“If you have something in common with the characters, you’ll always remember and learn a lesson from the book.”
Marley Dias, an 11-year-old from New Jersey, was tired of only reading books with white male protagonists for school.
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"I was frustrated... in fifth grade where I wasn't reading [books with] a character that I could connect with," Dias told the Huffington Post.
!["I was frustrated... in fifth grade where I wasn't reading [books with] a character that I could connect with," Dias told the Huffington Post.](https://ak-hdl.buzzfed.com/static/2016-01/26/11/enhanced/webdr04/enhanced-13215-1453827301-1.png)
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As a solution to the lack of diversity and representation in her books at school, the 11-year-old is organizing a book drive to collect children's books where black girls are the leading characters.
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The project, which is called #1000BlackGirlBooks, has a goal of collecting at least 1,000 books with black women as protagonists by February 1.
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This 11-Year-Old Girl Started A Project To Get More Diverse Books In Schools