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Ms. Finman from Milwaukee, WI is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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YA Male Protagonists in Our Classroom Library

Help me give my students more engaging books to inspire my male readers.

  • $243 goal

Hooray! This project is fully funded

Hooray! This project is fully funded

My Students

The writers I teach impress me every day. They have a strong work ethic and strive for excellence in all that they do, meeting challenges both academic and personal with great character.

Over ninety percent of my students are Hmong American, and many struggle with English language proficiency.

You can imagine the challenges that a composition course presents. Grammar rules that native English speakers simply absorbed as small children must be kept at the front of my students' minds as they attempt mastery of rhetoric. All this, and they're still eager to improve their academic writing. Your donation will help me honor this strong work ethic.

My Project

Thanks to consistent DonorsChoose book donations, student interest in reading has notably increased since the beginning of this school year. One senior even remarked that she realized she could read "big books" if she cared about the story— she now considers herself a reader for the first time in her life. However, this interest hasn't grown so steadily across all genders.

Your donation will help our classroom library entice male readers.

While I'd previously focused on engaging non-fiction and works by women of color, my goal with this installment of books is to draw in more male readers by increasing the number of young adult male protagonists in our classroom library.

Ms. Finman
Grades 9-12
    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

    This project will reach 120 students.

    10 donors have given to this project.

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Where Your Donation Goes

Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning • Amazon Business $24.30 1 $24.30
Nyxia Unleashed (The Nyxia Triad) • Amazon Business $13.98 1 $13.98
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks • Amazon Business $13.19 1 $13.19
Nyxia (The Nyxia Triad) • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
A Map Is Only One Story: Twenty Writers on Immigration, Family, and the Meaning of Home • Amazon Business $12.86 1 $12.86
Jackpot • Amazon Business $12.79 1 $12.79
Conundrum (New York Review Books Classics) • Amazon Business $12.78 1 $12.78
Hey, Kiddo (National Book Award Finalist) • Amazon Business $11.85 1 $11.85
Nyxia Uprising (The Nyxia Triad) • Amazon Business $10.99 1 $10.99
Opposite of Always • Amazon Business $10.87 1 $10.87
The Marrow Thieves • Amazon Business $10.74 1 $10.74
For Every One • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
They Both Die at the End • Amazon Business $8.89 1 $8.89
Anger Is a Gift • Amazon Business $7.49 1 $7.49

Materials cost

$173.71

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.61

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$206.32

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$36.41

Total project goal

$242.73

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $242.73

7 Donors

-$206.26

Donations toward project cost

-$185.07

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.19

match offer

-$25.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$21.25

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$3.75

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$11.47

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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