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Mr. Teichert from Evanston, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Curious Classroom Library

My students need a wide variety of non-fiction and fiction books, novels in verse, and graphic novels, to feed their curiosity and build their reading habits.

FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Teichert's classroom raised $466

This project is fully funded

My Students

My students are curious. They read and write every day, analyzing and exploring a variety of texts. In my classroom, they gather knowledge from non-fiction articles and wisdom from their independent reading novels. On any given day, a student may share these tidbits with me: the thrill of ending a good book, the discovery of a new graphic novel, or perhaps the acquisition of a new fact that expanded their understanding of the world.

We must continue to feed their curiosity by providing a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction texts, as my students are hungry for new reading choices.

They read every day, at home and at school, exhausting our classroom library. Please help them step into new worlds, meet new characters, and experience new plots and themes.

My Project

Many of the books on this list are recommended by experts in the field of young adult literature, but most importantly, students have recommended these titles. These young people are eager to read; we just need your help in bringing the books to their hands.

With these new options, our class can expand our knowledge, experience new stories, and grow as readers as we finish the school year together.

As a bonus, these books also have a great shelf life. Please forgive the pun. As we end this year and begin another, students can enjoy the books that their peers have previously read.

Mr. Teichert Nichols Middle School Grades 6-8

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

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More than a third 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

68 students impacted 12donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Hiaasen 4-Book Trade Paperback Box Set (Chomp, Flush, Hoot, Scat) • Amazon Business $24.40 1 $24.40
The Wrinkle in Time Quintet Boxed Set (A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, An Acceptable Time) • Amazon Business $22.77 1 $22.77
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words • Amazon Business $19.98 1 $19.98
Wires and Nerve: Volume 1 • Amazon Business $14.83 1 $14.83
Thunderhead (Arc of a Scythe) • Amazon Business $14.24 1 $14.24
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions • Amazon Business $13.89 1 $13.89
Echo • Amazon Business $13.60 1 $13.60
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow • Amazon Business $12.35 1 $12.35
Sunny (Track) • Amazon Business $11.72 1 $11.72
Pax • Amazon Business $11.68 1 $11.68
Refugee • Amazon Business $11.68 1 $11.68
The Wild Robot • Amazon Business $11.58 1 $11.58
Rebound • Amazon Business $11.55 1 $11.55
Projekt 1065: A Novel of World War II • Amazon Business $11.45 1 $11.45
The Book Thief • Amazon Business $11.27 1 $11.27
Nimona • Amazon Business $10.49 1 $10.49
The Magic Misfits • Amazon Business $10.37 1 $10.37
Prisoner B-3087 • Amazon Business $10.34 1 $10.34
The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life • Amazon Business $10.30 1 $10.30
Another Brooklyn: A Novel • Amazon Business $10.19 1 $10.19
Forget Me Not • Amazon Business $9.95 1 $9.95
Akata Witch • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel • Amazon Business $9.51 1 $9.51
Scythe (Arc of a Scythe) • Amazon Business $8.23 1 $8.23
Frazzled: Everyday Disasters and Impending Doom • Amazon Business $8.08 1 $8.08
Crown of Three • Amazon Business $7.48 1 $7.48
Smile • Amazon Business $7.39 1 $7.39
Sisters • Amazon Business $6.72 1 $6.72
As Brave As You • Amazon Business $6.63 1 $6.63
Drama • Amazon Business $6.56 1 $6.56
Challenger Deep • Amazon Business $6.08 1 $6.08
The Only Game (Home Team) • Amazon Business $5.49 1 $5.49

Materials cost

$360.69

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.41

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$396.10

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$69.90

Total project goal

$466.00

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$466.00

1 Donor

-$462.40

Donations toward project cost

-$396.10

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$66.30

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$3.60

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

$0.00

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