With these funds I will be able to buy interesting reading material for my students and build our classroom library. With these funds I would be able to provide the opportunity for our young men to explore the world and gain a passion for reading. As we may know students who do not find interesting reading material tend to not become invested. Therefore, with this money I hope to find relevant material that will spark their interest and awaken their passion through literature. Fifty-seven students will be impacted by your contribution. I would like to purchase a variety of reading material such as:

• Letters to a Young Brother by Hill Harper $14.40
• Up From Slavery Booker T. Washington $3.60
• Etched in Clasy: The Life of Dave, Enslaved Potter and Poe by Andrea Cheng $14.11
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series  $79.99
• It's Complicated by Danah Boyd $10.83
• Baseball in April by Gary Soto $6.99
• Buried Onions by Gary Soto $6.95
• Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Journey to Change the World  by Sarah Thomson $7.38 
• Monster by Walter Dean Myles $9.93
• The Silence of Our Friends by Mark Long $11.22
• Mark: Book One, Two, and Three by Mark Long, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell $32.33

Many of the books can be found at Amazon. Com. I will purchase as many books as possible with the money I raise and I will continue to work throughout the year to find material that peak the interest of the young men that I teach.  Your contribution will be well appreciated. 

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