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Ms. Lisa from New York, NY is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Novels about Black, Latinx, Asian, and Middle Eastern Teens

Help me give my students the motivation to pick up books to read by providing them with novels about people who look like them and with whom they can connect.

  • $2,237 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

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

We are a low-income but highly spirited high school. The 400 students are almost 100% Black and Hispanic, with a few Middle Eastern and a few Asian students.

Many of our students do not read novels because they do not see people who look like them on the covers.

We can change this by creating a library of novels that the students feel connect to them and to their life experiences!

This library will be available to all students before and after school, as well as during lunch time. They will be encouraged to sign out books and to take them home to share what they are reading with their families.

My Project

So many of our students say they do not like to read. It is no wonder. Our classrooms lack novels about characters who look like our students. Students will be more likely to pick up novels to read for pleasure if the characters on the covers look like them.

The goal of this project is to create a library of books that our students will want to pick up and read because they feel a connection to the characters.

Once they begin reading, my students can begin discussing the books and practice literary circles that will help them develop college-level academic skills. (Requesting 3 copies of each novel will allow the students to do this in small groups!)

Help us to make this happen by funding our Black, Latinx, Asian, and Middle Eastern teen library! (Many of the books requested are hardcover books so they can survive the journey to and from school in a teenager's backpack!)

Ms. Lisa Global Learning Collaborative Grades 9-12

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 Ms. Lisa

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Nearly all 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

400 students impacted 11donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Dominicana: A Novel • Amazon Business $20.49 3 $61.47
More Than Just a Pretty Face • Amazon Business $17.99 3 $53.97
The Henna Wars • Amazon Business $17.90 3 $53.70
Let It Rain Coffee: A Novel • Amazon Business $17.83 3 $53.49
Felix Ever After • Amazon Business $16.99 3 $50.97
I Can't Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street • Amazon Business $16.99 3 $50.97
Don't Ask Me Where I'm From • Amazon Business $16.99 3 $50.97
The Black Flamingo • Amazon Business $16.99 3 $50.97
Soledad: A Novel • Amazon Business $16.95 3 $50.85
The Revolution of Birdie Randolph • Amazon Business $16.49 3 $49.47
Chicano: A Novel • Amazon Business $16.31 3 $48.93
All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto • Amazon Business $16.19 3 $48.57
We Are Not Free • Amazon Business $16.19 3 $48.57
Clap When You Land • Amazon Business $15.99 3 $47.97
I Am Alfonso Jones • Amazon Business $15.75 3 $47.25
The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees • Amazon Business $15.19 3 $45.57
The Black Kids • Amazon Business $15.19 3 $45.57
Muslim Girl: A Coming of Age • Amazon Business $14.99 3 $44.97
Illegal • Amazon Business $14.99 3 $44.97
The Poet X • Amazon Business $14.97 3 $44.91
A Song Below Water: A Novel • Amazon Business $14.96 3 $44.88
What Momma Left Me • Amazon Business $14.69 3 $44.07
Color Me In • Amazon Business $14.69 3 $44.07
Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard • Amazon Business $14.52 3 $43.56
Bodega Dreams • Amazon Business $13.49 3 $40.47
I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir • Amazon Business $13.38 3 $40.14
Internment • Amazon Business $13.29 3 $39.87
Sadia • Amazon Business $12.99 3 $38.97
The Boy in the Black Suit • Amazon Business $12.79 3 $38.37
Salty, Bitter, Sweet • Amazon Business $12.15 3 $36.45
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter • Amazon Business $11.79 3 $35.37
Jacob's Ghetto: You're not the product of your environment • Amazon Business $11.79 3 $35.37
Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter • Amazon Business $9.99 3 $29.97
Guantanamo Boy • Amazon Business $9.99 3 $29.97
Calling My Name • Amazon Business $9.99 3 $29.97
How It Went Down • Amazon Business $9.99 3 $29.97
Primer • Amazon Business $9.79 3 $29.37
With the Fire on High • Amazon Business $8.99 3 $26.97
X: A Novel • Amazon Business $8.99 3 $26.97
Does My Head Look Big In This? • Amazon Business $8.85 3 $26.55
Some Places More Than Others • Amazon Business $8.49 3 $25.47
Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. • Amazon Business $7.79 3 $23.37
American Street • Amazon Business $7.49 3 $22.47
Justin #1 (Blacktop) • Amazon Business $6.99 3 $20.97
Janae #2 (Blacktop) • Amazon Business $6.99 3 $20.97
Toni #4 (Blacktop) • Amazon Business $6.99 3 $20.97

Materials cost

$1,839.66

Vendor shipping charges

 $3.99

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$27.59

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$1,901.24

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$335.51

Total project goal

$2,236.75

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,236.75

9 Donors

-$1,538.14

Donations toward project cost

-$1,322.27

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$215.87

Matching donations from our partners

-$681.14

Match offers toward project cost

-$578.97

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$102.17

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$17.47

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