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Ms. McAvoy from Bronx, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Boys Will Be Boys - And They Need Books Just For Them!

My students desperately need 42 total copies of 6 book titles that will grab the attention of my avid readers.

  • $414 goal

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"Don't you realize that we're boys? What's with all the chick lit?" It's daily reading time in my class. Even when my students don't verbalize the statement above, their apathy is evident. Everyday, the same students waste as much time as possible pretending to look for a book. They fool no one when they sit down with "In My Sister's Shoes" and stare with glazed-over eyes at the same pages day after day. I teach at a military themed high school. Of my 120 students, 110 are boys. My independent reading library is all too small, and all too biased. Most of my books appeal to girls. My boys, the majority in my classes, are overlooked and left waiting desperately for a book that interests them. Meanwhile, precious instructional and learning time passes. They only have months before the English Regents, and they are years behind their suburban peers in reading levels. Please don't let them fall through the cracks!! You can help. All my students need is literature that appeals to them. We need books about boys, books that reach out to boys, and books that will help my students navigate their all-too-demanding adolescent years. Books like "Go Ask Alice" and "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" will do just that!! This donation is not just about books. These books offer a chance for students to connect with a world outside their own, and more importantly the chance that they realize teenage boys all over feel just as they do. Boys are all too often overlooked and suppressed when it comes to emotional problems. My "Free-Write Fridays" reveals every week another student who just wants to know he is normal. Like all of us, they just want to be heard. Please, please, please give my students a chance at educational and lifelong success. Don't give up on this chance to open up the world of literature and a new world of opportunities!

Ms. McAvoy Bronx Aerospace High School Grades 9-12

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At this school, more than 50% of students are Black, Latino, and/or Native American, and more than 50% come from low-income households. Learn how your donation to this school supports a more equitable education.

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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

120 students impacted 2donors

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Go Ask Alice Anonymous • Barnes and Noble $8.99 8 $71.92
Boy Meets Girl Meg Cabot • Barnes and Noble $4.98 7 $34.86
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist Rachel Cohn, David Levithan • Barnes and Noble $8.09 7 $56.63
Annie's Baby: The Diary of Anonymous, a Pregnant Teenager Beatrice Sparks, Foreword by Beatrice Sparks • Barnes and Noble $5.39 6 $32.34
A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl Tanya Lee Stone • Barnes and Noble $7.19 6 $43.14
Doing It Melvin Burgess • Barnes and Noble $7.15 8 $57.20

Materials cost

$296.09

Vendor shipping charges

 $29.61

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.44

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$339.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$74.41

Total project goal

$413.41

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $413.41

2 Donors

-$413.41

Donations toward project cost

-$339.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$74.41

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