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

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Mr. G...the Library is So Far!

My students need 40+ gripping novels that relate to the circumstances and realities that they are faced with.

  • $603 goal

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My Students

My students are readers, who cannot find a reflection of themselves in the texts that they have been given in other classes. With independent reading, many of them lose themselves in the books. I want them to be able to find themselves and answers to some of the problems they may be facing.

I teach a diverse population of 9th graders in the Bronx, NY.

They come from many different walks of life and all have diverse interests. I want to build a library that mirrors the diversity of my classroom and that lets students know that everyone of their stories can be found in a text somewhere. They just need to know where to start looking.

My Project

I am requesting 50 books that discuss issues pertinent to teenage/adolescent situations. Some texts are with the hope that a child can find guidance facing a situation they are going through. Others are with the hope that a child can escape from the harshness of their own reality in an entertaining horror story or literary classic.

My students continue to tell me how they cannot relate to any books that they are forced to read.

I want to prove to them that every story and experience has already been discussed and many can learn to overcome the hardships of life by expression or learning from someone else and what they express. Thank you for allowing me to obtain this goal.

Mr. Griff Bronx Aerospace High School Grades 9-12

Celebrate Black teachers and kids! This project supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of students are Black.

Equity Focus

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.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More about Mr. Griff

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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

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Life of Pi • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Crescendo • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
The Mortal Instruments • AKJ Books $21.89 1 $21.89
Bad Dreams • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
The Zombie Survival Guide • AKJ Books $10.94 1 $10.94
New Moon Stephenie Meyer • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
The Power of Six • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
The Rise of Nine • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
I, Robot • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
No Fear • AKJ Books $7.26 1 $7.26
Pretty Little Liars Box Set Sara Shepard • AKJ Books $21.89 1 $21.89
Decision Time (Kimani Tru Series) Earl Sewell • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
A Visit from the Goon Squad • AKJ Books $10.91 1 $10.91
The Body of Christopher Creed • AKJ Books $15.44 1 $15.44
Following Christopher Creed • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
Assassin''s Creed • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
The Fairest • AKJ Books $7.26 1 $7.26
Shattering Glass • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
L8r, G8r (Later, Gator) (Internet Girls Series #3) Lauren My • AKJ Books $5.07 1 $5.07
Big Girls Don''t Cry • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
Wildflower • AKJ Books $17.64 1 $17.64
Flipping the Script • AKJ Books $7.26 1 $7.26
Myself and I (Kimani Tru Series) Earl Sewell • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
Brothers Torres, The • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Bloom • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Jaded (Kimani Tru Series) Monica McKayhan • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl Tanya Lee Stone • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
24 Girls In 7 Days • AKJ Books $11.67 1 $11.67
One Flew Over the Cuckoo''s Nest • AKJ Books $7.29 1 $7.29
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn • AKJ Books $13.13 1 $13.13
Grendel • AKJ Books $9.45 1 $9.45
Color Purple, The • AKJ Books $10.91 1 $10.91
Dracula • AKJ Books $4.37 2 $8.74
Catcher in the Rye • AKJ Books $5.10 1 $5.10
A Matter of Trust • AKJ Books $4.37 1 $4.37
Midnight • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
No Disrespect • AKJ Books $10.95 1 $10.95
Coldest Winter Ever • AKJ Books $5.83 1 $5.83
16 On the Block Babygirl Daniels • AKJ Books $7.26 1 $7.26
The Alchemist • AKJ Books $11.67 1 $11.67
This Is How You Lose Her • AKJ Books $19.67 1 $19.67
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao • AKJ Books $18.21 1 $18.21
How Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents • AKJ Books $12.56 1 $12.56
Gangsta Rap • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Beige Cecil Castellucci • AKJ Books $6.56 1 $6.56
Fight Club • AKJ Books $13.46 1 $13.46
Harlem Hustle Janet McDonald • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Charmed • AKJ Books $7.26 1 $7.26
Go Ask Alice/Jay&apos • AKJ Books $12.40 1 $12.40
Speak-when gone use 9780312674397 • AKJ Books $7.30 1 $7.30

Materials cost

$475.15

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$7.13

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$512.28

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$90.40

Total project goal

$602.68

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$602.68

4 Donors

-$531.26

Donations toward project cost

-$451.57

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$79.69

match offer

-$71.42

Match offer toward project cost

-$60.71

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$10.71

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