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Mrs. Lux from Roebuck, SC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Diverse Books for Unimpressed Readers 2

Help me give my students 27 new books reflective of their diverse cultures and interests to read and enjoy!

  • $487 goal

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My Students

In any given year, over 100 9th grade students walk through my doorway seeking acceptance and opportunities to grow. These students enter with diverse personal backgrounds and academic strengths, and I strive to help them grow and flourish as students and individuals.

On any given day, students walk through my door seeking advice, comfort, direction, support, compassion, inspiration, and so much more.

Coming from many different walks of life and academic experiences and hold numerous opinions different from those around them, these students have a bright future ahead of them.

My Project

My students are face-to-face at this moment. This could change at any time. However, we have been given the green light to begin sharing books with our students again, and I desperately need to continue updating my classroom library! So many wonderful books have been published or brought to my attention in the past few months, and I want to share them with my students! Our classroom library isn't intended as a primary classroom resource. It's intended as conversation starters, reflection opportunities, creative inspirations, and eye-opening experiences. Just one problem, some of my students just don't want to read.

Recently, Angie Thomas shared she was an "unimpressed" reader as a teen because the books shared with her by teachers and librarians just weren't interesting to her; I want IMPRESSED readers in my classroom!

They aren't reluctant; they are unimpressed. I believe these books will impress them. These books are filled with adventure, heartbreak, laughter, self-discovery, friendship, struggles, triumphs, and more. These books reflect faces, bodies, lives, personalities, and experiences of students in my classroom but not necessarily found on my bookshelf. I want my students to be able to reach into these books and feel alongside these characters and realize each of their own stories and voices matter. Please help me share these wonderful texts with my sweet students.

Mrs. Lux Dorman High - Freshman Campus Grades 9-12

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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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Roebuck, SC View local requests

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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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Legacy of Orisha Series 2 Books Collection Set by Tomi Adeyemi (Children of Blood and Bone, Children of Virtue and Vengeance) • Amazon Business $22.99 1 $22.99
It Sounded Better in My Head • Amazon Business $18.99 1 $18.99
Sing Me Forgotten • Amazon Business $17.99 1 $17.99
Fat Chance, Charlie Vega • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Angel of Greenwood • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Roman and Jewel • Amazon Business $16.38 1 $16.38
The Awakening of Malcolm X: A Novel • Amazon Business $16.19 1 $16.19
Every Body Looking • Amazon Business $15.84 1 $15.84
This Is My America • Amazon Business $15.09 1 $15.09
The Inheritance Games • Amazon Business $14.39 1 $14.39
These Vengeful Hearts • Amazon Business $14.29 1 $14.29
One of Us Is Next: The Sequel to One of Us Is Lying • Amazon Business $13.98 1 $13.98
Come On In: 15 Stories about Immigration and Finding Home • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir • Amazon Business $12.69 1 $12.69
Good Girl, Bad Blood: The Sequel to A Good Girl's Guide to Murder • Amazon Business $12.58 1 $12.58
One of the Good Ones • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
Bruja Born (Brooklyn Brujas) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Dig • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
The Hand on the Wall (Truly Devious, 3) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Wayward Witch (Brooklyn Brujas) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Capturing the Devil (Stalking Jack the Ripper, 4) • Amazon Business $10.69 1 $10.69
Aurora Rising (The Aurora Cycle) • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Escaping From Houdini (Stalking Jack the Ripper (3)) • Amazon Business $9.84 1 $9.84
Smash It! • Amazon Business $9.49 1 $9.49
X: A Novel • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder • Amazon Business $8.99 1 $8.99

Materials cost

$353.11

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $24.89

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.30

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$413.30

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$72.94

Total project goal

$486.24

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $486.24

2 Donors

-$248.12

Donations toward project cost

-$210.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$37.22

match offer

-$238.12

Match offer toward project cost

-$202.40

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$35.72

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