With these funds I will...be able to purchase novels for my students for the last unit of the school year. My school does not have the funds to purchase our Unit 7 novels, "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian", and I would like to avoid asking my students/parents to purchase the books. This novel will also be the first opportunity that my students have had to read a fictional novel that involves character of color.

This project will allow each student to have their own copy of the novel to read in and outside of the classroom while also allowing them to make personal annotations in the text. I would like to purchase 58 books. The cost of each book ranges from $2.15 - $7 (view here).

The purchase of this novel is essential to the next level of educational development through analysis, critical thinking, and the exploration of new topics in the context of a character of color. They will be able to read about and analyze the topics of alcohol, poverty, bullying, violence, tragic deaths, mental disabilities, etc. While the students learn and discuss these topics, they will also be able view the 65 comic illustrations that are included in the book and make connections to how arts contribute to the meaning of the text. This text will allow my students to widen their lens of knowledge and world view through the eyes of a minority character. 

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