's Not Coming
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$9.19
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$9.19
I'm Not Dying with You Tonight
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$8.99
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$8.99
A Blade So Black (The Nightmare-Verse)
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$8.74
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$8.74
Dread Nation
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$8.72
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$8.72
So Not The Drama: A Del Rio Bay Clique Novel
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$8.65
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$8.65
The Silence of Our Friends
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$7.99
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$7.99
Pride
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$7.99
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$7.99
Tyler Johnson Was Here
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$7.94
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$7.94
If You Come Softly
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$7.19
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$7.19
Hush
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$6.99
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$6.99
Calling My Name
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$6.39
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$6.39
Materials cost
$521.97
Vendor shipping charges
$12.86
Sales tax
$37.32
3rd party payment processing fee
$7.83
Fulfillment labor & materials
$30.00
Total project cost
$609.98
Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
$107.64
Total project goal
$717.62
How we calculate what's needed
Total project goal
$717.62
6 Donors
-$239.21
Donations toward project cost
-$203.33
Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
-$35.88
match offer
-$478.41
Match offer toward project cost
-$406.65
Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms
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